Preview

Forming Stage Tuckman 1965

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
1215 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Forming Stage Tuckman 1965
forming stage (Tuckman 1965) as described previously and in relation to (Schutz 1977) appears to be grappling with the inclusion phase.
Session three was held in November I still had a sense of discomfort and felt very self-aware that this group is not for me. After the previous session I felt the group had no direction (Cole, 2003) and yet I decided to remain silent therefore contributing to the lack of direction (BABCP ). One member stated “I do not know what this group is” which helped me feel less isolated and at least one other member shared my discomfort. It seemed the more I attended this group the more confused I became. When the facilitators did come to me I had an immediate urge to run. When it was pointed out I had not been heard today I responded by saying “I am not here I am on the bus home” one of the other members said “it is OK to feel like this …show more content…
(Yalom, Leszcz 2005) describes this factor as catharsis which was certainly evident in this group. The facilitator worked through the CBT five factor model with the member asking her to describe her thoughts feeling physical sensations and behaviour. There was also a sense of the here and now as the facilitator said to the member “if you had younger version of yourself in front of you what wold you say to her”. After the member gave her response the facilitator asked how she was feeling now and the member said “I feel better” this then evidence catharsis and demonstrated here and now working. The other member, after the facilitator walked her though the CBT five factor model, attended to the here and now through the facilitator asking “if you came face to face with the bullies now what would you say to them”. The facilitator role modelled the behaviour to the group. This role modelling is the second key facilitators task alluded to by (Yalom, Leszcz
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Schopenhauer Cure
    • 920 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Schopenhauer Cure

    The Schopenhauer Cure (2006), authored by Irvin Yalom, is a novel detailing the journey of a prominent psychotherapist, Julius Hertzfeld, after he discovers that he is slowly dying from a terminal illness. Faced with his own mortality, Julius begins to examine his life through his effectiveness as a therapist and his failures both in his personal and professional life. Julius also decides to make a brave decision: “live life to your fullest; and then, and only then, die” (p. 11). In his book, The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (2005), Yalom details eleven therapeutic factors that he associates with group change. These therapeutic factors include: instillation of hope, universality, imparting of information, altruism, corrective recapitulation of the primary family group, development of socializing techniques, imitative behavior, interpersonal learning, group cohesiveness, catharsis and existential factors. These therapeutic factors also play a large role in the evolution of the therapeutic group in The Schopenhauer Cure. While all of the above therapeutic factors are utilized throughout the book, the use of some specific therapeutic factors drew more attention than others: universality, instillation of hope, imparting information, cohesiveness, and catharsis. An example of when the therapeutic factor universality is used in the novel is in chapters 17 and 19 during an outburst where Bonnie confronted Rebecca. Shortly after the confrontation, Bonnie and Rebecca both admit that they resent the group; Bonnie resents the group for feeling ignored and Rebecca resents the group for feeling as though she is being criticized. It is apparent, in the book that they both yearn for the same thing; that is, they both yearn for attention. Another example where the therapeutic factor, catharsis, is exhibited…

    • 920 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Group Counseling Chapter Summary for 16-17
    • 2261 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Group Counseling Chapter Summary for 16-17

    Let us examine some remnants of the encounter group movement. The self-help group movement is an enormously expanding field which merits discussion because its goals in many ways are parallel to the goals of group therapy. Self-help groups exist for the explicit purpose of offering psychological support: they help members deal with a psychological problem, a physical illness, a significant external stress, or with a stigmatized status in society (for example being short, obese, gay, and widowed).…

    • 2261 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    P2 P3 Unit 8

    • 2491 Words
    • 6 Pages

    P2 P3 Unit 8

    In this assignment I am going to look at four different psychological approaches and how they can be linked to health and social care situations, two of the approaches will be linked to health care situations and the other two to social care situations.…

    • 2491 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Felici Support Group Analysis
    • 153 Words
    • 1 Page

    Felici Support Group Analysis

    Felicia, I like your discussion board. I think your discussion board is very interesting. In your discussion board, Felicia you stated that you would like to lead a support group in which the group members will share their feelings with any issues or concerns. In a support group, “groups enable members to learn that other people struggle with the same problems, feel similar emotions, and think similar thoughts, and the role of the leader in a support group is to encourage sharing among participants” (Jacobs, Schimmel, Masson, & Harvill, 2015, p.15). In a support group, the leader needs work toward their goals and know each participants strengths and weakness.…

    • 153 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Small Group Therapy Case Study
    • 1154 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Small Group Therapy Case Study

    She immediately replied, “Through empathy.” She explained that group therapy is first and foremost a spiritual and intuitive experience for all involved. A facilitator is responsible TO the group, not FOR the group. It boils down to treating clients the way she wants to be treated. Bad choices should, of course, be pointed out. However, if a client consciously chooses to make bad choices the counselor should still demonstrate support, acceptance, and love. This is what it means to have a therapeutic alliance based on trust and loyalty. My time with Deb was worth more than I could ever pay her, and I am grateful to her and to Grand Canyon University for giving me this learning…

    • 1154 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Psycho Educational Group
    • 966 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Psycho Educational Group

    The Writer explained to group members that the bible did not promise that Christian will not go through live difficulty, but that in the midst of it all God will be there to make sure that his children survive and triumph over their circumstances. The Writer explained to the group that the focus of session 3 is to exploit ways they can survive the changes they are experiencing in Canada. The Writer explained 18 ways to survive changes (Psychoeducational Group: Session Summaries 3, n.d), group members were paired into two for dyad exercise and they were asked to compare the list of how they are prepared to overcome challenges and move forward in Canada (assignment from last session) with 18 ways to survive changes. The dyad exercise lasted for 10 minutes.…

    • 966 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Assignment 1: Scenario Analysis
    • 1886 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Assignment 1: Scenario Analysis

    Yalom, I., & Leszcz, M., (2005). The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, 5ed. Basic Books Inc., ISBN: 0465092845, ISBN-13: 9780465092840,…

    • 1886 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Recovery Group Field Trip and Paper
    • 854 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Recovery Group Field Trip and Paper

    Once the meeting started, it moved along according to an agenda. Others had been given materials to read as I had. As people were called upon to read what was given to them, I realized that these materials were read at every meeting as they all seemed to have them memorized and recited along with the reader or when the reader came to certain parts of the reading, they had a response. Once the Who is an Addict? and, What is the Narcotics Anonymous Program were read then everyone introduced themselves by first name only – Hello, my name is _______ and I am an addict. The group responded with, Hello, ________. Following this, members read Why are We Here?, How it Works, The…

    • 854 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Narcotics Anonymous: Support Group Counseling Paper
    • 1580 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Narcotics Anonymous: Support Group Counseling Paper

    There was the actual group leader Andre, and then there was a woman, Christy, who helped him lead the group and keep everyone on task. She also was the groups contact person, and filled out all the forms for peoples parole officers, help house leaders, etc. Then there were 3 or 4, depending on the night, members who wanted to be in control of the group. Two of them were actually beneficial to the group and provided them with helpful stories and commentary. Then there were the other two who just seemed to want to interrupt the group just to share something they thought was important, but not something that helped the group or went along with the group discussion. I think this was very challenging to the group overall, there was a lot of whispering going on while these members talked, whispers of “someone shut him/her up” “I can’t stand it when he/she shares” etc. I think that the assigned leaders should step up and quiet them down or try and get them into some type of individual counseling. It is a tough situation though because if they are asked to leave the group or quit sharing it may lead to a relapse or them just not attending meetings anymore because they feel unwelcome, and that is not beneficial at all. You could see that the leaders were trying to keep things on track and had subtle ways of trying to quiet a person, but it didn’t always…

    • 1580 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Suppport Group Summary
    • 755 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Suppport Group Summary

    Group therapy has evolved so much that the participant are learning how to help themselves and others. Self-help groups are one of the most popular forms of group therapy. One of the most known self-help groups is Alcoholics Anonymous also known as A.A. (Jacobs, Masson, & Harvill, 2012). A.A. follows a twelve step model. In addition to A.A., they are other self –help groups such as Gamblers Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Overeaters Anonymous just to name a few.…

    • 755 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Schopenhauer Cure
    • 2238 Words
    • 9 Pages

    The Schopenhauer Cure

    In the book The Schopenhauer Cure, Yalom portrays a group therapist, Julius, who uses a variety of group facilitation techniques in order for the group to be run effectively. The first technique Julius uses in the group is to switch the focus from content to process. “Julius intervened by using the group therapist’s most common and most effective tactic—he switched the focus from the content to the process, that is, away from the words being spoken to the nature of the relationship of the interacting parties” (Yalom, 2005, p. 132).…

    • 2238 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Interpersonal Learning on the Here and Now
    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Interpersonal Learning on the Here and Now

    Incorporating the first few chapters of Yalom’s readings, I surmise the meaning of the “here and now” as a fight or flight response, and “the increase in power and effectiveness” as a natural transference process in which the client’s distorted self perception is confronted by the members during a group discussion. The here and now is a focus from the intra-personal to the inter-personal by bringing the outside unconscious malfunction into the inside smaller world of a group. The specific behavior of the unconsciously safeguarded malfunction is brought to light in the natural setting of the group. These confrontations of safeguarding behaviors are voiced with empathetic clarification versus attack (a hit and run as families sometimes do). The safeguarding behavior comes into light as being specific and personal with awareness to how one is seen by others. The scenarios Yalom (2005) discusses indicate how vital it is for the group dynamic to be supplied with empathy, along with many opportunities for members to reflect on the maladaptive cycles in the group with an emotional and corrective therapeutic process.…

    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Reflections on a 12-Step Group Meeting
    • 827 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Reflections on a 12-Step Group Meeting

    This essay is a reflection on my observation of how a group interacts with each other. The 12-step meeting I attended was Overeater’s Anonymous (OA). OA uses the same Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions as Alcoholics Anonymous, the words are changed from “alcoholic” to “compulsive overeater”. The meeting I went to had seven people in attendance even with this small of a group it was definitely a diverse group. All seven attendees were women whose ages ranged from a young college student to an elderly homemaker, there was a middle age professional (just left the office type), and a good old ranch gal boot wearing, hair in a braid ranch women. I was a bit nervous about being there but someone patted the seat next to herself and I immediately felt welcomed.…

    • 827 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Kirk Samuda Riordan Manufacturing
    • 1463 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Kirk Samuda Riordan Manufacturing

    gathered in the prior phases begin to take on a shape. This phase will reflect the construction of…

    • 1463 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Aa Meeting Analysis
    • 1252 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Aa Meeting Analysis

    The only meetings I had ever experienced were the ones in movies and TV shows, which was completely different from what I experienced. The main difference from this meeting to most is the fact that it was being held by college students. It’s a shock to imagine that people the same age as I are having to deal with such difficulties when they haven’t experienced life to its fullest yet. They got swept up in the experience of “college” that they now must live with those mistakes for the rest of their lives. I think that by it being such a small group, it is easier to really get the help you need instead of being in a room full of people all talking about their problems. I talked to one of the members afterward and asked if they have ever been to other meetings, and they said no. I then asked if they liked the fact that it is just the four of them, and they said they wouldn’t want it any other way. They said that since it is a smaller group it is easier to communicate their feelings to each other without feeling like they are just another voice in the crowd. They also brought up the point that they do not feel rushed to say their part so that everyone can speak, they just take their time and say everything they have been dying to say. Like we have discussed in class, communication has such an impact on a person’s mental healing process. Since it is easier for this group to communicate amongst each other…

    • 1252 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More

Related Topics