Yalom

Corey, Corey, Corey (2010) identify the themes of “disclosure versus anonymity, honesty versus superficiality, spontaneity versus control, acceptance versus rejection, and cohesion versus fragmentation” as the main themes of the working stage of a group(p. 239). I think the video exemplified many of the aforementioned issues, however, the group remained perplexed around the issue of Jean’s resistance. Yalom and Leszcz (2005) write: “Certain members, because of their character structure, will invariably be involved in conflict and will engender conflict in any group” (p. 367). Jean disclosed that she questioned the collective honesty of the group, which created tension and conflict with the other members. The other members responded to Jean with anger and frustration as they felt that they were being a honest as they could be at that moment. The group appeared to be trying to reach Jean emotionally and work towards cohesion but her individual pathology made it difficult for her to relinquish the …show more content…
371). Jean appears to have some narcissistic defenses she uses to avoid feeling in the group. She makes the group about her in the sense it cannot move forward without working through her resistance. Maryanne mentions several times that she feels she “talks too much” and her feelings are overwhelming. It is unfortunate that this group ran out of time to really get into this content. It appears that Jane is envious of those who can be more free with their emotions and her resistance is really “fake.” She may long to be more like Maryanne and projects the idea of being superficial and “not real” on to others to avoid looking at herself. Maryanne might wish she was more like Jean in her emotional