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| The group leader assesses progress and provides feedback to the group via two techniques: |
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- Trainer Process Comments
- Intermittent Process Analysis
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| Developed by Nitsun and describes the negative attitudes toward a group; gives framework for dealing w/ negative processes in group |
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| Makes visible what & how group & it's members are acting here & now |
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| Common group problems in the development stage include: |
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- Conflict or fight
- Apathy and non-participation
- Inadequate decision making
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| Members resist the difficult work being a group member will require of them. |
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| Group leaders can work to alter the group's structure through 3 strategies: |
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- Involving members in setting goals
- Task adaptation
- Encourage goup member roles
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| What is the main purpose of a functional group? |
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| The promotion of health and adaptation for it's members. |
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| What are development stage Issues? |
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- Concern over acceptance or rejection as result of change.
- Testing the safety of the group.
- Struggle between safety and involvement
- Control and power struggles with leader and other members.
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| The problem presented by individual members vary, and leaders should consider the following when trying to identify possible cause. |
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Just to name a few:
Inadequate positive reinforcement.
Secret or conflicting goals.
Insufficient information.
Poorly formed defense mechanisms.
Low self-esteem.
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| The leader and, whenever possible, the group should attempt to identify problems at what two levels? |
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| Concrete and symbolic levels |
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| Members may respond with apathy if the problem being worked on: |
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- Does not seem important to the members.
- [Seems] less important than some other problem on which they would prefer to be working.
- May seem important to members, but there are reasons which lead them to avoid attempting to solve the problem.
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Members also respond with apathy when a group has what?
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| Inadequate decision making may also result from unsatisfactory group interactions such as: |
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- Premature calling for a decision
- Decision being too difficult
- The group being low in cohesiveness and lacking faith in itself.
- The decision area being threatening to the grpup
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| Certain member behaviors, anxieties, or possible resistences might appear as: |
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Concern over group acceptance or rejection if members change.
Testing the safety of the group.
A struggle between safety and involvement.
Control and power struggles or conflicts with the leader or with other group members. |
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| Inattention to group needs and lack of leadership skills can also foster group problems, such as: |
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Activity is not matched to the group's abilities.
Activities fail to meet member's interest or basic needs.
Group goals are unclear, unrealistic, or not understood.
Group member's lack the necessary skills to perform a specific task.
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| Four group Member Needs (related to action) |
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Purposful action
Self-initiated action
Spontaneous (here and now) action
Group-centered action |
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| In the formation stage a group climate is established by: |
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| Group goals and roles are clarified, and the basis for trusting relationships is formed. |
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| The developement stage includes: |
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A "transitional phase of a group development"
or "transition stage"
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| "working stage" of a group |
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| Is when the issues are worked out and the group becomes more cohesive. |
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| The leader can use specific strategies to adapt the group's task structure and process in which stage? |
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| Group members need to be taught process skills such as: |
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Active listening
Giving and receiving feedback
Using "I" statements
Reality testing their perceptions in the here and now
Speaking in the present tense
Decision making
Assesing progress
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| Common challenges evoking countertransference and therapist shame |
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- Collusion with role lock or scapegoating
- Containing and detoxifying noxious projective indentifications
- Negative transferences in which aspects of a group member's personality strongly activated by group leader.
- Idealization of the therapist
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| Evaluating the group is an ongoing part of the leader's role. Evaluations can be either: |
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| structured or nonstructured |
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