A Developmental Model For Counseling Groups

Abstract

Students taking a course in Group Guidance participated in group counseling as an adjunct experience to the course. The counseling sessions were tape recorded and later analyzed according to an affect‐topic classification. This paper presents a theoretical discussion of the development of one of the counseling groups, and the results of the analysis of the recorded group sessions.

The Effects Of Group Leadership Style on Counselor Trainees' Personal Functioning

“…Research studies indicate that it is far easier for students to acquire specific skills (Carkhuff, 1969;Eagan, 1975;Ivey, 1971 ; Kagan, 1975;Toukmanian & Rennie, 1975) than for them to modify their life-styles (Goldberg, 1974;Lutwak & Hennessy, 1982;Neufeldts, 1978). In general, students who have participated in a group counseling experience showed an increase in their ability to provide the core conditions of counseling but manifested only minimal personality change (Anderson, 1969;Arbuckle, 1966;Eiben & Clark, 1973;Foley & Bonney, 1966;Gazda & Bonney, 1966;Mahon & Altman, 1977;Woody, 1971). Whether the group's counseling experience helps students to improve their effectiveness as counselors has not been clearly demonstrated (Cecere, 1969;McKinnon, 1969;Nye, 1972;Ohlsen, 1975;Yalom, 1976).…”