MC Master of Counseling: Group Therapy Principles 3

Question 1

Which type of group is specifically designed to be time-limited, symptom-focused, and based on cognitive-behavioral principles?

Accepted Answer

CBT-based skills group

Answer

CBT-based skills groups are structured, time-limited, and target specific cognitive and behavioral patterns.

Question 2

Scapegoating in a therapy group most often serves the function of:

Accepted Answer

Allowing other members to project disowned traits onto one person

Answer

Scapegoating is a group defense mechanism where one member becomes a container for the group's unacknowledged feelings or traits.

Question 3

In group therapy screening, a contraindication for placing a client in an ongoing outpatient process group would be:

Accepted Answer

Active psychosis with poor reality testing

Answer

Active psychosis impairs the reality testing and interpersonal functioning necessary to benefit from and not harm group process.

Question 4

The 'installation of hope' curative factor is especially important in the early stages of group therapy because:

Accepted Answer

Members need to believe change is possible to invest in the process

Answer

Hope motivates continued engagement; without it, members are unlikely to persist through the difficult work of therapy.

Question 5

Co-leadership in group therapy is considered advantageous primarily because:

Accepted Answer

It provides modeling of healthy relationships and allows peer consultation

Answer

Co-leaders model healthy adult relating and can debrief with each other, improving clinical decision-making.

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