ch 9

Question 1

specialty groups

Answer 1

groups that focus on one particular population or problem, such as military veterans, new mothers, or addiction
take on many forms

Question 2

mutual aid support systems

Answer 2

where members of the group need each other ad use each other as resources as well as using the leader

Question 3

some specialty groups

Answer 3

for health care providers and health care consumers
military personnel and their families
new mothers
involuntary and mandated groups
anger and aggression management
cancer support
telephone groups
online groups
trauma stress
disabled persons
adventure groups
prevention groups
groups for depression
achievement groups

Question 4

three group modalities for health care world

Answer 4

psychoeducational groups
psychotherapy groups
theme groups

Question 5

leaders of involuntary groups need to be…

Answer 5

energetic, dynamic, patient, engaging, and thick-skinned

Question 6

attempts to decrease aggression have been two types…

Answer 6

prevention and containment

Question 7

prevention

Answer 7

most difficult, but more important than remediation
bibliotherapy helps greatly

Question 8

psycho-spiritual integrative therapy (PSIT)

Answer 8

an approach that defines spirituality as a subjective experience of the sacred, however the individual apprehends it, may be used
used for woman with cancer

Question 9

telephone groups

Answer 9

used as a way of gathering information, providing support, and working with individuals on a variety of matters, especially in rural areas

Question 10

telecounseling

Answer 10

telephone support groups and counseling using the telephone
an effective treatment modality for adults adjusting to a physical disability

Question 11

online groups

Answer 11

those that use the internet and other technology to assist individuals communicate with each other
two forms: asynchronous and synchronous

Question 12

asynchronous

Answer 12

with an email mailing list, where messages formatted as typed text can be sent at any time whether or not the receiver is on -line

Question 13

synchronous

Answer 13

where group members must be online and logged into the site of a group at a designated time
more challenging

Question 14

Disaster cross-cultural counseling (DCCC) model

Answer 14

used for trauma and disaster
1. creating a comfortable and safe environment
2. developing new skills to deal with post-disaster realities
3. combining newly developed skills with prior coping skills
4. establishing psychological stabilization by accepting new circumstances and increasing a sense of hope
5. emphasizing and integrating social justice principles into post disaster group counseling interventions

Question 15

disability

Answer 15

refers to a mental, behavioral, or physical impairment that affects at least one of an indivuduals daily activities physical, cognitive, and visible (vs invisible) disabilities

Question 16

adventure groups

Answer 16

short-term experiential psychotherapeutic approaches that use adventurous activities and being in natural environments to facilitate therapeutic change in clients

Question 17

prevention groups

Answer 17

groups set up to help avoid potential problems
have their roots in public health and can take multiple forms such as child abuse prevention, eating disorder prevention, pre diabetic care, and youth violence prevention

Question 18

prevention groups are needed because…

Answer 18

1. there are simply not enough mental health professionals to offer remedial services
2. mental disorders have a stigma attached to them that makes some individuals avoid seeking help and thus get worse
3. a wide variety of mental concerns can be avoided through careful planning

Question 19

creativity

Answer 19

a key factor in the development of any group
essentially, the ability to produce new and useful thoughts, behaviors, and feelings in a socially appropriate context

Question 20

debono’s six hats approach to creativity

Answer 20

situations are broken down into six hats (six ways of thinking)
white: questions are raised considering purely what info is available
red: focuses on emotions
black: you wear in looking at the bad points of the matter at hand (judgement and logic applied) care and caution dominant in this way of thinking
yellow: where the good points of an idea are highlighted, benefits of the idea are identified, and harmony is sought (sunny and positive)
green: represents growth and looking at where a thought might eventually go
blue: associated with thinking about thinking; organizing hat and necessary so that thoughts are considered logically and sequentially

Question 21

parallel thinking

Answer 21

a thinking process where the focus is in specific directions
effectively avoids the consequences of the adversarial approach (where the objective is to prove or disprove statements put forward by others)

Question 22

spaghetti thinking

Answer 22

opposite of parallel thinking
where one person is thinking about the benefits of an idea while another considers the facts

Question 23

SCAMPER model

Answer 23

another way to be creative
S: what can be substituted or put in place for what has been
C: what can be combined
A: adapting or adopting
M: modifying , by making something larger or smaller
P: put to other uses
E: reminded to eliminate behaviors that are unproductive
R: what can be reversed or rearranged

Question 24

sawyer’s zig zag model of creativity

Answer 24

1. ask
2. learn
3. look
4. play
5. think
6. fuse
7. choose
8. make

Question 25

creative activities for forming and warming up

Answer 25

music openings milling around poems as a group catalyst train station passive-active

Question 26

storming creative activities

Answer 26

circles home spot hamlet's dilemma

Question 27

norming creative activities

Answer 27

group mural clay pieces

Question 28

performing creative activities

Answer 28

locomotion adverbs areas common object acting "as if" skits role-plays

Question 29

adjourning (closing)

Answer 29

music good-bye saying good bye though imagery balloons rainbow closing poems