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Introduction to Group Work

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In the U.S. and abroad

Used for therapeutic and/or educational purposes

Used in a variety of settings

Often more effective than the individual approach

May need training beyond graduate school

3Theory and Practice of Group Counseling—Chapter 1 (1)

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Has preventive and remedial aims Educational, personal, social, or vocational focus Kind of group determines goals

Advantages of group counseling A re-creation of members’ everyday world Opportunities to give and receive feedback Understanding and support

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Group psychotherapy

Psychoeducational groups

Task facilitation groups

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Multicultural group work entails:

appreciating diversity in all forms

challenging cultural encapsulation and addressing Eurocentric assumptions and biases associated with existing theories

examining ourselves as contextual/cultural beings

assuming nontraditional roles

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Guidelines: Learn more about your own cultural background

Identify your basic assumptions about diversity

Adopt a self-in-relation perspective

Respect individual differences and recognize that all encounters are multicultural

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Guidelines: Identify universal concerns and common ground

Allow culturally diverse clients to teach you how best to serve them

Prepare clients for a successful group experience and teach them to adapt their group experience to their everyday lives

Be flexible in applying methods

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