Group Counselling

GROUP
COUNSELLING
OBJECTIVES
Introduction to group counseling
Types of group counseling
Stages of group counseling
Factors to consider during group counseling.
Advantage and disadvantage of group counseling.
Introduction
Group counseling refers to a therapy or form of psychotherapy that
involve number of person classified together because of common
characteristics, similarities, interest or interpersonal activities.
It aims to help people to manage mental health condition or to cope
with negative experience and behavior.
Cont….
Example of condition that a group counseling may focus are
◦ Generalized anxiety disorder
◦ Post traumatic stress disorder
◦ Panic disorder
◦ Phobia
◦ Depression
◦ addiction
Goals of group counseling
oEnhance problem solving skills.
oDecrease social isolation.
oDevelop communication skills.
oImprove emotional expresses.
oGain understanding of problems and explore possible solutions.
TYPES OF GROUP
COUNSELING
Psychoeducation group
Skill development group
Cognitive behavioral group
Support group
Interpersonal process group
Psychoeducation group
Therapy focus on educating members about their condition and

providing them with new coping strategies. This group usually focus on
a specific condition such as substance use disorder, anxiety and phobia.
Skill development group
This therapy focus on introducing and improving the skills that
members need to cope with certain mental health condition.
It aim to strengthening the members behavioral and cognitive resource
to help them make positive choice and avoid harmful situation.
Cognitive behavioral group
This therapy attempt to re-structure the beliefs a person has that lead
to a negative or harmful behavior.
It aim to help members to develop management strategies that support
reduced use of harmful behavior.
Support groups
It help to cope with significant life changes such as loss of loved one it
support group, members give and receive unconditional acceptance.
Encourage it members to reflect on their personal belief and behavior.
Interpersonal process groups
It focus more on interpersonal group dynamic and less on individual
psychology.
Interpersonal process involve use of psychodynamic approach to
promote positive changes. It view personal early life experience and
subconscious belief and feelings as foundation of their personality and
behavior.
Stages of group counseling
There mainly four stages of group counseling
Stage 1:The initial stage of group counseling involve
screening,orientation,and determining the structure of the group.
◦ Roles of group leader
To establish ground rules and norms for the group.

Help the members to express their fears and expectation
Cont…
Assist group members in identifying concrete personal goals and sharing
expectation and hope for the group.
◦ Roles group members
Member attempt to create trust and become involved in establishing

group norms and personal goal and learn about dynamic of group
process.
Cont….
Stage 2: it is called transition stage
Encourage members to express their anxiety, dealing openly with

conflict that occur in the group.
Helping members to become autonomous and independent.
Cont…
◦ Roles group members
Member iniate disclosure of information that goes beyond personal

history.
Cont…
Stage 3: working stage or action stage
To encourage members to translate insight into action and assisting

them to make the necessary changes to achieve their goals.
◦ Roles of group members
Group members introduce personal issues that their willing to work on,
providing and receiving feedback, applying what they learn in the group
to their daily lives.
Cont ….
Stage 4: Final stage or termination stage
To assist group members in working towards termination, providing

opportunities for them to receive further counseling if necessary and
help them to gain useful understanding of what they have learned.
Cont…
◦ Roles of group members
Members decrease their intensity of participation to prepare for

termination.
And evaluate how they experience the group.
Factors to consider during
group counseling
Cost (time and money)
Social and cultural context
Gender roles
Environmental factors
Advantage of group
counseling
oUnity
oTrust in therapist
oLearning from peers.
oSafe place.
oBuilding healthy relationship.
oRevealing.
oCost effective.
Cont….
oHelp move forward
oSupport system.
Dis advantage of group
counseling
oDifficulty opening up to people.
oInability to trust easily.
oChances of clashes and arguments within group members.
oSome may not be comfortable in expressing personal emotions.
Group members
Asmaa Abubakary
Naibeth Raphael
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Neema Mwita
Darman Destro

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Therapy focus on educating members about their condition and

To establish ground rules and norms for the group.

Member attempt to create trust and become involved in establishing

Encourage members to express their anxiety, dealing openly with

Member iniate disclosure of information that goes beyond personal

To encourage members to translate insight into action and assisting

To assist group members in working towards termination, providing

Members decrease their intensity of participation to prepare for

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