Principles of Counseling

Principles of Counseling

Group counseling is a method of counseling in which a small number of people get together establishing their own particular goals, share their problems and provide support and empathy to each other. In group counseling they are also helped develop their skills and abilities to deal with their interpersonal problems.

Discussion Question 1

Process of Group Counseling

Group counseling process is commonly divided into five stages. These stages are forming, storming, norming, performing and termination (Tuckman, 1965). This theory is particularly relevant for the challenges are in the team development, as stages to go match the performance of any task undertaken by the team. One of the most useful aspects of the challenges in creating a team is that teams have the opportunity to observe their behavior and discuss in a short period of time. This process is a simplification, which suggests an automatism. In fact, a team formation is the result of intensive work and experience of the individual group members with each other and with each challenge (Olson, 2009). The individual phases are not forced to go through. Some group never reached the stage of the work phase; in others it seems to be no conflict phase.

Discussion Question 2

Name of Group - Purpose

This is a group counseling of students and the purpose of this counseling is to enhance and complement their learning by improving the attitudes, behaviors and perceptions of the members (Crespi, 2009). This counseling session will address the problems they are facing in ABC school and will assess the solutions.

Type of Group - Population - Age Group - Number of Participants

This group of students belongs to class IX standard of ABC school. There are 10 members in this group and age between 15-17 years, so basically it is a group of teenagers.

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