Group Counseling Theories Flashcards

Psychodrama groups primarily use which technique to help members explore emotional conflicts?

Answer: Role enactment and dramatization of life events

Psychodrama uses action methods including role-playing to re-enact and work through significant life experiences.

In a CBT group, a 'thought record' exercise is used primarily to:

Answer: Identify and challenge automatic negative thoughts

Thought records help members identify, examine, and reframe distorted automatic thoughts.

Which ethical concern is MOST unique to group counseling compared to individual therapy?

Answer: Protecting confidentiality when other group members may disclose information outside the group

Unlike individual therapy, the counselor cannot guarantee confidentiality because other members may breach it.

The 'here-and-now' focus in group process work emphasizes:

Answer: Analyzing the immediate interactions and dynamics occurring in the group

Here-and-now focus uses the live interactions within the group as the primary therapeutic vehicle.

A group member who consistently speaks for others, saying 'we all feel that way,' is displaying which group dynamic?

Answer: Mind-reading/spokesperson behavior

Speaking for others ('we all feel') is a spokesperson dynamic that can silence individual voices and should be addressed.

In existential group therapy, the concept of 'existential isolation' refers to:

Answer: The unbridgeable gap between self and others despite connection

Existential isolation is the fundamental aloneness of existence that no relationship can fully bridge.

A transference reaction in group therapy occurs when a member:

Answer: Responds to another member or leader based on a past significant relationship

Transference involves displacing feelings from earlier relationships onto current group members or the leader.