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GFCE
Group Faciliation - Final Exam - 04/15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| At which stage of group therapy are leader's most often confronted personally or professionally by group members? | Transition stage |
| Why is anxiety in the Transition Stage an important consideration? | It is the result of internal and external factors. |
| In group therapy on the part of the leader, what often results in resistant behavior? | inappropriate leadership actions |
| What are 3 possible reasons a group memeber may show resistance? | lack of trust in group leader, fear of looking foolish, and uncertainty about group therapy process. |
| What stage should the group leader look at when introducing a technique? | The stage the group is at currently. |
| What is the most important technique a group leader can engage? | Modelling congruency. |
| What is a member's opportunity for change based on? | Therapeutic relationships with the leader and other members. |
| T or F: When a client does not want to 'go along' with a technique is it resistance. | F |
| What must be understood to deal appropriately and responsibly with confrontation? | Understand that confrontations are opportunities, and sensitivity is an essential element of any confrontation. |
| An inexperienced group leader might mistaken resistance in a member who exhibits what types of behaviors? | fear of rejection, self-disclosure, and feelings of emptiness. |
| T or F: Conflict should always be avoided. | F |
| What type of client is one struggling for control? | a truly resistant client. |
| Without control over one's life, what might an individual dealing with this issue exhibit? | competition, rivalry, and challenges to leadership of the group. |
| When a client monopolizes group time, the member may be continually identifying with others or could be exhibiting a high degree of _______________________ and lack of _________________________. | Self-centeredness, other awareness. |
| What is a problem that often merely involves talking about oneself and others, including a detailed history of one's past? | story-telling as self-disclosure. |
| What is considered a way of hiding, a way of remaining safe, and an attempt to direct people away from emotions? | a member hiding behind questions. |
| T or F: It would be a mistake for a leader to encourage the use of global phrasing by asking a client to talk about other people in their lives. | T |
| In a group setting, asking a member who breaches the ground rules by asking them to leave would be considered callus and unprofessional. | Yes |
| T or F: When assessing the energy of the group, you should also assess your energy. | T |
| T or F: The leader should NOT isolate or marginalize a member with negative feedback. | T |
| What is the role of the leader in a group? | to lead, members should work to find their own solutions to the problems they face. |
| What is a poor example of the use of Global terms? | "You are a super person and very easy to like." |
| Where is the emphasis placed, when a person phrases a response using an 'I' statement? | on the person's responsibility and ownership rather than placing it on the other. |
| T or F: A leader must be able to deal with his or her own feeling if they are to expect the members to be able to learn to deal with theirs. | T |
| T or F: Often it is not what the member expresses, but the reactions they do not that is usually the problem. | T |
| In what stages of group therapy is trust developed? | The first and second. |
| What is one of the best ways to maintain the development of trust in a group setting? | look for signs of resistance within the group and deal with them. |
| T or F: Trust needs to be reestablished in the Working stage of Group therapy. | T |
| T or F: Occasional interpersonal conflicts and struggles occur within the context of a cohesive and goal-oriented group. | T |
| T or F: Confrontation will NOT be seen as an uncaring and deliberate attack on another member. | T |
| During the Working Stage of group therapy, will members allow the leader to guide the group by way of domination and structure? | Yes |
| What is considered a characteristic of the Working Stage? | Members are able to focus on their past issues in the here-and-now. |
| What stage is exhibited in the following: Group norms are developed are developed cooperatively, emphasis on thinking and feeling functions, individuality is seen as an asset to build cohesion rather than wanting them to be more like eachother. | The Working Stage. |
| What is considered a therapeutic factor at operation and a belief that "change is possible" | Hope |
| T or F: Hope is a commitment to change, or a willingness to specify desired modifications of one's behaviour). | T |
| What is described as a process that rebuilds one's self-determination, empowerment, and a sense of possession of internal resources necessary to direct their lives. | Recovery |
| Trust should be established by the Working Stage, but what must be kept in mind? | trust may vary at any point in group therapy. |
| What stage includes working on and formulating goals that started during the Transitional stage? | Working stage. |
| What should you have members state, when formulating goals as a group? | what they want from the group. |
| T or F: The presence or absence of intense emotions is a way to determine whether a group is achieving its goals. | F |
| Is one stage in group therapy more important than the other? | No |
| What is the major task in the Final stage of group therapy? | the development of group identity. |
| T or F: In the Final stage of group therapy, poor handling by the leader to help members put their experience in meaningful perspective leave members with unreolved issues. | T |
| T or F: By avoiding global statements about what members have learned in group therapy the group leader can help group members review concrete highlights of their experience. | T |
| When a group leader asks members to complete a sentence like: "I remember a time when...", what is he/she avoiding? | the use of global statements about what they have learned. |
| In giving members guidelines for applying the things they learn in group to their own lives, what would NOT be a good suggestion? | 'The group experience is an end in itself.' |
| What is a group leader exhibiting when facilitating open discussions of feelings of loss and sadness? | modeling, promoting, and maintaining congruency. |
| In order to deal with unfinished business in the Final stage of group therapy, what must happen? | members should be encouraged to discuss issues they have with eachother and encouraged to decide what they will do with it. |
| T or F: In the Final stage of group therapy, unfinished business does not need to be expressed and worked through. | F |
| What are 2 things a group leader can do to encourage group members to carry their learning further? | writing a contract for each member and discussing available programs in the community to help in moving forward. |
| T or F: Each members' fears and anxieties cannot be resolved during a shift from the Initial to the Transitional stages. | T |
| T of F: Members' fears and anxieties are resolved during the Working, Final or Termination phases of group therapy? | F |
| At the start of each group session, what is necessary in order to guage the trust, cohesiveness and mood of the group? | a check of each member. |
| T or F: A leader needs to be aware that catharsis should last for a long time. | F |
| What is a good way to address members who are not getting involved in the group? | get them to evaluate their participation thus far. |