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by Gerald Corey
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Introduction to Group Work
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In the U.S. and abroad
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Used for therapeutic and/or educational purposes
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Used in a variety of settings
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Often more effective than the individual approach
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May need training beyond graduate school
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Has preventive and remedial aims
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Educational, personal, social, or vocational focus
Kind of group determines goals
Advantages of group counseling
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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:
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appreciating diversity in all forms
challenging cultural encapsulation and addressing
Eurocentric assumptions and biases associated with
existing theories
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examining ourselves as contextual/cultural beings
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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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