Group Counseling Strategies and Skills

goal

The leader may choose to select who will pair together in a dyad to facilitate the process or because he has a particular ................. in mind

C. rate how their comfort level on a scale of 1-10

The member leader wants each member to be brief and specific about how comfortable he or she feels in group. The BEST way to do this is to ask members to

Planning

The most important stage of the Reality Therapy model is the ......................

A. Rounds

The use of which of the following exercises is the most likely to build trust among members?

spinning

To get members involved in their own work, the leader will sometimes elicit comments from other members while putting the working members on hold. This technique is called ................... off.

A. True

Topics such as sex, marital problems, or fears often can be shared more easily in a dyad (a pair) than in large group.

A. True

When a lot of "energy" is generated from an exercise, it is often helpful to place members in dyads or triads to allow more members to express thoughts and feelings

A. true

When beginning a round, it is best to start with a member who tends to be neutral or positive about the group experience than a member the leader knows has negative feelings

A. True

When beginning to process an exercise it is often helpful to use a round so that the leader can hear from most or all of the members to get a better sense of their reactions

B. False

When beginning to process an exercise, it is usually best to remain focused on the first person who speaks, because the leader may never know if the other members will make any comments

B. False

When conducting a "feedback" exercise it is best to have members share the first thoughts that come to them about other members rather than giving them time to consider what feedback they might give

C. share very little with others in discussion

When conducting an exercise, the leader should pay special attention to all of the following except to members who

C. Creative Props

When directing members to think about the amount of fun in their lives, the leader sets a small chair in the middle of the circle to focus the discussion

B. False

When doing a round as a technique to encourage members to talk, it's best to insist each member say something, even if it is a single word

C. Both of the available choices

When focusing on one member in a therapy group for a long period of time, a leader can do which of the following?

pass/ remain quiet

When getting comments after an exercise, the leader must be prepared for a member who chooses .........................., either because the member feels uncomfortable sharing, or because they have not yet formed a response

A. True

When introducing a writing exercise, it is best to make sure all the members have the necessary materials available to then before starting

B. False

When introducing an exercise in a group setting, it is important for te leader to insist that each member participate so that the members don't take advantage of the leader's lack of firmness

complicated/boring/confusing

When introducing an exercise, a mistake leaders may make is to have the introduction too long or ________________________.

participates

When leading an exercise, the leader will want to decide whether she ________________ in the exercise or not

A. True

When pairing up members, it is sometimes helpful to the leader and more comfortable for the members if they choose each other

A. True

When processing an exercise that involves a discussion of the past, such as growing up in a family , it is often best to encourage members to relate their past experiences to their present day issues rather than merely telling stories about childhood

B. False

When processing an exercise, it is important that the leader makes each member share something

Exercise

When the leader directs the behavior, discussion, or attention of the group members by using a specific activity is an

A. True

When the leader is pressed for time, dyads can be an excellent way to end a topic because this gives all the members a chance to talk

C. To allow the members to get to know the leader better

Which of the following IS a good reason for leaders to participate in an exercise

B. Telling the members how much time they have left to discuss an issue

Which of the following does NOT represent a mistake when conducting an exercise

C. to allow members to express complaints about the group or group members

Which of the following does not represent goal of processing an exercise?

C. Group decision-making

Which of the following exercises would BEST stimulate member sharing about group dynamics or the group process

B. They are a great way to spend time

Which of the following is FALSE about the use of rounds

C. let people talk as much as they need to

Which of the following is FALSE regarding dyads? The leader should

a. What did you draw on your page?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a deep processing question?

C. Asking members to state specific objections

Which of the following is NOT an important consideration when using touching exercises

B. Refer the member to another group that is less intense

Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the authors as a way to handle a members emotional reaction to an exercise

B. It is good to hold the focus on the first person who speaks

Which of the following is NOT true regarding holding the focus when processing a group exercise?

Rounds

a. can be used to cut members off

A. True

in solution focused therapy, the focus is on "positive coping."

Irrational

"It's easier to avoid life's problems than to face them' is an example of a/an....................... belief that members can learn to dispute

Role play/presnt

A group leader can ...................... both sides of an issue to hrlp members to see their conflict

B. Conducting

A leader can decide whether or not they will participate when in this phase of the exercise

B. False

A leader should always participate in the exercises he or she is conducting so that the members don't feel the leader is above them or holding out on them

draw out

A leader who intentionally ends a round table on a member to focus more on that member is using the round to .................... ................ a member

information

A round as an activity in the first session of a group can be used to help the leader gather ....................

F. Moral Dilemma

A story is read to members and each has to decide how he/she would handle the situation

A. true

A. When conducting rounds, it is a good practice to vary the starting point of the round so that different members get to speak first and last

Processing

According the Jacobs, Masson, and Harvill, the most helpful and important component of any exercise is

Written

According to the authors, ............................... exercises are among the most versatile and useful exercise types

D. All of the available choices

According to the authors, group leaders who use Transactional Analysis often discuss

D. Experential

Activities are done on an outdoor course made of ropes

F. Processing exercise

After watching a film, the leader asks members to give a word or phrase that describes their reaction

B. False

Allowing members to choose whomever they wish to be with in a dyad is never a good idea because members will choose their friends as partners

d. processing the exercise to a deep and meaningful level.

Although all of the following are important, the most important aspect of making effective use of an exercise is

A. True

As a leader develops a plan for a particular session, it is important that she gives thought to one or more exercises that will be helpful in making the group go well

Trust

Because groups involve sharing, the amount of ..................... members have in one another is a group dynamic the leader must access

B. give "air time" to a negative member

Both dyads and rounds are helpful to accomplish each of the following EXCEPT to

B. True

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is based on the principle that one's thoughts cause one's feelings

C. processing

Deepening the focus is important during this phase

B. Arts and Crafts

Directing members to create a collage by cutting out pictures, words, or phrases from a magazine that best describes them is an example of using ................................ in group

B. False

Dyads are never used as a technique for developing the comfort level among members

A. Mandated to attend groups

Dyads are not recommended for members who are

A. True

Dyads can be an excellent way to change the format of a group

Feedback

Exercises designed to give members the opprtunity to hear what others think of them, such as strength bombarment, first impressions, or wishes are ....................... exercises

A. True

Fantasy exercises are most often used in growth and therapy groups

C. One member wants to know what others think of him

Feedback exercises may be most valuable when

indirectly

For a member who is not comfortable being the focus of the group, the leader can bring up that member's issue for general discussion and work with him or her ..................................

C. Wants, doing, evaluation and planning

Groups using Reality Therapy would discuss which concepts below?

triads

If a leader wants to connect group members so more points of view can be shared, forming ................. instead of dyad, may be very

B. False

If an exercise requires an outside reading assignment and one or two members have not completed that assignment, it's best to abandon the exercise and try something else so those members don't feel left out

A. True

In Adlerian thinking, the order of birth in a family may influence some of the child's learned behavior

family sculpture

In a .................. ....................... exercise, the leader has members form a physcical representation of their family as they see them now, or when they were growing up

C. Gestalt/E. Transactional Analysis

In a grief and loss group, the leader pulls an empty chair in front of a working member and encourages her to say what she did not get to say before he died in a sudden accident

B. Reality therapy

In a stationary round, the leader directs members to repeatedly ask a working member the same question," What do you really want?" Which theory is the group using?

D. REBT

In an eating disorder group for women, the leader and members help one member to dispute the thought, ' I must look perfect in order to be loved." The leader helps all of the members to understand that by changing their thoughts they can change how they feel and behave

B. False

In solution-focused counseling, the "miracle question," refers to how a member's religious beliefs fit into the counseling process

B. False

Individual counseling theory has no place in a group counselor or therapy situation

B. conducting

Intervening between two members who are talking about unrelated subject matter would occur in this phase

B. False

It Is never a good idea to stop an exercise even if the members are bored or confused about the purpose

A. True

It always important to make clear to the group members that they can choose not to participate in an exercise should they wish not to

A. True

It is a mistake for a leader to close his eyes when conducting a fantasy exercise because he may miss observing reactions while he is presenting the exercise

hesitant

It is best to skip a ................... member when using a round

B. false

Its is often an excellent idea to use several rounds one after another to buld members' interst, especially if the leader has no other plan in mind

outcome

Leader's who get members to focus on making behavioral changes, such as obtaining employment or sobriety help them to set and obtain .................. goals.

Feelings/Emotions

Leaders can process exercises to a deeper and more meaningful level by asking good, thought provoking questions that tap into members '

Purpose

Leaders using Adlerian theory will try to get members to identify the .......................... of their behavior

B. Changing the format

Members have been shifting on their seats and are becoming less restless. The leader puts them into dyads so they can talk with one another

H. Touching

Members lightly put their hands on each others' shoulders to convey positive energy to one another

C. drawing out

One member has not said much during the session. The leader starts a round with the person next to that member so that she will be the last to comment. After she comments, the leader prompts her to say a little more.

trust

One of the most useful purposes of pairing members in dyads early in a group is to help build .................

E. Involving members

One person has been talking for a while about how his parent's divorce is affecting him. The leader has noticed that some members no longer seem to be paying attention. The leader asks each member to comment briefly in a word or phrase about how their parents' divorce is affecting them.

B. False

One tool of Gestalt therapy is the use of the '" hot seat," an electrical shock device that an individual sits in on to change bad behavior

present

One value of using Gestalt theory in either individual or group counseling is to bring the members' past into the ........................

Activating

REBT uses an A-B-C model to explain feelings and behaviors. The A represents the .............even to be evaluated

A. True

Rational Emotive Behavior Theory lends itself well to written activities

Thoughts

Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy is based on the premise that .................. cause feelings

A. introducing

Setting a positive tone is crucial in this phase

introducing

Setting the right tone is important when ....................... an exercise

D. Finishing a topic

Shortly before the grump is scheduled to end for the day, the leader asks member at stood out to them from the sessions to pair up and spend five minutes talking about what stood out to them from the session

process

Some examples of .................. goals are helping members to improve their comfort level and level of openness in group

evaluate

The acronym WDEP .stands for want, doing, ...................... plan

E. Fantasy

The leader directs members to imagine themselves as a common object in the room and asks what life would be like if they were that object