* Session 1: Getting to know you; discussion of group norms; decision to use an open format with no chosen topics by the group leader (this is a bit alarming for Joe who has never led a group without topics); Joe has decided to learn from this experience with the help of his supervisor…
I have started to sit and speak to the same people in our group others have peeled off into their cluster. The few who I have spoken to seem nice and friendly. During the three hours we had the usual formalities but once this was over we did start the session. We are mainly focusing on listening, I thought that counseling was about giving advise and to try and help with problems but from the outset this was not correct. Listening is a fundamental part of the…
How does Person-centred counselling, influence the understanding of the development of concept of self? (245 words)…
Hawkins, R.E. (2006). Model for guiding the counseling process. (Streamed video lecture). Lynchburg, VA: Liberty University.…
Jacobs, E. E., Masson, R. L., & Harvill, R. L. (2012). Group counseling: Strategies & skills (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.…
Deborah “Deb” Barnes is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor employed at Valley Hope (VH), a private residential treatment facility located in Cushing, Oklahoma that specializes in the treatment of substance use and codependency disorders. When I walked through the door at the end of the Lecture Hall I paused, unsure of whether I was in an office or a playroom. Deb explained that her office is used as the unofficial storage room for behavioral therapy props because she enjoys having the stuffed animals and other toys around her. She invited me to take a seat next to a Teddy bear, and for the next hour I interviewed her about aspects of group therapy that is conducted in the facility. Deb taught me much about how her group members are assembled,…
Jacobs, E. E., Masson, R. L., Harvill, R. L., & Schimmel, C. J. (2012). Group counseling:Strategies and skills (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. ISBN: 9780840033932.…
Charles C. Thomas.Jacobs, E. E., Masson, R. L., & Harvill, R. L. (2009). Group counseling: Strategies &skills (6thed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. ISBN-10: 0495505587…
Question 1 REBT methodology includes all of the following procedures except: confrontation. logical analysis. analysis of transference. counter-propaganda. behavioral methods.…
Conflicts carry incredible emotions and these emotions need to move the group members forward to a meaningful discussion. Once a conflict is dissected and solved group members will feel a sense of group cohesiveness. The group members will feel they have accomplished something together, as a group (Corey, et al., 2010). Ambiguity does not always have to be seen as a negative part of counseling. Having aspects of counseling open for interpretation is an excellent way for group members to exercise their minds and come to an understanding on a topic. It is essential the group leader recognizes ambiguity and explores the depths of it and the meaning for each group member (Levitt & Jacques, 2005). Group leaders and group members will be faced with challenges throughout the group process, which is why it is essential to resolve any conflict and ambiguity that…
I believe group sessions provide for positive peer interaction. The stages of a group, as indicated by Corey & Corey, seem to mirror that of which friendship formation evolves. The initial stage is a time of orientation and exploration. Norms are established, personal and group goals are set, and members are becoming acquainted. The transition stage consists of that of a testing ground where feelings of anxiety, defensiveness, and resistance are displayed. Like in friendships, one assesses that of the others' limits and capabilities. Finally, the working stage is where an environment of safety and trust has been established and work. I think participating in the group depicted in the “Evolution of a Group” video was difficult for some of its members, and there were some issues with trust amongst the participants. Some group members seemed to have stronger personalities and thus controlled the focus of the group. The group’s leaders recognized this factor and tried to facilitate more balance by encouraging less vocal members to discuss their feelings about comments made by the stronger personality types in the group. However, I don’t believe they were very effective in accomplishing balance, as evidenced by the reactions of some group members when a black woman from the group discussed her feelings about some of her experiences with the white women in the group. The response from one of the white women in the group was that now she could not trust this woman because she felt like she was being judged. I think this would have been a good opportunity for the group’s leaders to explain how it was ordinary for certain alliances to form within the group based on certain familiarities. I believe its important when running groups to always be aware of the my own feelings and to encourage group members to do the…
Jacobs, E. E., Masson, R. L., Harvill, R. L., & Schimmel, C. J. (2012). Group counseling: Strategies and skills (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.…
What is a counselling skill, one application of the word ‘skills’ pertains to areas of skill, for instance listening skills or disclosing skills. Another application refers to level of competence, for instance, how strong your skills are in a particular area. Competence in a skill is best viewed not as an either/or matter in which you either possess or do not possess a skill. Rather, within skills area, it is preferable to think of helpers as possessing different levels of strength. In all skills areas you are likely to possess a mixture of levels of strength. For instance, in the skills area of listening, you may be stronger at understanding clients, but less strong at showing your understanding. Similarly, in just about all areas of their functioning, clients will possess a mixture of skills of differing levels of strength. A third application of the word ‘skill’ relates to the knowledge and sequence of choices entailed in implementing a given skill. The essential element of any skill is the ability to make and implement sequences of choices to achieve objectives. For instance, if you are to be good at listening deeply and accurately to clients, you have to make and implement effective choices in this skills area. The object of counselling skills training and supervision is to help trainees, in the skills areas targeted by their training programmes, move more in the direction of making choices that reflect strength. For example, in the skills area of active listening, the objective would be to enable you to make stronger choices in the process not only of understanding clients but also in showing that understanding to them.…
First, the proper training of the group therapist must include some personal group experience. Secondly, the form of contemporary group therapy has been vastly influenced by the encounter group. Lastly, the encounter group or at least the tradition from which it emerged has been responsible for developing the best, and the most sophisticated, small group research technology.…
Corey, G. (2004). Theory and practice of group counseling (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole.…