Group facilitators values can tell a lot about whether a group program will be successful for certain individuals. However, it is important, group facilitators keep a select amount of key values. Facilitators should always respect the members, acknowledging each member as unique individuals. The group facilitator should value sense of hope. Although a group facilitator does not have to acknowledge the behaviors or thoughts of a member as right or wrong, or moral in any way. It is important for the facilitator to accept that it is a thought, behavior, or experience of the member and attempt to understand it. Group leaders should also value every member with sympathy, respect, empathy, genuine acceptance, and unconditional positive regard. Leaders should also value members’ choices and opinions, as well as, acknowledge each member is …show more content…
Group facilitators should have an approachable and authentic temperament. If the facilitator does not give a welcoming and genuine attitude, they may find it difficult to work with and help the members. During the sessions, equal treatment must be given to all members, while also knowing how to reflect the variances of everyone’s personalities. Group facilitators must be persevering and temperate to understand the difficulties of the group and have resolve in helping an individual throughout the whole group process and can help individuals achieve the group goals for all members of the group. This means having empathy for the members. The facilitator must be well-thought-of to get the respect of all members as someone they can consider a good role model. Being committed in helping individuals empower themselves must be one of the facilitators’ main focuses. Competent facilitators should develop a confident and determined atmosphere in a group session. Facilitators must establish a professional attitude in carrying out the
All members of the groups were on different levels of acceptance with who they are as a person and the process expectations. Although members on different levels and stages of steps, they all had the same commitment goal. They all accept who they are because prior to members speaking the have to state their names and admit their problems. For any member of the group to be able to handle the changes in their group, they must some knowledge about their group leading
Leadership plays a large role in these activities. I show leadership in group work by taking charge and ensuring everyone is doing their part in it. I try and make sure one person is not doing all the work. In the classroom I show leadership by paying attention and turning all the assessments in on time. People say being polite and having manners will help you in life.
My time in 4-H, working, volunteering, and my first semester of college have provided me with leadership opportunities and experiences that were often challenging. In order to cope with these challenges, I had to develop skills that would allow me to move forward. The first of which is the ability to work well on a team. This skill is one that I’ve had to practice in many environments such as completing a group project, playing softball, working in food service, and volunteering as a camp counselor.
comfort in position for authority to lead; and the ability to tune in to others feelings, reactions, moods, and words” (Jacobs, E. E., Masson, R. L., Harvill, R. L., & Schimmel, C. J., 2016, p. 25). The natural leadership of the AA group session I attend was also great tone of voice and keeping the group members attentive throughout the session. The group members were very comfortable with the group members, the leaders were like by the group members, and the leader never used his mislead his authority toward the group
there will be many different characters and the trainer must be aware of them so the learning can be adapted. The trainer must be aware of the dynamics in the group and be aware of behaviours so that he/she can make sure all participants are always involved and no one is missed out if there are
A group needs to be a stable and positive environment in order to
Group Reflection Elements of Yalom’s therapeutic factors were apparent over the course of the semester while experiencing and conducting our breakout groups. Yalom refers to 11 therapeutic factors in the practice of successful group therapy with them being: installation of hope, universality, imparting information, altruism, corrective recapitulation of primary family, development of socializing techniques, imitative behavior, interpersonal learning, group cohesiveness, catharsis, existential factors. Below, will be a reflection of my experience in the group over the course of the semester. Group Cohesiveness Of the 11 factors, group cohesiveness or the warmth of the group in which everyone felt that they belonged was readily apparent at the
The second is you want to have good communication skills. With this you want to make sure everyone is prepared to speak and talk in meetings and interact with one another. The third one is having knowledge on what you are doing.
Introduction After the Advanced Skills Facilitation course, I had learned many counselling skills in group counselling and different settings of group counselling. Also, it provided a lot of exercises for us to practice group counselling sessions. Thus, there are many things that I can make a reflection on it.
In order to get the most out of a group session, you first have to rid yourself of fear and doubts, then get involved and be as open as possible, give feedback to others, learn to received feedbacks, and above all be consistent in your attendance. Getting involved and being open is very important in getting the most out of a group session. Being involved in a group help you to learn more about yourself and it allows you to try new ways of relating with others especially in a diverse group with diverse personalities. In addition, being involved and open in groups help you to understand that you are not the only one going through your situation. When you share your thoughts openly and
According to the Building Success 2 manual (2006) one major responsibility of facilitators during a seminar is to allocate tasks to the audiences. This means making decisions about who should do what. In making these decisions an effective facilitator has to make judgements about: • The set of tasks that has to be completed • The set of individuals able to complete them The facilitator’s goal is to find the best fit between the two. Best fit means finding the combination of people and tasks that will produce the desired results during a presentation (Building Success 2 manual, 2006).
I agree to a certain extent that group counseling has more to offer than individual counseling. Not everyone is suitable for group counseling or individual counseling (Corey,2008 and Yalom, 2005). Group counseling however has many different benefits that I consider has more to offer. It could provide group support for the members who are affecting as they are not totally alone in the situation that they are facing. It is also effective as they provide a greater help and feedback.
What good qualities do you bring to a group? One of the qualities that could help in a group is being reflective. My survey results said that I was reflective which can help to reflect upon ideas that the group may have come up
My Personal Group Experience: Assignment: “Homosexuality” Our group met and discussed our assignment, “Homosexuality”. I thought the way the assignments for the topics was made was fair and equitable and helped to create a diverse group with no bias towards the topics. The group met during our assigned time period and I offered to serve as facilitator to get the discussion going. Our discussion regarding the topic and the assigning of each individual discussion question evolved in what I consider a natural way.
However, from my observation it look as if most of the members were acculturated into the American culture. Therefore, they were very vocal, impartial and educated. Members and facilitator handles indifference with respect which promotes high participation among each members, each had equally saying within the group. The facilitator was very knowledgeable of the subject matter and had excellent leadership skill. For example of some of the leadership skills the facilitator illustrated were encouraging participation.