Group a counseling specialty 7e pearson by t gladding chapter 12

Chapter 12
Groups for Adolescents
Prepared by: Nathaniel N. Ivers, Wake Forest
University

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Roadmap
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Groups with Adolescents
Types of Groups with Adolescents
Settings of Groups for Adolescents
Role of Leaders in Adolescent Groups
Strengths and Limitations of Adolescent
Groups

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Groups for Adolescents
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Adolescence
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Age span between 13- and 19-years-old
Can be extended to individuals as old as 25years-old
A time of rapid change

Groups for adolescents be life saving and life
changing
Groups can help adolescents make a
successful transition from childhood to
adulthood

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Types of Groups for Adolescents
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Developmental Psychoeducational Groups

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Nondevelopmental
Counseling/Psychotherapy Groups

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Developmental Psychoeducational
Groups
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Focus on common concerns of young
people, such as
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Identity
Sexuality
Self-management
Self-advocacy
Depression
Parents
Career goals
Educational and institutional problems
(Dagley & English, 2014; DeLucia-Waack, 2006)

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Counseling/Psychotherapy Groups
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Nondevelopmental
Counseling/Psychotherapy Groups
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Tend to concentrate more on concerns
adolescents have with adults and society
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Drug and alcohol use
School Problems
Deviant behavior

May be voluntary or mandated

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Counseling/Psychotherapy Groups
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Constructive ways of handling adolescents’
negative feelings and resistance:
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Meet with adolescents individually before
the group starts
Work with the resistance that uncooperative
adolescents bring rather than fighting it
Respond to adolescents’ sarcasm or silence
with honest, firm, and caring statements
(Corey et al., 2014)

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Setting Up Groups for Adolescents
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Factors to consider:
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Nonverbal versus verbal communication
Group structure and materials
Recruiting members and screening
Group session length and number in group
Gender and age issues

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Role of the Group Leader
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Multidimensional
Determined by the type of group
Group leaders
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Model appropriate behaviors
Stress importance of confidentiality
Express empathy yet are firm
Facilitate and control
Act and trust the process

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Role of the Group Leader
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Six types of responses of effective leaders:
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Feeling-focused responses
Clarifying and summarizing responses
Open-questions
Facilitative feedback
Simple acknowledgement
Linking
(Myrick, 2011)

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Role of the Group Leader
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Low facilitative, less effective responses:
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Advice/evaluation
Analyzing/interpreting
Reassuring/supportive
(Myrick, 2011)

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Problems in Adolescents’ Groups
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Outright Disruptiveness
Hesitancy to Engage with Others
Polarization
Monopolizing
Inappropriate Risk Taking
Overactivity or Giddiness

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Strengths of Adolescents’ Groups
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Natural environment of learning for
adolescents
Can facilitate the development of life skills
through modeling, role-playing, group
discussions, and brief lectures (Dennis-Small, 1986; Zinck
& Littrell, 2000)

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Can create a sense of belonging and
generalizable learning
Provide for multiple feedback
Provide opportunities for adolescents to help
out each other

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Limitations of Adolescents’ Groups
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May lack appeal to motivate participants
May add pressure to conform to behaviors in
which adolescents do not believe
May not give group members enough attention
If screening is not done with care, the groups
may have poor group communication and
interaction
Legal and ethical concerns regarding parental
and adolescent consent

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