Theory
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Small vs. Large
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Popularity
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Leadership
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Stages
- Safety/Trust
- Competency/Dependency
- Conflict
- Sexual Attraction
- Separation/Loss
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Norms
- Challenges to therapist(s)
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Rules
- Give handout/form to sign
- No talking outside of group
- No dating outside of group
- No sub-grouping outside of group
- No threatening any member of group
- No verbal abuse of any member of group
- Should outside talk regarding members be
brought up in group?
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Time
- Arriving and ending on time
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Fees
- Pay each time?
- Pay for entire month?
- Pay for entire group segment?
- Pay no matter if there?
- Consistency!
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Practice Management
- Choosing members
- Excluding members
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Pruning or Self-Selection
- Groups expel lower functioning members
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Homogenous Group
- All men or women
- All drug users
- All victims of violence
- All teenagers
- Family group
- Marital group
- Parenting group
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Heterogeneous Group
- Mixed members
- Purpose is just group processing
- Still selecting out members according to:
- Development
- Mental health
- Possible to do groups with low or
mid-level pathology (e.g. borderlines)
- Motivation
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