Group Counseling

Question 1

generally has specified focus, educational, vocational, social, or personal

groups are goal oriented & ideally members themselves decided their goals for the group experience

Answer 1

counseling groups

Question 2

therapy v. counseling

major diff lie in the goals

counseling - growth, development, enhancement, self-awareness, & prevention

therapy - treatment & remediation

Answer 2

group psychotherapy

Question 3

structured to help ppl learn specific skills, understand themes, or go through life transitions

Answer 3

psychoeducational groups

Question 4

designed to assist task forces, committees, planning groups & community organizations, discussion groups, study circles

Answer 4

task groups

Question 5

allows ppl w/ a common problem a support system that protects from stress

emphasizes member’s autonomy & internal group resources

Answer 5

self-help groups

Question 6

we can only be understood to the extend that we take into account all dimensions of human fxning

Answer 6

holism

Question 7

organism must be seen in environment

Answer 7

field theory

Question 8

tracks how some aspect of the environmental field emerges from background + becomes focal point of the individual’s attention/interest

Answer 8

figure-formation process

Question 9

nature of relationship b/w person & environment

strive for equilibrium/gratification of need

Answer 9

organismic self-regulation

Question 10

uncritical response of other’s beliefs & standards w/out assimilating them into one’s own personality

Answer 10

introjection

(channel of resistance)

Question 11

process by w/c we disown certain aspects of ourselves by ascribing them to the environment; opposite of introjection

Answer 11

projection

(channel of resistance)

Question 12

act of turning back onto ourselves something we would like to do to someone else

Answer 12

retroflection

(channel of resistance)

Question 13

a disturbance in w/c the sense of the boundary b/w the self & environment is lost

Answer 13

confluence

(channel of resistance)

Question 14

a way of avoiding awareness by being vague & indirect

Answer 14

deflection

(channel of resistance)

Question 15

basic task is to develop a sense of trust in self, others + world

common theme explored in group is feeling unloved, uncared for, the ensuring acute need for someone who will deeply care, love

work through pain & barriers to trusting

Answer 15

trust v. mistrust

stage 1

infancy

oral stage

Question 16

basic task is independence, accepting personal power, learning to express (-) feelings (anger, rage, aggression)

time to develop sense of autonomy

get in touch w/ disowned part of self that cause feelings

group allows for safe expression of pent-up feelings = catharsis

Answer 16

autonomy v. shame/doubt

stage 2

early childhood

anal stage

Question 17

sexual identity takes form

unconscious incestuous desires

competence/initiative (Erikson)

group offers opportunity to express sexual concerns, correct faulty learning, work through repressed feelings

Answer 17

initiative v. guilt

stage 3

preschool age

phallic stage

Question 18

sexual impulses decline

replaced by interests in school, playmates, sports, etc.

importance on achieving goals that are personally meaningful (Erikson)

group work centers on (-) self-concept, feeling of inadequacy related to learning, feelings of inferiority in establishing social relationships, conflicts about values, confused sex-role identity, dependency, lack of initiative

confront fear of failing as group member or person may be harmed by group experience

Answer 18

industry v. inferiority

stage 4

school age

latency stage

Question 19

time for testing limits, rejecting dependency, establishing new identity, time of conflict (wanting to escape from parental control, but fear of being independent

unresolved problems of adolescence manifest in adult problems brought to group

may result in rebellious attitude toward leader; attacking the leader as an authority figure

Answer 19

identity v. identity confusion

stage 5

adolescence

(genital stage)

Question 20

focus is on ability to form intimate relationships, confidence in identity, fulfillment of dreams, plans, occupational success

group works on struggles w/ interpersonal intimacy, unfulfilled dreams, meaningless work, look at future, reevaluate lives, determines changes needed, look at gaps b/w dreams & current life, examine family of origin

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intimacy v. isolation

stage 6

young adulthood

Question 21

need to be actively involved w/ helping + guiding next gen.

examine discrepancy b/w what we set out to accomplish & what we have actually achieved

challenge members to make new assessments, adjustments, & choices to open up new possibilities & reach new lvls of meaning

Answer 21

generativity v. stagnation

stage 7

middle age

Question 22

adjustment to death of spouse or friends, retirement, accepting loses in physical + sensory capacities

can express fear of getting old and/or dying

ask, what would you like to be able to say about your life when you reach old age?

this helps them take steps necessary to achieve a sense of integrity in old age

Answer 22

integrity v. despair

stage 8

later life

Question 23

help members discover their unique “being in the world”

how do I experience my world?

Answer 23

self-awareness

Question 24

main task for group leader is to confront members w/ the reality of their freedom & ways in w/c they are restricting or denying it

Answer 24

self-determination + personal responsibility

Question 25

product of being confronted w/ death, freedom, existential isolation, + meaningless

therapy strips away our defenses, must like peeling an onion

at the core of therapy clients come to terms w/ the underlying conditions of being human

Answer 25

existential anxiety

Question 26

accceptance of death as essential to discover meaning + purpose of life

therapist ask clients to honestly examine how they feel about their quality of their life

process of chnage means allowing parts of us to die to make room for new growth (existential death)

Answer 26

death + nonbeing

Question 27

confront clients w/ evidence of the fact that they are living by unexamined values that no longer contribute to a meaningful existence

Answer 27

search for meaning

Question 28

group provides a powerful context in w/c to look at oneself, decide the degree to w/c one is a fully fxning person as opposed to reflecting what others expect, + consider that other choices might be more authentically one’s own

avenue to share, fears, & tackle challenges

Answer 28

search for authenticity