Culture, Diversity and Legal/Ethical consideration are required. You are encouraged to use outside cultural resources to enhance your understanding.
Discuss your understanding of the four domains of the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC) that are critical to the development of multicultural and social justice competence
Assignment Outcome
Explore group leadership styles and approaches.& Discuss strategies in working with diverse populations.
Requirements:
This assignment MUST be typed, double-spaced, in APA style, 7th edition, and must be written at graduate level English. You must integrate your understanding of the material presented in the text. You may also use outside sources to enhance the text material, but not replace the text. Cite your work according to APA format.
Culture, Diversity and Legal/Ethical consideration are required. You are encouraged to use outside cultural resources to enhance your understanding.
Citing and Referencing the course textbook.
Please see the file on how to cite and reference the course text located under Resources.
Capuzzi, D & Stauffer, M.D. (2019). Foundations of Group Counseling. (1st ed). New York, NY Pearson. ISBN-9780134844800
(2013). DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. (5th edition). Arlington, VA American Psychiatric Association. ISBN 978-0-89042-555-8
American Psychological Association (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (7th ed.).
Respond to each question in approx. 1-page per question
Total assignment should be of 6-8 pages plus a title and reference page.
Please do not rely on the text for examples; use your own, original examples liberally throughout your essays to demonstrate your understanding.
- Discuss your understanding of why group leaders welcome group conflict and why conflict can be helpful to the growth of the group members.
- Explain what it means when a group leader draws out group members. Provide and explain at least two techniques that you, as a group leader, might use to do this.
- Describe and illustrate the differences between a leader directed leadership style and a group directed leadership style, providing an original example that illustrates both leadership styles.
- There are several techniques which are commonly used in cognitive-behavioral therapy, solution focused therapy and transactional analysis models of group therapy. Illustrate how you might use a technique from each of the 3 models.
- When confidentiality becomes compromised in a group setting, group leaders should engage in self-reflection related to their process around group confidentiality. In the process of self-reflection, group leaders should ask themselves a series of questions. As a group leader, what self-reflection questions might you ask yourself regarding confidentiality in group process?
- Discuss your understanding of the four domains of the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC) that are critical to the development of multicultural and social justice competence
Assignment Outcomes
Explore group leadership styles and approaches.
Discuss strategies in working with diverse populations.
Answer preview
Group leaders perform various leadership functions within a group setting. One such function encompasses drawing out individual group members. In this context, drawing out-group members entails asking for more information from members or even encouraging them to take part in the discussions taking place by offering their input or perspectives of the matter at hand (Amaral et al., 2017). By doing this, group leaders encourage members to not only invest and insert themselves within the group but also to recognize personal thoughts and feelings. Once this happens, the intragroup connection will be enhanced courtesy of the subsisting self-disclosure and active participation in group activities.
One of the most effective techniques I can use as a group leader is to directly ask group members questions pertaining to the subject matter at hand (Amaral et al., 2017). For instance, when my organization comes up with goals and objectives for its various functional groups. As is the company’s policy, group leaders are expected to call for team meetings to discuss such goals. In line with this, I can organize a meeting, and during this meeting, I can ask one of the members to outline how, according to them, the group should go about meeting the targets set out for them. Additionally, I can also ask other members to comment or give their perspectives on the input offered up by the first member.
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