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Motivating Change Through Group Psychotherapy

Motivating Change Through Group Psychotherapy. Voices and Stories:. Presented by Lori Davis, Ph.D., Waypoint Counseling Center LLC For Psychology 420: Theories of Psychotherapy April 17, 2007. Areas I’ll Cover Today. What is group therapy? Why do we conduct group therapy?

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Motivating Change Through Group Psychotherapy

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  1. Motivating Change Through Group Psychotherapy Voices and Stories: Presented by Lori Davis, Ph.D., Waypoint Counseling Center LLC For Psychology 420: Theories of Psychotherapy April 17, 2007

  2. Areas I’ll Cover Today • What is group therapy? • Why do we conduct group therapy? • Who is involved in group therapy? • How is group therapy conducted?

  3. What is group therapy?

  4. Brief History of Group Therapy in the US • Before 1900’s • Large groups (e.g., immigrants, poor, etc.) • Hull House • Groups for people with tuberculosis (1905) • WWI – sometimes used with soldiers • “Collective counseling” (Adler, 1922) • Prison populations; child guidance; families

  5. Brief History of Group Therapy in the US • Moreno (1921) – Theater of Spontaneity • Beginnings of psychodrama • AA founded in 1930’s • Group work – reaction to authoritarian dictatorships and interest in promoting democracy • 1960’s – power of group to bring about change • Encounter groups • Marathon groups

  6. Tasks in Group Development • Forming • Storming • Norming • Performing • Adjourning

  7. Tasks in Group Development

  8. Why do we conduct group therapy?

  9. Intimate attachments to other human beings are the hub around which a person's life revolves, not only when [she or] he is an infant or a toddler or a schoolchild but throughout…adolescence and…maturity as well, and on into old age. From these intimate attachments a person draws… strength and enjoyment of life and, through what [she or] he contributes…gives strength and enjoyment to others."John Bowlby (1980)

  10. Instillation of hope Universality Imparting information Altruism Corrective emotional experience Development of social skills Imitative behavior Interpersonal learning Group cohesiveness Catharsis Existential factors Therapeutic Factors (Yalom)

  11. Who is involved in group therapy?

  12. Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria • Those who have the most difficult time in relationships are the people who might most benefit from participating in group • Almost anyone can benefit from group • Depends on the group • Usually form a group by excluding people with particular dynamics or concerns

  13. Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria • Possible reasons for exclusion • Acute situational crisis • Deeply depressed suicidal clients • Members who are unable to attend regularly • Clients with Antisocial Personality Disorder (unless the group is specifically designed for them)

  14. Group Composition • Heterogeneous groups • Homogenous groups

  15. How do we conduct group therapy? “He drew a circle that shut me out;Heretic, Rebel, a thing to flout.But Love and I had the Wit to Win.We drew a circle that took him in” – Edwin Markham

  16. Group As a Container • Ground rules • Norms • Group leader facilitation • “Here and now” interventions

  17. Tasks of the Group Leaders • Forming • Storming • Norming • Performing • Adjourning

  18. For more resources or if you have questions, feel free to contact me: drloridavis@insightbb.com

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