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Group Therapy
Attributes and Skills
32
Social Work
Graduate
03/31/2011

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Courage
Definition
Vulnerable at times, emotionally touched by others, confront with honesty, caring, and respect; examine self
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Modeling
Definition
Teach through example
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Presence
Definition
Available to others on an emotional level--personal involvement
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Goodwill and Caring
Definition
Genuine warmth, caring, respect, trust, and support
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Belief in the Group Process
Definition
Confidence knowing this is worthwhile
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Openness
Definition
Enhancing the group process with spirit of sharing
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Nondefensiveness in coping with criticism
Definition

Being secure in nsense of self, taking criticism without aggression, expressing thoughts and feelings

 

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Awareness of own culture
Definition
Values, worldview
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Personal Power
Definition
Confidence, competence to grow
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Stamina
Definition
Not using the group's performance as a measure of self-worth.  Approaching group with energy, but not having unrealistic expectations of the group and oneself
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Willingness to seek new experiences
Definition
Interest in others, while maintaining an interest in all aspects of life--living fully.
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Sense of humor
Definition
Release of tension, but more importantly, it is effective in coping
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Inventiveness
Definition
Spontaneous and creative--living in the here-and-now
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Personal dedication and commitment
Definition
Making a difference for others, empowering, humility, vision to ride out rough spots
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Active listening
Definition
Focused empathetic attention on words, behaviors, and motives
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Reflecting
Definition
An interactive mirror for group members to see themselves
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Clarifying
Definition
Sorting out competing emotions/motives/thoughts/behaviors
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Summarizing
Definition
Pulls contributions together so as to prevent fragmentation
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Facilitating
Definition
Create environment of safety, support and encouragement, and open expression
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Empathizing
Definition
Create environment of safety, support and encouragement, and open expression
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Interpreting
Definition
Best used when a hunch, but even better, when a group member is asked to determine what thoughts/feelings/behaviors may mean
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Questioning
Definition
Heightening awareness in the moment:"what would happen if you had his approval--what are you feeling right now--what would you like to say, but are hesitant?"
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Linking
Definition
Facilitating member-to-member communication, "who else is affected by this--does anyone else feel as she does right now?"
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Confronting
Definition
Pointing out behavior, saying how it affects you in a caring fashion (it is helpful to ask permission to bring up something)
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Supporting
Definition
Encouragement to make changes, acknowledgement of the difficulties that lay ahead
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Blocking
Definition
Routing counterproductive behaviors by asking persons to look at what they are doing and how it may be affecting others
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Diagnosing
Definition
Seeing problems and determining if referrals need to be made
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Modeling
Definition
Demonstrate good communication through working with criticism without aggression, appropriate self-disclosure, sensitivity, honesty, respect, directness, risktaking
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Suggesting
Definition
Offering the possibility of another course of action through home assignments, creating their own experiments, and giving/finding information
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Initiating
Definition
Direction, structure to the extent that group members learn to direct themselves
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Evaluating
Definition
What is changing--what is productive and what is not therapeutic--"take a moment and think about what you can contribute to re-energize the group."
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Terminating
Definition
Transferring benefits of group to other areas of life, preparing for psychological problems when leaving the group, arrange for follow-up, referrals.
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