Group Therapy: Necessary Skills to Effectively Run a Group

Below is a list of things you will want to familiarize yourself with before being an effective group leader. Use this list as a self test to determining whether you are prepared to run a group.

Caring confrontation is not:

Why should we not call on the silent person in the group over and over?

What are negative/problematic behavior within a group?

What is band-aiding?

Who is the band-aiding designed to help?

How do you respond to a hostile person within a group?

What do we do about member who act superior?

What about socializing outside of the group?

Intellectualizing

Emotionalizing

Transference

Counter-transference

What are the signs of the group entering the working stage?

What is the leader's function during the working stage?

5 Guidance guidelines for self-disclosure by group members:

Talk about the history of your group leader.

Why is it difficult to end a group?

What is the biggest task for ending a group?

What are some of the characteristics of the group members toward the end of the group?

Why does the leader need to get specific feedback?

What is it the leader is looking for when he tries to get specific feedback?

What are the different types of groups?