Group Therapy
Read and review the power point (see attachments) and watch the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiBQLnnPQD8) then answer the below discussion questions:
1. How would you attempt to build trust during the initial phase of group? What factors do you think are likely to lead to trust? What would it take for you to feel a sense of trust in a group? What do you see as the major barriers to the development of trust?
2. Think about how the characteristics described in the initial stage of group that were depicted in the video. What are the members anxious about, and how safe did most of them feel from the very beginning? What early concerns did the members voice? What process and group techniques are being employed to help the members get acquainted?
3. Describe ways of effectively dealing with defensiveness and reluctant behaviors in a group.
4. Differentiate between the working stage and transition stage of group. Describe specific characteristics and behaviors in each.
5. There are important differences between effective and ineffective confrontation. How would you explain this difference to group members? Think about how you might respond to a person who had been in your group for some time and who said, “I don’t see why we focus so much on problems and on confronting people with negative feelings. All this makes me want to retreat. I’m afraid to say much because I’d rather hear positive feedback.”
6. What are the major differences between a working and a nonworking group? Between a working and a nonworking member?
7. What would you want to teach members during the working stage about giving and receiving feedback?
