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Imparting information

Group members receive advice and guidance from both the therapist and other members.

Instilling hope

Observing others overcome problems helps to foster hope.

Universality

Group members realize they share similar issues, fears, and concerns.

Altruism

Helping others in the group enhances individual self-worth.

Interpersonal learning

Interactions in the group teach clients about relationships, social skills, and conflict resolution.

Imitative behavior

Watching and listening to others encourages the modeling of useful behaviors.

Corrective recapitulation of the primary family

The group setting can help individuals cope with family-related issues.

Catharsis

Expressing feelings honestly toward group members fosters mutual trust and understanding.

Group cohesiveness

Relationships within the group enhance self-esteem through acceptance.

Sensitivity training groups (T-groups)

Focused on interpersonal awareness and constructive feedback outside a psychotherapeutic context.

Levels of communication

The process where message sender and receiver decode intentions through verbal and nonverbal behaviors.

Couples/family therapy

Involves identifying the impact of intent on relationships and aims for effective communication.

General systems theory

Views individual behavior as part of a complex system, where change in one area affects the entire system.

Acceptance in therapy

Encouraging acceptance of a partner while promoting change, as per dialectical behavior principles.

Reframing

Changing the perception of a partner's behavior to highlight positive aspects that were once attractive.

Acceptance work

Aims to use unsolvable problems to build intimacy, not to promote resignation.

Community psychology

Focuses on prevention efforts and social factors affecting mental health.

Primary prevention

Efforts to eliminate problems before they occur, aiming to decrease the need for higher-level interventions.

Secondary prevention

Early detection interventions to prevent mild issues from escalating into severe problems.

Tertiary prevention

Treatment and intervention aimed at those already affected by problems.

Blaming the victim

The criticism of helping individuals adjust to toxic environments by failing to address systemic issues.

Politics and values in community psychology

The influence of societal dynamics over scientific evidence in mental health interventions.

Effectiveness of community efforts

Overall, community interventions are positively impacting, though hard to evaluate.