Group Analysis: Weekly Integrative Group Session

Instead of showing empathy and providing a safe space for Lili to express herself, Karla's behavior further hindered the therapeutic process. Lili reported that Karla frequently interrupted her as she attempted to explain her issues and even repeated what Lili had said, leading to frustration and a sense of being unheard. Lili did not feel like Karla was reflecting on anything she had revealed. This lack of deep connection and mutual understanding left Lili feeling that Karla made little effort to comprehend her and develop a meaningful relationship truly. In Lili's report to the supervisor, Karla was portrayed as lacking empathy and failing to demonstrate genuine concern and support to help Lili navigate her challenges.

Michele said that a 17 year old student of hers was very smart had a lot of potential ended up dying from the negative life decisions he made. The next question that I asked her was, Do you ever get emotionally attached to your students or clients? Her answer was the cases she gets more attached

My group always focused on their roles and contributed as much as they could. As soon as we got into our group, everyone would start to talk excitingly about the book. When we were answering questions most of us would answer unless someone else had already said what we were about to. I did not have a single problem with my group.

Our conversation continued and by the end, I felt a connection to Samantha, who willingly opened up about one of the lowest points in her life to an absolute stranger. Unlike most people, Samantha maintained a resolve and purpose to her life; she devoted herself to serving others because she experienced firsthand the horrors of being a female inmate in the failing prison system. If she prevented one person from suffering the pain she endured, all of her devotion to this cause was

After hearing heartbreaking stories, the helping professional might feel overwhelmed, saddened, and

There is no doubt that The Dream Team excelled in this beyond expectations. All members in the group including the author (Member A) provided social support for one and another regarding class work and even personal life support. For example, the group members always communicated outside of class and during times of stress due to upcoming exams, the members worked together to keep each other motivated and provided emotional support. The CIHI, an independent non-profit corporation states that positive interaction and emotional support predict improvements in times of distress (CIHI, 2012), and so by achieving this, group members will feel better off to view things in a positive light. Informational support is evident in The Dream Team.

Factors such as a sense of belonging in a group, self-esteem and attaining their goals are fundamental human needs. It is important to understand that everyone has different needs (Shakiba,2015). Lastly, it is to solve collaboratively by sitting down and talking about the problem together. Using phrases that start with ‘I’ as it identifies the other person 's needs and it does not push the blame to them. Overlapping problems are inevitable, hence these 4 steps will allow individuals to come together to find a common need that can be met by both parties

COU 3012 Group Dynamics and Group Skills Dr. Fung Suk Chun Pat Reflection paper Introduction 70 Therapeutic Factor: Catharsis 276 Catharsis is always assumed to be a significant therapeutic factor in the therapeutic process. Through experiencing and expressing both positive and negative feelings freely and receiving supportive feedback in group, members can experience relief from pain, guilt and stress (Yalom, 1995).

Therapists must access their own internal process such as their feelings, attitudes and moods. Therapists’, who are not receptive to the awareness of their flow of thoughts and feelings, will not be able to help clients be aware of theirs (Kahn, 1997, p. 40). Though congruence does not mean that therapists have to share personal issues with clients, a therapist must not conceal their inner process from the client, and not be defensive but transparent (Kahn, 1997, p. 41). By being open sometimes a therapist learns more not only about their client but about themselves

As a therapist, to alleviate diversity issues or conflicts I must remember and remind members not to stereotype. Since this success of this group is highly depends on self-disclosure, I must be culturally sensitive to issues of self-disclosure. Some cultures view this as a form of weakness or betrayal while others encourage or abuse it. I must be mindful of my own biases, personal beliefs and ethical boundaries. In the first session, I must ask members how they identified and through activities I can help members accept and appreciate differences in others, model appropriate terminology when discussing diversity issues, encourage members to explore their own biases and prejudices.

Prior to the session, I was apprehensive towards my decision making, due to my previous session. I recapped my goals: accepting the silence, and trying not to lead the discussion, really focusing on the speakers’ responses instead of my own. This reflection will be a response to the progress made in these two specific areas, along with new realizations and observations from the second session. The beginning of the second session began fairly quickly, Abbey walked in, sat on the floor and poured her coffee into her mug, I moved my pillow and notebook to the floor and flowed into discussion, I began the conversation with the phrase “so how’s it going”.

I participated in the group activity in class, and there were many aspect from chapters nine and ten that related to the activity. 1. What were some of your goals (individual (task and social), group (task and social))? The individual task goal I had was figuring out the three-word rhyming puzzle.

he treatment I would prescribe for Sean is group therapy. Group therapy has been and shown to be effective for substance-related disorders (Butcher, 2008). For the reason that based on the information we know we can conclude that at minimum Sean is consuming two different drugs. Group therapy is a good way for Sean to see that he is denying acknowledging the fact that marijuana isn’t a bad drug for him. from group therapy I would like Sean to learn ways to cope with circumstances that have led to his drug addiction.

It is important for the facilitator to accept that it is a thought, behavior, or experience of the member and attempt to understand it. Group leaders should also value every member with sympathy, respect, empathy, genuine acceptance, and unconditional positive regard. Leaders should also value members’ choices and opinions, as well as, acknowledge each member is

It brought a sense of focus to the group since we were ready to do anything to get started, the group performed well under Sarah’s leadership. As a member of the group, we found that Sarah was a good leader as the group started working harmoniously because she was supportive of the members in terms of engaging in supportive and encouraging behaviour where she accepted our suggestions and conversed well with the members of the group. The group eventually came up with a functional mobile takeout ordering system that the group had successfully demonstrated to the