Objectives
- Explore group counseling methods and skills
- Identify the five models of group therapy currently used in substance abuse treatment and the three other types of groups that can be integrated into the five models
- Differentiate between 12-step self-help groups and interpersonal process groups
- Identify at least 10 advantages of group treatment
- Identify the three modifications that need to be made to group treatment in order to improve its effectiveness in substance abuse settings
- Discuss how the client's stage of readiness for change affects the types of groups he or she will be in
- Describe the characteristics of each of the five group models used in substance abuse treatment
- Effectively match clients with appropriate groups
- Accurately assess client readiness for group primary placement considerations
- Identify as six dimensions assess for the ASAM patient placement criteria
- Identify the six levels of treatment identified by the ASAM patient placement criteria that
- Identify the three other criteria we should be considered when determining the patient's appropriateness for group therapy
- Identify the difference between culture, cultural knowledge, cultural awareness, and cultural competence
- Understand the components of the diversity wheel
- Identify strategies for handling issues that arise when group norms and cultural values conflict
- Identify the six guidelines for clinicians on the evaluating bias and prejudice
- Identify for techniques that can be helpful in providing substance abuse treatment to a culturally diverse groups
- Identify six guidelines for preparing the group for a new member from a racial or ethnic minority
- Discuss the benefits of fixed and revolving membership groups
- Identify the most effective ways to prepare client for participation in groups is that
- Be familiar with the recommended issues to discuss in pre-group interviews
- Discuss ways for increasing retention in groups
- Identify specific group tasks appropriate for each phase of the group
- Discuss how to convert conflict and resistance in the positive energy that powers the group's
- Explain how to deal with disruptive group members
- Explain how to cool down runaway affect or turn a crisis into an opportunity
- Identify six of the most common errors the group leaders make
- Describe four types of training that are recommended for group therapists
- Teacher: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes