Describe the Middle Phase of the group (Impact that alcoholism had on the family members). This is the dynamics or the work phase of the group. Anticipate some of the outcomes and potential obstacles. Listed below areas you should consider and address as it pertains to the group.
A. Identifying and developing Themes within the Work Phase:
Latent and manifest, Authority and intimacy, Scapegoating
B. Identification of Themes
C. Detecting and Identifying Obstacles in Work- Does the group gel or not? What are some challenging behaviors that you would face within the group and how would you deal with them? Include all pieces that may be extraneous to the group.
D. Values, Norms, Group Culture
E. Cohesiveness- Define/identify what is this?
F. Interventions:
Increasing interaction and communication, mediating the interactional process, Making a demand for work, Reaching for and relating to feelings, Encouraging mutual aid, Consensus taking-detecting false consensus, Interpretation and assessment, Dealing with major difference in group member characteristics.
G. The Individual and the Group:
Roles, sub-groups, Accepting difference, Identifying commonalities that help members deal with difference.
H. Ongoing Assessment:
Group as a whole, Individual in the group
I. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Culture:
Working with diversity among worker(s) and members, Working with diversity among members.
J. Conflict and Decision-Making
Exploration of conflict and intimacy issues as growth-producing commonality, Reaching for commonality and acceptance of differences in consensus making.
K. Developing a Mutual Aid System
L. Psychodynamic Interaction
This paper must include following:
This research paper must be 5 pages
The introductory paragraph should include: What type of group you have, discuss specific attributes of alcoholics/alcoholism, the main model is rehabilitation/remediation, statistics about alcoholism, etc.
Must use the following resources for this paper:
Brandler, Sondra and Camille P. Roman. Group Planning, 3rd edition. Routledge, 2015
Irvin D. Yalom and Molyn Leszcz. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
APA format, Double spaced, narrative discussion of middle phase aka work phase of group
Endings and Evaluation/Reflection
Describe how you as leader introduced, handled and helped the group work (Impact that alcoholism had on family members) through the termination of the group. Describe the group responses, both individually and as a group.
Describe and state the evaluative tools used (pre or post group survey). These can be in the form of discussions or written evaluations.
Include your reflections on the group process. Highlight both the high points and the low points of the group and include an assessment of what you can do differently next time and what you learned from this process.
A. Termination as Transitional Stage:
Transition/member, Departure/worker departure, Group termination.
B. Factors in Termination Phase for Workers and Members:
Anxiety, Denial, Regression, Fight or flight, Recapitulation, Graduation effect, Saying goodbye.
C. Evaluation
Purpose, Method and instrumentation, Understanding processes and outcomes.
This paper must include the following:
This research paper must be 4 pages.
Must use the following resources:
Brandler, Sondra and Camille P. Roman. Group Planning, 3rd edition. Routledge, 2015
Irvin D. Yalom and Molyn Leszcz. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
APA format, Double spaced, narrative discussion of endings and evaluation phase of the group