The clinical group I attended was located at Wekiva Springs Inpatient Center in Jacksonville, and was held on November 18, 2015 at 1330. In charge of the group was Dr. Birt, a female psychologist with a PsyD. She was also a licensed professional clinical counselor. The purpose of this particular group session was focused on triggers and how to deal with them. Dr. Birt wanted to find out what triggered these patients to use and abuse alcohol and/or drugs. She then took what they said and came up with better ways for them to handle these triggers. There were only 4 patients that attended this group. They were all in the facility because they depended on alcohol to help with other issues in their life. This group was open so that new patients could join in without having to go through an approval process. Dr. Birt wanted the patients to be able to freely speak up and join in the conversation.
The group was located within one of the community rooms located on the women’s unit and was very large in size. The chairs were situated along the walls around the entire room so that everyone could see each other. There were two windows in the room that looked out at a courtyard. Glass lined the other wall so that the nurses could see in the room …show more content…
Dr. Birt showed many different roles including being the leader, the initiator, an information giver/seeker, opinion giver, coordinator, elaborator, energizer, summarizer, recorder, encourager, and expresser. I feel that with her being the psychiatrist, she was responsible for these roles and performed them well. Two of the patients held more than one role as well. They were information givers, opinion seekers, and elaborators. A third patient was mainly just an information giver because she answered all questions asked by Dr. Birt, but said nothing otherwise. The fourth patient remained a follower and never really spoke up, but instead just agreed with the
The group was located within one of the community rooms located on the women’s unit and was very large in size. The chairs were situated along the walls around the entire room so that everyone could see each other. There were two windows in the room that looked out at a courtyard. Glass lined the other wall so that the nurses could see in the room …show more content…
Dr. Birt showed many different roles including being the leader, the initiator, an information giver/seeker, opinion giver, coordinator, elaborator, energizer, summarizer, recorder, encourager, and expresser. I feel that with her being the psychiatrist, she was responsible for these roles and performed them well. Two of the patients held more than one role as well. They were information givers, opinion seekers, and elaborators. A third patient was mainly just an information giver because she answered all questions asked by Dr. Birt, but said nothing otherwise. The fourth patient remained a follower and never really spoke up, but instead just agreed with the