Group Counseling

Prior to the 1960s most counseling took place

• in a group setting

• with the entire family present

• in a dyadic relationship

• in behavior therapy clinics

The term "group therapy" was coined in 1931 by

• Frank Parsons- the father of guidance

• Jacob Moreno-the father of psychodrama

• E.G. Williams, associated with the Minnesota Viewpoint

• Fritz Perls- the father of Gestalt Therapy

Note psychotherapy author and scholar Raymond Corsini once referred to the early 1940s as the "modern era" of group work. In the 1940s the two organizations for group therapy were created and group work became a legitimate specialty. The groups are...

• NASW and NBCC

• ASGW and AAS

• The American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) and the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA)

• AACD and APA

Which Theorist or Theorists work has been classified as a preface to the group movement

• Sigmund Freud

• C.G. Jung

• Alfred Adler and Jesse B Davis

• Marsha Linehan, who created dialectical behavior therapy originally used to deal with suicidal behavior

Answer explanation

Jesse B Davis is cited as a pioneer in school guidance counseling and often as America's first guidance counselor.

Adler was actually engaging in group treatment during the early 1920's at his child guidance facilities.

Primary groups are

• preventative and attempt to ward off problems

• always follow a person-centered paradigm

• generally utilized for long term psychotherapy

• always focused on the client's childhood

A group is classified as secondary. This implies that

• it is preventative and attempts to ward off problems

• a difficulty or disturbance is present

• two therapists are utilized

• all of the above

When comparing a tertiary group with a primary or secondary group

• the tertiary group focuses less on individual members

• the tertiary group focuses more on the here and now

• the tertiary group is less likely to deal with severe pathology

• the tertiary group is more likely to deal with severe pathology

Group therapy initially flourished in the United States due to

• Freud's lectures in this country

• a shortage of competent career counselors

• a shortage of individual therapists during WWII

• pressure from non-directive therapists pushing encounter groups

Group content refers to material discussed in a group setting. Group process refers to

• analysis of the unconscious

• analysis of the ego

• the T-group paradigm

• the manner in which discussions and transactions occur

Group cohesiveness refers to

• forces which tend to bind group members together

• analysis of group content

• a common co-leadership style

• a style of leadership