A group Counseling Project Proposal - sample INTRODUCTION What is Group Counseling? Purpose of the group counseling varies from group to group. It can be therapeutic‚ educational‚ or helping people to make fundamental changes in their way of thinking‚ feeling and behaving (Corey‚ 2004‚ p. 7). Group counseling/therapy has the advantage of being more effective than individual therapy because‚ it more closely stimulates social interactions and interpersonal communication patterns than does individual
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Art therapy is a very powerful tool that is used by therapists for a lot of different groups to help them either with a traumatic event in their life or similar circumstances along with providing a sense of well being and purpose to an individual. There’s a wide variety of activities that can be done with art therapy for seniors that give them something to do that offers entertainment and purpose that works well with groups or individually. Art is no longer just for elementary school children‚
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Ethical Issues and Group Therapy 2 Abstract Ethics in group counseling is a topic that needs to be looked at by today’s practicing counselors. There are many different agencies and organizations that are promoting ethics in counseling. Each organization has different views on what is needed. This report will highlight some points by a few different organizations and give their takes on
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Task Group Proposal Organization of a Gay and Lesbian Students Club at XYZ Community College (XYZ) 1. The Task Group will meet the first and third Wednesday of March‚ April‚ and May 2005. The meetings will be held from 4.30pm to 6.00 pm in Conference Room 216 on the second floor of XYZ Library. All meetings are closed to the public with the exception of the meeting scheduled for April 6‚ 2005. The public will be invited to offer input during this meeting. The group’s purpose is to: a. Discuss
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flashback that arises from the Post-traumatic disorder. In the same way‚ group cognitive behavioral therapy technique is also very crucial in treating post-traumatic disorder with Robert. A therapist should expose a client in a group setting with the people with the similar problem. Group technique support group will enable the client to cope faster with the PSTD problem. It will also give him an opportunity to interact with the peer group‚ older and people who have the same problem. As well minimize the
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Advantages of Group Therapy Within Tip 41 on pages 26-28‚ it discusses several different advantages that go along with group therapy or group treatment. The first advantages that is discusses is‚ groups provide positive peer support and pressure to abstain from substances of abuse. Another type of advantage that group treatment has is groups reduce the sense of isolation that most people who have substance abuse disorders experience. The three type of advantage that group treatment has is groups’ help
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Mindful-Based Cognitive Therapy is an eight week group based program that helps people learn how to use relaxation techniques to pay attention to the current moment. It teaches the participants to become aware of their feeling and manage them‚ instead of being overcome by them. It is a mix of cognitive behavioral therapy and meditation practices to help manage the feeling associated with depression. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has been proven to reduce relapse risk after a depressive occurrence
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an office or a playroom. Deb explained that her office is used as the unofficial storage room for behavioral therapy props because she enjoys having the stuffed animals and other toys around her. She invited me to take a seat next to a Teddy bear‚ and for the next hour I interviewed her about aspects of group therapy that is conducted in the facility. Deb taught me much about how her group members are assembled‚
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Sherrie Bobst May 25‚ 2009 Question 1. Define a therapeutic milieu and relate it to your observations of group therapy. Therapeutic milieu groups aim to help increase clients self-esteem‚ decrease social isolation‚ encourage appropriate social behaviors‚ and educate clients in basic living skills. In my clinical experience‚ the therapeutic milieu was lead by a social worker. After gathering all the patients that desired participation‚ the social worker gave a topic to the clients that began
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Depression in the Elderly Depression later in life frequently coexists with other medical illnesses and disabilities. In addition‚ advancing age is often accompanied by loss of key social support systems due to the death of a spouse or siblings‚ retirement‚ and/or relocation of residence. Because of their change in circumstances and the fact that they’re expected to slow down‚ doctors and family may miss the diagnosis of depression in elderly people‚ delaying effective treatment. As a result
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