COUNSELING THEORIES
USED IN GROUP
WHY A THEORY OF
COUNSELING IS IMPORTANT
PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION OR DIRECTION
FOR THE COUNSELING/HELPING PROCESS
HELPS TO SHAPE THE COUNSELING/HELPING
PROCESS(TECHNIQUES/PROCEDURES USED)
SETS UP THE PHILOSOPHICAL REASONING
AS TO CAUSES OF PROBLEMS AND
ULTIMATELY TREATMENT PLANNING
THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTEGRATIVE
APPROACH
* THE WISHY-WASHY COUNSELOR
* THE UNBENDING COUNSELOR
PSYCHODYNAMIC
PSYCHOANALYSIS (FREUD) (CHILDHOOD)
ADLERIAN (MISTAKEN BELIEFS/PRIVATE
LOGIC)
INSIGHT ORIENTED
* WHY DO I DO WHAT I DO?
FOCUS ON PAST EVENTS IN RELATIONSHIP
TO CURRENT EVENTS
LONG TERM (PSYCHOANALYSIS)
MULTIPLE TRANSFERENCES IN GROUP
FOSTERING SOCIAL INTEREST
COLLABORATION
EXPERENTIAL/RELATIONAL
EXISTENTIAL (THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE)
PERSON-CENTERED (NONDIRECTIVE)
GESTALT (NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION)
EMPHASIS ON RELATIONSHIP
EMPHASIS ON SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES
INCLUDING FEELINGS
HERE AND NOW VERSUS THE PAST
AN EMPHASIS ON CHOICES
ROLE PLAYS
PSYCHODRAMA/FAMILY SCULPTURES
COGNITIVE APPROACHES
RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (ABC)
COGNITIVE THERAPY (COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS)
TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS (SCRIPTS AND
TRANSACTIONS)
FOCUS ON THINKING ERRORS
BRIEF AND SOLUTION FOCUSED
EDUCATIONAL IN APPROACH
CHECKING THINKING WITH GROUP MEMBERS
ROLE PLAYS
BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL)
REALITY THERAPY (CHOICE THEORY)
FOCUS ON LEARNING MORE EFFECTIVE BEHAVIORS
A FOCUS ON CHOICES AND RESPONSIBILITY
(REALITY)
BRIEF AND SOLUTION FOCUSED
COMMITMENT TO CONTRACTS
SKILLS PRACTICE WITHIN THE GROUP
* ROLE PLAYS
SKILLFUL QUESTIONING (WDEP)
OTHER APPROACHES
FEMINISTIC THEORY
* EMPOWERMENT
* THE PERSONAL IS
POLITICAL
* GROUPS FOR WOMEN ADDRESSING WOMEN’S
ISSUES (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL
ASSAULT OR ABUSE, EATING DISORDERS)
SOLUTION-FOCUSED
* SEARCHING FOR
SOLUTIONS AND
STRENGTHS WITH EACH OTHER
NARRATIVE THERAPY
* CHANGING SELF NARRATIVES
* EXTERNALIZAION
* WRITING LETTERS