The first skill that I believe would help make me effectively lead a group session in the future is tone setting. Tone setting I believe is a very important skill to use because it sets the mood for the group. Though as the leader you want to make sure to always set the right tone for the group you are running there are specific topics where it is extra important to set the tone just right because they cover difficult and/or challenging topics (i.e. anger management, death/los of a loved one). A situation which this skill might be useful could be a high school anger management group. You would want to set a social and supportive tone to let the group members feel safe and able to share their feelings. I personally would utilize this skill by
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“Solution-focused therapy is an approach to counseling that emphasizes the client’s strengths and focuses on solutions” (Book p.343) I personally like this theory because it is positive and focuses on getting the group members to focus on the possible solutions and various opportunities that can become available to them rather then negativity and the past. I also like the techniques that can be used in this theory because I feel they are very helpful in getting the group members to focus on solving the problems as opposed to stay stuck on the problem. Some of the techniques used in this theory include the miracle question, exceptional questions, scaling questions and coping questions. An example of the miracle question would be, ‘Suppose that one night there is a miracle and while you were sleeping the problem that has been bothering you has been solved. How would you know your problem has been solved? What would be different?’; this miracle question is used so the group member can make clear exactly what it is that they really want and what it exactly would look like. An example of an exception question is, ‘What has to happen for that to occur more? What was different then? What did you or someone else do instead of yelling? What was different for you that you did not yell?’; these questions help the group members think about their problems differently. An example of scaling questions would be, ‘On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the most confident, how confident do you feel today? On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being furious, how angry are you today?’; these questions focus on helping group members to gage where they are in regards to their process of change. The scaling questions can also be used in activities like the red, yellow, and green light activity which can be interchangeable with topics. An example of coping questions would be, ‘What keeps you going? What do you do
“Solution-focused therapy is an approach to counseling that emphasizes the client’s strengths and focuses on solutions” (Book p.343) I personally like this theory because it is positive and focuses on getting the group members to focus on the possible solutions and various opportunities that can become available to them rather then negativity and the past. I also like the techniques that can be used in this theory because I feel they are very helpful in getting the group members to focus on solving the problems as opposed to stay stuck on the problem. Some of the techniques used in this theory include the miracle question, exceptional questions, scaling questions and coping questions. An example of the miracle question would be, ‘Suppose that one night there is a miracle and while you were sleeping the problem that has been bothering you has been solved. How would you know your problem has been solved? What would be different?’; this miracle question is used so the group member can make clear exactly what it is that they really want and what it exactly would look like. An example of an exception question is, ‘What has to happen for that to occur more? What was different then? What did you or someone else do instead of yelling? What was different for you that you did not yell?’; these questions help the group members think about their problems differently. An example of scaling questions would be, ‘On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the most confident, how confident do you feel today? On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being furious, how angry are you today?’; these questions focus on helping group members to gage where they are in regards to their process of change. The scaling questions can also be used in activities like the red, yellow, and green light activity which can be interchangeable with topics. An example of coping questions would be, ‘What keeps you going? What do you do