Recruitment Process Paper

When recruiting members for a created group that involves psycho-education and support, it is important to keep in mind what type of population, and other information about individuals that would be suitable for therapeutic work. “Similarities among client problems may determine the group topic” (Furr, 2000, p. 32). It is the members of a group that will have in common and difficulty of issues, as an opportunity in wanting to change. The population I am seeking to recruit are young, female adult, college students that are dealing with any of the symptoms/issues: anxiety, low self-esteem, stress, communicating with others, and depression. This type population experiencing those symptoms is of interest for Healthy Life/Healthy Self group, because
I want to help them with knowing and learning how to cope with their symptoms, share their experiences, and interact with each other in overcoming their symptoms. What could be an issue during the recruitment process could be the willingness of the candidate’s participation in the group. The target population of female college students may attend the recruitment process, but become indecisive about expressing their problems and readiness in interacting with other members with common experiences within their young adult developmental stage. When recruiting for participants, the focus of the Healthy Life/Healthy Self is as stated above on the target population and the symptoms experienced to take part in the group. The recruitment process will consist of flyers with information about the group, brief topics
Their active involvement with other candidates as members would be a form of group cohesion that is what I want to observe when conduct the group with another facilitator. The interaction shown by the selected candidate would also help them with interacting and communicating with other outside of group. The screening procedure for exclusion would not to include candidates as members to the group with other symptoms that would only need one-on-one therapeutic assistance and sessions. As for having experience with conducting groups, client interactions within group gives more of a perspective on assisting members in a group, and having the group members to provide their input to another member on the symptoms/issues she experience. A client that would beneficial for one-on-one individual therapy would need that dedicated time and attention to address the issues they