Group Work Practice Flashcards
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Which theoretical orientation is most commonly used to structure psychoeducational groups for anger management?
Answer: Cognitive-behavioral therapy
CBT's structured skill-building techniques — including cognitive restructuring, behavioral rehearsal, and coping skills training — are well suited for psychoeducational anger management groups.
In a grief support group, the therapeutic factor of 'altruism' refers to:
Answer: Members benefiting by offering support and help to one another
Altruism, one of Yalom's curative factors, describes the healing benefit members experience from giving support, insight, and assistance to each other within the group.
An 'open' group in social work practice is defined as one that:
Answer: Accepts new members on an ongoing basis as others leave
Open groups allow new members to join at any point, offering flexibility but requiring the worker to consistently address orientation and cohesion with incoming members.
When facilitating a group with mandated (involuntary) clients, the social worker should first:
Answer: Acknowledge the involuntary nature of participation and clarify the group's purpose and expectations
With involuntary clients, transparency about the mandate, honest discussion of expectations, and engagement with ambivalence are essential before substantive work can begin.
When two group members form a private alliance that consistently undermines the work of the larger group, this is referred to as:
Answer: Subgrouping or clique formation
Subgrouping or clique formation creates a faction whose loyalty to each other supersedes commitment to the whole group, disrupting cohesion and requiring direct worker intervention.
During the termination stage of a group, the social worker's primary task is to:
Answer: Help members consolidate learning and transfer gains to life outside the group
Termination involves reviewing what members have learned, processing feelings about the group ending, and supporting members in applying their gains to their lives beyond the group.
In group supervision, 'parallel process' occurs when:
Answer: The dynamics of the client group are unconsciously mirrored in the supervisory relationship
Parallel process is the phenomenon in which relational patterns from the client group are unconsciously recreated between supervisee and supervisor, offering important clinical data.