Instruction
A SIX-page (minimum) project indicating the personal approach or theory to group content and process (Personal Theory of Group Dynamics). Please follow the APA format and the guideline provided by the professor. You need to include the following factors:
1) Your thoughts about the human condition.
What it means to be human? Goodness, resiliency, potential, evil, suffering and service.
2) How people get sick? What makes people sick?
3) How people grow and heal? What therapeutic factors are involved in the process?
4) How group form? Elements to consider in the selection of clients/participants.
5) How group evolve? Evolution of the group, stage development theory/movement theory. Termination of the group experience,
6) Group process. Patterns of relationships. Verbal and non-verbal communication in the group. Motivations of participants and group leaders. Needs of the participants. Issues of power. How group deal with conflicts? Types of conflicts
7) People who have influenced your understanding of group counseling. Therapeutic interventions. Concurrent therapies, and 8) Present a hypothetical group that you have led or will lead where you illustrate the application of the concepts mentioned above.
Please before writing this project read these documents: Practice Guidelines for Group Psychotherapy from the American Group Psychotherapy Association (2007
Please this paper must include:
1-houghts about the human condition (motivation, potential, strengths, limitations)
2- Assumptions on illness. How people get sick?
3-Premises on health and development. Therapeutic factors. How people grow and heal?
4-Group Development/Stages. Group structure. How group form and evolve?
5-Group process (conflict management, communication, use of emotions)
6-Ethical and intercultural commitment.
7- Key people who have influenced your understanding of group counseling and psychotherapy
8- Case for the application of the theory. Hypothetical group
Must turn it by 8:00AM