Bshs 481 Maintaining Confidentiality Research Paper
Maintaining Confidentiality in a Group
Deborah Norton
BSHS/ 481
August 11, 2014
Carlos Flores
Maintaining Confidentiality in a Group
Maintaining a level of confidentiality, in a group, is an important component. It is always best to be up front with group members about the level of confidentiality that is expected from each member. This writer has facilitated many groups. Some of these groups were in an institutional setting and some were in public places such as a park. There are many aspect of confidentiality that one should consider before taking a group to a park. Confidentiality is a key component to being able to maintain a group in a park setting and have the outcome positive.
When this writer was facilitating a process group, for the Salvation Army, she found that by taking the group across the street to the local public park was beneficial in more ways than one. This writer had been wanting to have a release session with her group. This session requires being able to release helium balloons with the group members personal issues that they had been carrying around and could not bring themselves to talk about it with anyone. Some of the other …show more content…
During sessions that occurred prior to the release session each member had voted to have the session. The thinking was that, although one should discuss things with their sponsor, there were things in life that they could not bring themselves to talk about. The release session enabled the group members to get their secrets out without anybody but themselves and their higher power knowing what that was. This writer believes that once the release was done, the talking about what was on the balloon would become easier for the group members to discuss during their individual sessions with their counselors. Additionally, each member would be able to let go of a secret that they had been carrying and suffering
Deborah Norton
BSHS/ 481
August 11, 2014
Carlos Flores
Maintaining Confidentiality in a Group
Maintaining a level of confidentiality, in a group, is an important component. It is always best to be up front with group members about the level of confidentiality that is expected from each member. This writer has facilitated many groups. Some of these groups were in an institutional setting and some were in public places such as a park. There are many aspect of confidentiality that one should consider before taking a group to a park. Confidentiality is a key component to being able to maintain a group in a park setting and have the outcome positive.
When this writer was facilitating a process group, for the Salvation Army, she found that by taking the group across the street to the local public park was beneficial in more ways than one. This writer had been wanting to have a release session with her group. This session requires being able to release helium balloons with the group members personal issues that they had been carrying around and could not bring themselves to talk about it with anyone. Some of the other …show more content…
During sessions that occurred prior to the release session each member had voted to have the session. The thinking was that, although one should discuss things with their sponsor, there were things in life that they could not bring themselves to talk about. The release session enabled the group members to get their secrets out without anybody but themselves and their higher power knowing what that was. This writer believes that once the release was done, the talking about what was on the balloon would become easier for the group members to discuss during their individual sessions with their counselors. Additionally, each member would be able to let go of a secret that they had been carrying and suffering