In my group I will have Pat Solitano Jr., Tiffany Maxwell, Pat Solitano, Sr., Ronnie and Dolores Solitano. I believe the main presenting problem for this group would be stress. Stress has put some of these individuals into difficult situations causing them to act out and say hurtful words. In this case Pat Jr. will throw fits when he hears his wedding song and gets very upset or stressed whenever anything about his ex-wife Nikki is mentioned. Tiffany lives a very stressful life her husband just passed away and she is known as a whore because she sleeps with many different people.…
In this stage the therapist takes all the information shared throughout the stages and make a plan to go over with the family. An example of this stage includes if Brenda or Kay mentioned at the end of therapy that they would like a “100% supportive environment” we could work on the behaviors that support a supportive environment like communication styles, rules, roles,…
132). Sometimes in group therapy, it is important to consider the experiences each member is dealing with, yet it is also pivotal to the progress of the group to consider how other members are reacting both verbally and nonverbally to one another. Before reading this novel, I was unsure of what content versus process entailed. I associated process with the procedures of the meeting rather than the reactions of the members. Through reading about the group’s progress from the eyes of Julius, the facilitator, I was finally able to grasp the distinction between content and process.…
Our 11th year is getting off to an exciting start with four new BOD members. We are incredibly excited about the new energy and talent joining the Board. Our community meetings last Fall were tremendously helpful along with the support we received from Floricane. New C3 Board Chair Jennifer Tompkins says, “This year is really about setting up for the next 10 years and we are looking forward to expanding the reach of C3 more broadly across RVA.” After nine years on the C3 Board and the last two years as Chair, Lisa D. Dance steps down from the C3 Board.…
According to Berman and Fransen and Snyder (2016) explained a few things that a nurse can do to make the client comfortable is to get to know one another and gain trust from the client. The first step is to introduce yourself to the client and let the client know your role as a nurse. Relaxed conversations regarding the weather, or a simple comment regarding how beautiful a piece of jewelry is that they are wearing can create a relaxing atmosphere. If there is any resistance in the conversation the nurse needs to display interest in the client and express that you care about the client which will help gain trust of the client. Once a client feels less anxious they will be more willing to open up about their concerns (p. 423).…
The movie, The Breakfast Club, provides a clear example of each of these stages as a group of students go through Saturday detention. Initial The initial stage of group counseling is characterized by a variety of different aspects that set the…
In and individual session, people felt more heard or seen in the session, comfortable with a therapist being with them through this process rather than other people. The sessions combined structured exercises and improvisation (Whitehouse, 1999). The use of imagery helped clients explore movement within themselves and how they would act based on the image created. This allowed clients to go as deep as they wanted to go with the image and allowed it to be tailored to each individual. Whitehouse was flexible with the activities she had the group do depending on her interests for the that day but also where they were and what they needed as well.…
On November 9th, Erin and I co-facilitated a group discussion around trauma-informed practice as part of our Group Facilitation assignment as second-year nursing students. The process consisted of choosing a peer-reviewed article related to trauma-informed practice, then creating a Facilitation Plan around the article and relevant course theory, and finally facilitating a group discussion. As the next step towards the development of our group facilitation skills, we were assigned to write a critical reflection about the experience of facilitating a group discussion. Through this paper I provided a summary of our group facilitation experience, explored group dynamics, what I perceived as our strengths and challenges, what I have learned from…
The therapist should start this module by explaining why controlled breathing is important to Amy with simple and concrete examples. Such as: “ You know Amy, sometimes you may feel upset, nervous or angry, which is normal, we all feel in this way time to time. Today we are going to learn a magical way to help ourselves to calm down. You know what? When you can control your breathing, you will find that it much easier to control these bad feelings.…
During the introduction (44s) of the consultation I led the patient into the room, politely asked to take a seat and introduced myself with a handshake. There are various models which emphasise the importance of a good introduction. Certainly the Calgary-Cambridge model clearly has…
My Final Reflection This semester during Introduction to Group Communication, I have learned so much that I will be able to take with me throughout my life and career. There are a number of topics that I have found to be crucial in interacting with people on a professional level. There have also been a number of topics that I will be able to practice in my personal life at home, as a wife and mother.…
Throughout the year, as a class we have been given many different challenges in either the form of an essay, speech, or group presentation. The final assignment given to us was a group project presentation. From growing up in an age filled with technology, I have come to love projects that revolve around making some form of a PowerPoint presentation. This PowerPoint though, was both difficult and interesting for the reasons of being assigned group members not of my own choosing, learning to listen to others ideas which can help me to learn something new, and using former knowledge while working together to create a clean, in depth, and well prepared presentation. With working in groups of students whom I have known since I was young but…
Overall, I was extremely happy with the effort my group put into this project. In terms of attending the group meetings, everyone was present and participated in the discussion. The first meeting took place on a Sunday afternoon at Baruch and the second meeting took place on a weeknight in the form of a Google Hangout. The times and places of these meetings alone displayed every group members’ commitment to the project, effort to accommodate for scheduling conflicts, and effort to ensure they are contributing their fair share to the group regardless the time or day of the week. At these meetings, we discussed ways to engage the crowd and critiqued each other’s slides and presentations.…
I have been taking this class for nearly three months. During three months, I learned a lot about small group communication, especially the group climate and interaction are going well in our group. Our group works well on building and keeping positive attitude to our assignments and supportive climate. Each group member devotes to create an atmosphere that our group is the best group. For instance, our group member Erik and Jo always said some words of praise and encouragement, such as “we are really a good group”.…
We have 5 members in our group of whom 2 were male, and 3 were female. After we were assigned the project, we all came together, and made a commitment to do it better, and succeed at it. Firstly, we welcomed ideas from everyone, without setting any criteria. Our project was to reinvent any product with more features that will be helpful for public. It was a very challenging project because we were to redesign a particular product, which should be more appealing to the costumers in terms of features, solution of particular problems, availability, and cost.…