Introduction to 
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                         Hannah Lowe
                         Hannah Lowe
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                       Topic: Group Process and 
                       Topic: Group Process and 
                       Techniques Section
                       Techniques Section
                       Credit Hours: 1.5 
                       Credit Hours: 1.5 
                       Objectives:
          Course       Objectives:
                       • Introduce models of group counseling
    Introduction       • Identify the appropriateness of models 
                        of group counseling to treatment goals
                       • Introduce group counseling dynamics 
                        • Participants
                        • Facilitation
                       • Practice the identification of group 
                        dynamics and practice addressing 
                        dynamics to support treatment 
      Outline
      • Qualities of a Group
       • Yalom’s Therapeutic Factors
      • Models of Group Counseling 
       • Task/Work
       • Psychoeducational
       • Counseling
       • Psychotherapy
       • Mixed
      • Group Dynamics
       • Trust
       • Support vs. confrontation
       • Defensiveness and reluctant behavior
       • Control 
       • Transference and countertransference
       • Problem behaviors 
        Qualities of a Group 
                   Groups include two                                                 Groups are 
                   or more individuals               Groups are                       interdependent 
                   who meet face-to-                 interactive                      (i.e., depend on the 
                   face or virtually                                                  whole)
                   Group members                     Groups are 
                   are aware of                      purposeful- 
                   belonging to the                  focused on 
                   group                             achieving agreed 
                                                     upon goals                     (Page & Jencius, 2009)
     Qualities of a Group
       Yalom’s Therapeutic Factors
                                              Imparting 
                                              Imparting 
                                                   of 
           Installation                            of 
           Installation     Universality     information 
             of hope        Universality     information 
             of hope                               (or 
                                                   (or 
                                              guidance)
                                              guidance)
                                        Family 
                                        Family 
                     Altruism        reenactme
                     Altruism        reenactme
                                          nt          (Yalom, 1970, 
                                          nt          1995)