Group Counseling Flashcards
(115 cards)
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Yalom
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Existential, Group Therapy
Work in the here and now
11 reasons groups work so well
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Altruism
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Helping others gives sense of well-being
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Universality
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Not only one with the problem
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Installation of Hope
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Hope the group will work
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Catharsis
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Talking is beneficial
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Group Cohesiveness
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Sense of we-ness
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Imitative Behavior
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Social Learning Theory
Learn from watching others
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Family Reenactment
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Helps albeit family of origin or issues
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Imparting Information
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Psychodynamic insights or advice
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Interpersonal Learning
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Members receive feedback on how their behavior affects others
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Socialization Techniques
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Feedback and instruction
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Existential Factors
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Discovering life can have meaning
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Idea Group Size
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5 or 6-8, 8 preferable
Long term groups can function with 10
Smaller with children
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Stage Model: Initial
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Initial, Forming, Orientation
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Stage Model: Transition
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Transition, Conflict, Storming
Power struggles
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Stage Model: Working
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Productive, Forming, Action
Completing goal cohesively
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Stage Model: Termination
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Closure, Completion, Mourning, Adjourning
Goodbye
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Negative Role Examples
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Monopolizing
Attacking
Blaming
Intellectualizing too much
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Leader: Autocratic
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Authoritarian
Make decisions for the group
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Leader: Laissez Faire
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Hands off
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Leader: Democratic
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Input from members (seen as best style)
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Leader: Speculative
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Rely on charisma and personal power to move the group in a direction
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Leader: Confrontive
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Reveals the impact that his behavior has had on himself as well as others have on him
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Type: Psychoeducational
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Informative
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Type: Counseling
Conscious issues related to personal growth
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Type: Group Therapy
Unconscious issues, past and personality changes
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Type: T Group
Training (business/personal motivation)
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Type: Structure
Centered around personal issues such as shyness or how to prepare for a job interview
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Type: Support
Self-help (AA)
| Not led by a professional
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Self serving bias
When group is productive the person takes credit for it
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Risky Shift
Members make more risky decisions in a group
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Group Polarity
Members make more extreme decisions as a group v individually
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ASGW
Association for Specialists in Group Work
Apply ACA ethics to group work
- have evaluation plan to meet requirements of organizations, insurance and regulatory bodies
- multicultural drafted
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Depressed clients: Individual v Group Work
Research shows individual has more results but not 100% convincing
In general group is just as effective as individual
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Jacob Moreno
Father of Psychodrama
Coined Group Therapy
Theater of Spontaneity
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Smith and Wilson
Founder of AA, first self help group
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Frank Parsons
Father of Guidance/Vocational
| Relied heavily on groups for career work
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EG Williamson
Minnesota Viewpoint
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Fritz Pearls
Gestalt Therapy
| Major impact in group therapy - Esalen Institute
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Freud
Book: Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego
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Joseph Pratt
May be the first counseling group
| Physician - focus on TB
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ASGPP
American Society for Group Psychotherapy
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AGPA
American Group Psychotherapy Association
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ASGW Journal
Journal for Specialists in Group Work
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NASW
National Association Social Workers
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AAS
American Association of Suicidology
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Samuel Slavson
AGPA: American Group Psychotherapy Association
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Theorist - work preface group
Adler: Child guidance facilities
Davis: First school guidance counselor
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CACREP Group Requirements
Student participate in group 10 hours during a semester
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Primary Group
Preventative, attempt to stop problem before it occurs
| i.e. teach about birth control to teens
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Secondary Group
Problem is present but not severe
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Tertiary Group
Serious individual issues, longstanding
Long term
May focus on past/childhood
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Group Norms
Expected behaviors
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Group Therapy in US flourished due to....
Shortage of therapists after WWII
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Group Content*
Material discussed in a group setting
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Group Process*
Manner in which the discussions occur
| Analyzing communications, transactions
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Group Cohesiveness
Forces which tend to bind group members together
Field Theory: Kurt Lewin
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Group Therapy v Group Counseling vs Guidance
Guidance:
- Psychoeducational
- Affective Education Group
- Psychological Education Group
- Preventative and Instructional
- Leader has less training
Therapy:
- Longer duration
- Personality Reconstruction Group
- Problem is more severe
- Tertiary
- Psychotherapy: Hospitals
Counseling:
- Less structure
- Conscious concerns
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George Gazda
3 Types of Groups
Guidance
Counseling
Psychotherapy
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Group exercises must...*
Correspond to the level of the group development
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Structure vs. Unstructured
Less structure is better generally
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Nosology*
Taxonomy
| Classification of disease
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Examples of low structured groups
Psychodynamic
Nondirective
Existential
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Examples of high structured groups
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Specific topics (assertiveness)
Behaviorist
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13th Stepping*
Members who exploit new members for sexual purposes
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Marathon Group
Weekend, lasts over 24 hours
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Most important trait of group members
trust
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Homogeneity
Members are similar
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Heterogeneous
Dissimilar groups
| More of a microism of our world
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More influence in group - SES or race
SES
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Examples of observations of individual:
sadness
relaxed
self-critical
Content
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Examples of observations of one member wincing when another speaks
Process
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Example: Ken has not stolen for a week so gets a coin
Product
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Another word for universality
mutuality
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Leadership style by Lewin, Lippit and White criticism
Study was on a school activity group
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Interpersonal Leaders
Distant, not aggressive
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Energizing Leaders
Emotionally stimulate the group
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Manager Leaders
Executive control
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Provider Leaders
Caring
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Effective leaders have discovered***
Modeling appropriate behaviors improves group participation even when members are resistant
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Most effective leadership style, most times...
Democratic
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Transference
Client issue
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Countertransference
Therapist issue
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Gerald Corey
Group Therapy
| Believes therapist should participate in both therapeutic group and leader group
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Most effective group session duration
2 hours
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Confidentiality
Groups cannot ensure confidential
| Communicate risks at the beginning of the session/series
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Reluctant client
client referred for treatment but is not enthusiastic about the modality
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Blocking
Therapist uses an intervention to stop a negative behavior to reduce harm/risk
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Scapegoating
Members gang up on another member
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Structured Group v Group Structure
Structured Group: Group focused on a given theme
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Operational Manner
Provide concrete steps in order to illuminate the concept
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Sociogram
Pictorial account of a group
| Diagram member interaction
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Karpman Drama Triangle
Teaching device for interpersonal relationships
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Peeping Tom in Groups
Interrogator
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Gatekeeper Role
Makes certain that everyone is doing their tasks
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Harmonizer Role
Conciliator, make sure everything is running smooth
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Task Roles - Member
Helps group carry out the tasks
| Positive
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Maintenance Role - Member
Strengthen group processes
| Positive
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Self-Serving Role - Member
Negative
| Individual needs over the needs of the group
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Task Group
Athletic team
| Employee run group to improve a process
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Task by the Leader
If there is a conflict, leader may request the group do a task together
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Role Conflict
Discrepancy between expected behavior and actual behavior
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Initial Group Stages - Traits
Approach - Avoidance Behavior (you want to meet group members but it's scary)
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Making the Rounds
Leader allows each group member to weigh in on a given topic
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Linking
Leader attempts to relate on person to another
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Horizontal Interventions
Strategies that approach the group as a whole
Interpersonal methods
Here and now interventions
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Vertical Interventions
Counseling with an individual in a group
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Interpersonal Interventions v Intrapersonal Interventions
Therapist best to use both
Intra: Work with the past
Inter: Here and now
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Groups are effective....
although researchers cannot pinpoint exactly why
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Limitations of groups
leader can lose control
intimidating for clients
lack of flexibility for meeting times
lack of trust in confidentiality
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Group Advantages*
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In Vivo interpersonal work
Sense of belonging
Cost effective
Universality
Effective support system
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Major group advantage*
Microcosms of society that offer support and learning
| Analogous to communication and interaction in life
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RK Coyne
Group Intervention Model
Prevent, Correct or enhance behavior
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Group Work Evaluation
Best to have an outside observer
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Children Groups
Keep parents involved
