Enhancing Group Counseling and Therapy Skills | Part 1
Channel: Doc Snipes
Date: 2017-05-02

Expert Tips to Enhance Group Counseling & Therapy Part 1  based on SAMHSA TIP 41 Chapters 1 & 2  Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Qualified Clinical Supervisor.  She received her PhD in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida in 2002.  In addition to being a practicing clinician, she has provided training to counselors, social workers, nurses and case managers internationally since 2006 through AllCEUs.com Group Counseling Techniques
Distress Tolerance is a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) self-help skill to help people cope with feelings like anger, depression and anxiety.
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0:00 Introduction
1:36 Supports members in times of pain and trouble. E
15:54 Advantages of Groups Provide positive peer support for abstinence and positive action 
17:37 Provide information to clients who are new to recovery. 
21:06 Allow a single treatment professional to help a number of clients at the same time Can add needed structure and discipline Instill hope, a sense that If he can make it, so
26:14 Training Stages of Change Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation
28:13 Variable Factors for Groups Group or leader focus Specificity of the group agenda 
33:58 Assist individuals in every stage of change Help clients learn about Their disorders Treatment options Other resources Provide family members with an understanding of the person in recovery.
35:53 Educate about a disorder or teach a skill or tool Work to engage clients in the discussion Prompt clients to relate what they learn to their own issues (disorders, goals, challenges, successes)
41:00 Psychoeducational Technique Foster an environment that supports participation 
43:12 Skills Development Groups Have a limited number of sessions and a limited number of participants Strengthen behavioral and cognitive resources 
43:55 Conceptualize dependence as a learned behavior that is subject to modifications through various interventions Work to change learned behavior by changing thinking patterns, beliefs, and perceptions. Include psychological elements (e.g., thoughts, beliefs, decisions, opinions, and assumptions).
44:57 Develop social networks that support abstinence 
46:58 Support Groups: Purpose Are useful for apprehensive clients who are looking for a safe environment. Bolster members' efforts to develop and strengthen their ability to manage thinking and emotions
47:35 Support Group Characteristics Often are open ended, with a changing population of members. Encourage discussion about members' current situations and recent problems. Provide peer feedback and require members to be accountable to one another.
49:06 Recognize that conflicting forces in the mind, some of which may be outside one's awareness, determine a person's behavior, whether healthful or unhealthful. Address developmental influences, starting in early childhood, and environmental influences, to which people are particularly vulnerable because of their genetic and other biological characteristics.
49:48 Delve into major developmental issues, searching for patterns that contribute to the problem or interfere with recovery. Use psychodynamics, or the way people function psychologically, to promote change and healing. Rely on the here-and-now interactions of members.
50:32 Summary Multiple types of groups are available to assist clients in achieving their goals View current coping skills as "creative adaptations" Strengthening the healthy skills Skills required to facilitate these groups overlap significantly
53:41 Summary: Making It Effective Start group by telling what they are going to learn/do and why it is useful to them Present an overview of what you are talking about Have written material Discuss the material and apply it ► Have each group member close by identifying 1 thing they got out of group and how they will use it.