(16) Group and Family Therapy Flashcards
(64 cards)
TRUE OR FALSE
both group therapy and family therapy involve multiple clients and focus on interpersonal interactions
TRUE
an interpersonal emphasis
GROUP THERAPY
form of psychotherapy
GROUP THERAPY
multiple clients participate in sessions together and interpersonal interaction is typically emphasized
GROUP THERAPY
practiced in a wide variety of forms (adaptations of many well-known individual therapy approaches)
GROUP THERAPY
clients form relationships with both the therapist and other participants resulting in a wider range of interpersonal approaches
GROUP THERAPY
key figure in the interpersonal approach to Group Therapy
IRVIN YALOM
views these problematic interpersonal tendencies as central to clients’ presenting problems, whether or not clients recognize it
IRVIN YALOM
“it is necessary first to translate depression into interpersonal terms and then to treat the underlying pathology”
IRVIN YALOM
TRUE OR FALSE
an individual’s disorder is a by-product of that individual’s disturbed way of getting along with other people
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
if interpersonal relationship problems are the core of all psychopathology, it follows that a primary focus of group therapy would be the strengthening of interpersonal skills
TRUE
THERAPEUTIC FACTORS IN GROUP THERAPY
- instillation of hope
- universality
- imparting information
- altruism
- corrective recapitulation of the primary family group
- development of socializing technique
- imitative behaviors
- interpersonal learning
- group cohesiveness
- catharsis
- existential factos
- experience that one’s problems are NOT unique but are common to others
- emerges over time
- group therapy fosters a sense of connection that individuals therapy cannot
UNIVERSALITY
feelings of interconnectedness among group members
GROUP COHESIVENESS
is similar to the therapeutic relationship in individual therapy, healing on its own and enabling other healing factors
GROUP COHESIVENESS
heart of group therapy
INTERPERSONAL LEARNING
learning from the in-group interpersonal experience
INTERPERSONAL LEARNING
relationship tendencies that characterize clients’ relationship with important people in their personal lives will predictably characterize they form with their fellow group members
SOCIAL MICROCOSM
clients tend to replicate their interpersonal tendencies from personal within group therapy settings
SOCIAL MICROCOSM
group therapists focus on how members interact within the group, emphasizing relationships _______ rather than external events
HERE AND NOW
PRACTICAL ISSUES IN GROUP THERAPY
- group membership
- preparing clients for group therapy
- developmental stages of therapy groups
- cotherapists
- socializing between clients
- confidentiality
(PRACTICAL ISSUES IN GROUP THERAPY)
all members start and finish therapy together, with NO NEW members
GROUP MEMBERSHIP
(PRACTICAL ISSUES IN GROUP THERAPY)
greater diversity in problems and demographics can create a more realistic social microcosm
GROUP MEMBERSHIP
(PRACTICAL ISSUES IN GROUP THERAPY)
prospective members may be EXCLUDED if they struggle to interact meaningfully or reflect on interactions
GROUP MEMBERSHIP
