CPCE - Group Counseling and Group Work Questions and Answers 2023

CPCE - Group Counseling and Group Work Questions and Answers 2023 Prior to the 1960's Most counseling took place in a dyadic relationship Didactic to teach Jacob Moreno father of psychodrama; coined the term group counseling in 1931 psychodrama Clinical technique in which the client expresses spontaneous feelings via role-playing AA The first mutual aid, self-help support group founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith Marsha Linehan created dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) Adler and Jesse B. Davis Their work has been classified as a preface to the group movement The three classifications for group work primary (attempt to stop problems before they occur; stress a healthy lifestyle or coping strategies); secondary (works to reduce the severity or length of a problem and generally includes aspects of prevention; a difficulty or disturbance is present) tertiary (deals with individual difficulties that are more serious and longstanding) Group norms this governs acceptable behavior and group rules Shortage of individual therapists in WW2 lead to a flourishing of group therapy in the US group process the manner in which discussions and transactions occur; analyzing the communications, interactions, and transactions Group cohesiveness forces which tend to bind the group members together Taxonomy The science of classification assertiveness training group These types of groups are behavioristic and highly structured Trust the most important trait for group members Three basic leadership styles autocratic (authoritative), democratic (participative), and laissez faire 6-8 Ideal number of members in an adult group 3-4 Ideal number of members in a group for children group dynamics The study of group operations lack of goal setting a common weakness in many groups excitation the practice of spontaneously experiencing and expressing true emotions Three member roles task roles, maintenance roles, and self-serving roles role conflict a situation in which there is a discrepancy between the way is member os expected to behave and the way he/she actually behaves group formation/exploratory stage stage where a client would generally feel the most suspicious of others control or transition stage (group stage 2) stage in which fights between subgroups and members show rebellion against the leader storming or power control stage stage in which a hierarchy or pecking order among members occurs maintenance implies that the role maintains group interaction; support the group's livelihood and hence are seen as positive group planning this occurs before the group begins and continues throughout the life of the group ecological planning has been used to describe the process of obtaining information to determine whether a group is the most desirable form of treatment and, if it is, to decide the exact nature of the group experience. pictorial sociogram A diagram to better understand the dynamics between subgroups and members linking connects the dots of information for members, identifies commonalities between members horizontal interventions Work with the group as a whole (Interpersonal) vertical interventions Strategies that focus on an individual member of the group