Post Observation Questions 1. Each person played a number of roles‚ and some roles everyone did. Fortunately‚ far more of the positive roles were filled than the negative roles. Played the role of the supporter/encourager. Was the harmonizer between all of us‚ as she was easily the most neutral and calm person among us. Tension relievers were both X and Y. Y’s tension relief sometimes went so far as to stretch into the dysfunctional joker role‚ as well. X‚ Y‚ and Z were the gatekeepers‚ as
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Attendance at a Self-help Meeting This was my first time attending to a self-help meeting. For this assignment‚ I went to an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. At first‚ it was for me to find a meeting near my house where I can go to. I went to a group called Never Too Young‚ located at Santa Maria school‚ in the Bronx. I felt a little uncomfortable when I was there‚ because I noticed that they felt uncomfortable when I presented myself‚ and told them my reasons to be there. I did not stay. However
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Interactive Assignment – AA Meeting Alec Heffner For this interactive assignment‚ I chose to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Meeting in the local area. I chose to attend this event out of pure curiosity. I like to enjoy alcoholic beverages on a regular basis‚ so I felt it would be very enlightening to sit down and really listen to what these people had to say. Throughout the rest of this essay‚ I would like to recreate that experience. Over the course of this meeting I was able to walk away
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Alcoholics Anonymous Support Group Report Liberty University Alcoholics Anonymous Support Group Report Group therapy has evolved so much that the participant are learning how to help themselves and others. Self-help groups are one of the most popular forms of group therapy. One of the most known self-help groups is Alcoholics Anonymous also known as A.A. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international organization produced to assist alcoholics
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Al-Anon Group Observation This paper will describe my experience attending an Al-Anon support group. It will examine the group composition‚ the various roles presented in the group‚ and the group dynamics. It will also evaluate the intervention strategy used‚ and the cultural competency of the group. Lastly‚ I describe how attending the group has expanded my development of group facilitating. Group Description I attended an open Alcoholics Anonymous (Al-Anon) family and friends meeting on April
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. Describe the reason that you selected this support group. ANS: In reality‚ it took me time to finally choose a Gamblers Anonymous support group as my last paper. I made that choice because I realize gambling is a serious problem which needs attention. Therefore‚ people could spend many years in college had degrees‚ had high standard jobs and lived in poverty if addicted gambling. People may be aware of some other addictions and avoid them‚ but totally ignore that gambling is a real addiction
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Flash Team meeting‚ Group therapy‚ and Documentation Observation: Entering treatment Flash Team meeting I noticed everything was pretty much the same except the unity I was on had some changes. The unit I was interning at used to be the Senior Care Unit ‚ but now it switched to MedPsyc. The senior unit was preferably for senior citizens with mental illness and those who are medically compromised who need mental health treatment. Now with MedPsyc the unit is able to charge insurance companies for
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Journal: Group Observation (a) Describe an event that occurred during the group meeting. The group started with the usual check-in and summarizing what happened at the previous session. Next‚ the group facilitator asked members to review their goals for the meeting. Three group members expressed their concerns with having difficulties with managing anger and frustration‚ so the discussion focused on exploring emotional issues related to these emotions. (b) Inferences: Speculate on possible explanations
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2013 @ 1143 hrs Group Meeting #1: Norms & Purpose Our therapy groups were assigned today shortly after the viewing of a film in class. My fellow group members consisted of Bryant‚ Earl‚ Stephan and Tracy‚ and our group was designated with the concept of reality therapy. Our group had several tasks to complete prior to class dismissal. The list of things to complete included: appointing a group facilitator‚ developing the group purpose and a minimum of 3 norms for the group‚ setting-up a schedule
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Some of my thoughts around doing a group presentation with the Art therapy student‚ focused on the role will I play in the presentation? Therefore‚ meeting up with my group I spotted another MFT student. It had lower my anxiety around meeting other classmates. In my observation of my group system‚ I’d notice that four out of six of the group members were over functioned. For example‚ when we gather into our group‚ Alexis‚ Melinda‚ Katherine and Veniecia began to talk and dictate our roles. Furthermore
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