Group Counseling and Group Work

What are the 3 elements of group?

Shared purpose, unity, membership

(SUM - a group is a sum of people)

_______ _______, the father of psychodrama, coined the term group therapy.

Jacob Moreno

The American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) and the American Group Psychoherapy Association (AGPA) are the two groups that…

The two organizations for group therapy

The work of psychotherapists _____ and _____ are regarded as a preface to the group counseling movement.

Adler, Davis

(AD - before group, and after group)

Groups that focus on preventing problems are known as ______ groups.

Primary

Ex. group that focuses on the dangers of drinking and driving to prevent DUIs

Groups that focus on reducing the severity of a problem are known as _____ groups.

Secondary

Ex. STR group focusing on reducing triggers

Groups that focus on individual difficulties that are serious and long-term are known as _______ groups.

Tertiary

Ex. DBT group for those who have attempted suicide.

Which group is most likely to work with individuals with severe mental health disorders/problems?

Tertiary

Group therapy flourished in the U.S. due to…

A shortage of individual therapists in WWII

The manner in which group discussions and transactions occur is called ______.

Process

How do group counseling and group therapy differ?

Group therapy is longer than group counseling

Which are more effective in group counseling? Structured activities or unstructured activities?

Unstructured

(Too much structure causes group to rely on leader more for guidance)

One disadvantage of group environments it that it is harder for a therapist to focus on _______.

Individuals

A group decision will be less conservative than the average group member’s decision prior to the group decision. This is known as the _____ _____ Phenomenon.

Risky shift

(Moving to conservatism was a risky shift)

What is a “T-Group?”

Training group

T Groups focus on _____ _____ processes between employees in a work setting.

Human relations

Assertiveness training groups are often ______ and highly ______.

Behavioristic, structured

Weight-watchers is an example of a ______ group.

Support

Examples of clients who should not attend group sessions are…

Homicidal/suicidal, paranoid, narcissistic, psychotic.

______ is the most important trait for group members to have.

Trust

Increased _______ is an advantage of closed groups.

Cohesion

The number of people in an open group is generally more ______ than a closed group.

Stable

New members missing ______ or members’ _______ is a disadvantage of open groups.

Information, stories

The idea that we are not the only ones dealing with a problem is called ________.

Universality

A group where members can do what they please with no input from a leader uses a ____-_____ style of leadership.

Laissez-faire

What type of group leadership do clients like the least?

Autocratic (authoritarian)

A group where a leader gives orders to members uses a ______ style of leadership.

Autocratic (authoritarian)

A group where members can participate in the decision-making process uses a _______ style of leadership.

Democratic

Which style of leadership do clients like the most?

Democratic

What is the range of participants needed for best group outcomes?

5-8

A children’s group should have ______ members than an adult group.

Less

What is the ideal amount of time per group session?

2 hours

When should a group leader discuss risks?

At the first session

Group operations can also be called _____ _____.

Group dynamics

The word dynamic means that a group is constantly ________.

Changing

What is a common mistake groups make during the first session?

Not setting goals.

When is it best to use structured activities

During the first session to build cohesion

A group member that stimulates enthusiasm in the group is known as an ________.

Energizer

A group member that is a target for blame is known as a _______.

Scapegoat

A group member that makes sure everyone is doing their task and secretly wants to run the group is called the ________.

Gatekeeper

A group member that constantly asks questions inappropriately is known as an _______ or a ______ _____.

Interrogator, peeping tom.

A nonassertive group member that goes along with whatever the interrogator asks is called a _______.

Follower

Two downsides to good cohesion are that it decreases ________ and increases ________.

Creativity, conformity

True or false. Members change roles in a healthy group.

True

An individual who helps the group carry out a task engages in a _____ role

Task

One who maintains group process engages in a ________ role.

Maintenance

One who merely focuses on their own needs takes on a _____-______ role.

Self-serving

Solving problems, keeping focus, and reaching goals are positive attributes of _____ roles.

Task

A discrepancy between how a group member should act and how they actually act is called ______ _______.

Role conflict

________ is a technique used by the leader to stop harmful behavior.

Blocking

Asking group members to recapitulate what they learned during group that day is known as _______.

Summarizing.

Pictorial sociograms, like genograms, are charts used to display group _______.

Dynamics

______ is a technique used by leaders to display connections between one member’s situation to another.

Linking

When a leader works with a group as a whole, they utilize _______ interventions.

Horizontal

When a leader works with individuals in a group, they are utilizing _______ interventions.

Vertical

(Vertical - stand up - individual person stands vertically)

_________ leaders focus on here-and-now interventions.

Interpersonal

________ leaders focus on clients’ past experiences.

Intrapersonal

Group therapists make _____ decisions when compared to individual therapists.

More

A _______ exists between researchers and group practitioners in the field of psychology.

Disconnect

Experts predict that, in the future, group therapists will become more like ______-_______ coaches.

Life-skills

True or false: Although groups are effective, researchers struggle to find out why.

True

One major downfall to group is that leaders can ____ ____ and cause emotional harm.

Lose control

One major advantage of group work is that its dialogue is comparable to ________ interactions.

Everyday

Altruism, universality, and existential learning are all curative methods according to ______.

Yalom.

Group interventions are used to _____, _____, and ______ behavior.

Prevent, enhance, correct

(PECs)

What would be the most effective way of measuring progress in a group?

Having an outside observer sit in during sessions and rate the level of behavioral change.

When doing group with kids, you should involve ______ in the decision making process and ask for input.

Parents

If an adolescent is resistant to parental involvement in group, a leader should avoid _____ ______ and assist the client in seeing things from ___ ______ point of view.

Taking sides, the parents’