Paper Analysis

GROUP THERAPY

The goal of therapist is to engage clients into interaction through group meetings or therapy. Clients come together in group meetings where different aspect of their life is portrayed. Each individual is given the chance to act out and talk about what is going on in their life.

In order to have a successful group, both therapist and group members have to be in tuned to each other. Steps that are address are as follows:

* Process statement – get the client to accept the responsibility of their action instead of putting it off on something else this will enable the client and the group to engage in a dialogue.

* Group Oriented Promotion – enables the group and the client to share and be supportive to each other without creating a one on one interaction between the client and the therapist.

* Emotion Focused Intervention – example if the group is uncomfortable in certain setting then if someone shares what is causing their discomfort then everyone in the group will benefit. This gives the client and members of the group the opportunity to stay emotionally present when talking about “forgotten moment”

* Inclusion – this moves the client from the role of the victim to role of the collaborator. The goal is to solidify the work of other group members and what they have accomplished and it prevents the client from wallowing in self pity so that they can take responsibility for their actions.

* Universalizing Common Themes – prevents the client from assuming the position of victim or entitlement.

The goal in training effective group workers is to develop an attitudinal resiliency; this is the ability to have a professional relationship in difficult situations with clients.

ART THERAPY

Art Therapy is effective because it helps the individual to either make a collage and then express or talk about how it makes them feel. A good example of such therapy is by using photographs to express how the individual is feeling. By giving a...