Group Counseling Dynamics Flashcards
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A co-facilitation team disagrees about a group intervention during a session. The best course of action is to:
Answer: Defer the discussion to post-session supervision or debriefing
Co-facilitators should resolve professional disagreements in supervision or debriefing, not in front of group members, to maintain a unified therapeutic environment.
Which statement about psychoeducational groups in substance use disorder treatment is MOST accurate?
Answer: They provide structured information about addiction and recovery skills
Psychoeducational groups deliver structured information about substance use, its effects, and coping skills, making them especially useful in early treatment.
A member in a substance use group begins crying while discussing a relapse. The most therapeutic response is to:
Answer: Allow the member to express emotion while providing empathic support
Allowing emotional expression with empathic support validates the member's experience and demonstrates the group's capacity to hold difficult feelings.
The concept of 'corrective emotional experience' in group therapy means:
Answer: Members experience new, healthier interpersonal responses that differ from past relational patterns
A corrective emotional experience occurs when members interact in ways that provide a healthier relational experience than what they received in their past.
Which of the following is a contraindication for placing a client in a standard outpatient group for substance use disorders?
Answer: Client is in active psychosis and unable to engage in group process
Active psychosis impairs reality testing and the ability to engage meaningfully in group process, making standard group participation contraindicated.
When facilitating a group session, the counselor notices two members are having a side conversation. The best intervention is to:
Answer: Address the group norm about participation and invite those members to share
Addressing the participation norm and inviting input redirects the behavior therapeutically without singling out members in a shaming way.
Yalom's curative factor of 'altruism' in group therapy occurs when:
Answer: Members gain self-esteem by helping and supporting other group members
Altruism as a curative factor means that helping others in the group boosts members' own sense of worth and counteracts feelings of worthlessness.