NURS 665 Exam 1 Spring 2024
Revised – questions & Answers
Purpose of Group Therapy - - Prevention, education, therapeutic
- Purpose of Group Therapy - - Make fundamental changes in thinking,
feeling, behaving
- Purpose of Group Therapy - - Educational: help members learn specific
coping skills
- Purpose of Group Therapy - - In School Settings: enhance personal and
social development, study skills, how to interact with peers, setting goals
- Group Leaders Role (Purpose) - - Modeling effective behavior, promoting,
growth in individuals lives, inspiring group members
- Presence (Group Leader Characteristic) - - being emotionally present for
others
recognize and give expression to their own emotion
- Personal Power (Group Leader Characteristic) - - self-confidence and
awareness of influence on others.
They don't force themselves on others, create client-colleagues in group
Can't give to others what they don't have to give
- Courage (Group Leader Characteristic) - - Taking risks, admitting mistakes,
being vulnerable, challenging members respectfully, acting on intuition,
discussion feelings, don't hide behind the role as a counselor
- Willingness to change oneself (Group Leader Characteristic) - - willingness
to question oneself
- Sincerity and Authenticity (Group Leader Characteristic) - - Interest in the
well being of clients
- Clear sense of their own identity (Group Leader Characteristic) - - know
what you value and live by those standards
- Believe in group process and enthusiasm (Group Leader Characteristic) - -
Can be contagious, without this belief there can be stagnation
- Stamina (Group Leader Characteristic) - - aware of their own energy level
and have sources other than the group for psychological nourishment
, Avoid unrealistically high expectations
- Commitment to Self-Care (Group Leader Characteristic) - - ethical
mandate, commit to develop effective self-care strategies
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - Cost effective, more affordable
option for the uninsured
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - As effective as individual therapy
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - Practice new skills inside/outside of
the group, get feedback/insight of peers/group leader
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - Modeling-learn to cope by observing
others with similar problems
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - Therapists benefit by seeing more
patients at once
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Disruption in their lives.
Problems with spouses and others who do not like the change in the person
the group member have become
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Group member may
become scapegoat and ganged up on
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Confrontation can be used
to attack group members. Intrusive interventions, overly confrontive leader
tactics, and pushing members beyond their limit can be detrimental.
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Confrontation should
concern behaviors and not group members
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Members who have been a
victim of social injustices may be victimized by their experience in the group
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Can minimize risks by using
a contract where leader specifies responsibilities and members specify what
they want to do in the group
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Another way to minimize
risk for the leader is for the leader to only work with groups they are only
comfortable with
- Research that supports group therapy - - Steen, Henfield and Booker
(2014) states that integrating counseling with psychoeducational
Revised – questions & Answers
Purpose of Group Therapy - - Prevention, education, therapeutic
- Purpose of Group Therapy - - Make fundamental changes in thinking,
feeling, behaving
- Purpose of Group Therapy - - Educational: help members learn specific
coping skills
- Purpose of Group Therapy - - In School Settings: enhance personal and
social development, study skills, how to interact with peers, setting goals
- Group Leaders Role (Purpose) - - Modeling effective behavior, promoting,
growth in individuals lives, inspiring group members
- Presence (Group Leader Characteristic) - - being emotionally present for
others
recognize and give expression to their own emotion
- Personal Power (Group Leader Characteristic) - - self-confidence and
awareness of influence on others.
They don't force themselves on others, create client-colleagues in group
Can't give to others what they don't have to give
- Courage (Group Leader Characteristic) - - Taking risks, admitting mistakes,
being vulnerable, challenging members respectfully, acting on intuition,
discussion feelings, don't hide behind the role as a counselor
- Willingness to change oneself (Group Leader Characteristic) - - willingness
to question oneself
- Sincerity and Authenticity (Group Leader Characteristic) - - Interest in the
well being of clients
- Clear sense of their own identity (Group Leader Characteristic) - - know
what you value and live by those standards
- Believe in group process and enthusiasm (Group Leader Characteristic) - -
Can be contagious, without this belief there can be stagnation
- Stamina (Group Leader Characteristic) - - aware of their own energy level
and have sources other than the group for psychological nourishment
, Avoid unrealistically high expectations
- Commitment to Self-Care (Group Leader Characteristic) - - ethical
mandate, commit to develop effective self-care strategies
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - Cost effective, more affordable
option for the uninsured
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - As effective as individual therapy
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - Practice new skills inside/outside of
the group, get feedback/insight of peers/group leader
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - Modeling-learn to cope by observing
others with similar problems
- Application and Benefits of Groups - - Therapists benefit by seeing more
patients at once
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Disruption in their lives.
Problems with spouses and others who do not like the change in the person
the group member have become
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Group member may
become scapegoat and ganged up on
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Confrontation can be used
to attack group members. Intrusive interventions, overly confrontive leader
tactics, and pushing members beyond their limit can be detrimental.
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Confrontation should
concern behaviors and not group members
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Members who have been a
victim of social injustices may be victimized by their experience in the group
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Can minimize risks by using
a contract where leader specifies responsibilities and members specify what
they want to do in the group
- Psychological Risks Associated with Groups - - Another way to minimize
risk for the leader is for the leader to only work with groups they are only
comfortable with
- Research that supports group therapy - - Steen, Henfield and Booker
(2014) states that integrating counseling with psychoeducational
