1. COUNSELING THEORIES USED IN GROUP

2. WHY A THEORY OF COUNSELING IS IMPORTANT
PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION OR DIRECTION FOR THE COUNSELING/HELPING PROCESS
HELPS TO SHAPE THE COUNSELING/HELPING PROCESS(TECHNIQUES/PROCEDURES USED)
SETS UP THE PHILOSOPHICAL REASONING AS TO CAUSES OF PROBLEMS AND ULTIMATELY TREATMENT PLANNING
THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH * THE WISHY-WASHY COUNSELOR * THE UNBENDING COUNSELOR

3. PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOANALYSIS (FREUD) (CHILDHOOD)
ADLERIAN (MISTAKEN BELIEFS/PRIVATE LOGIC)
INSIGHT ORIENTED * WHY DO I DO WHAT I DO?
FOCUS ON PAST EVENTS IN RELATIONSHIP TO CURRENT EVENTS
LONG TERM (PSYCHOANALYSIS)
MULTIPLE TRANSFERENCES IN GROUP
FOSTERING SOCIAL INTEREST
COLLABORATION

4. EXPERENTIAL/RELATIONAL
EXISTENTIAL (THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE)
PERSON-CENTERED (NONDIRECTIVE)
GESTALT (NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION)
EMPHASIS ON RELATIONSHIP
EMPHASIS ON SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES INCLUDING FEELINGS
HERE AND NOW VERSUS THE PAST
AN EMPHASIS ON CHOICES
ROLE PLAYS
PSYCHODRAMA/FAMILY SCULPTURES

5. COGNITIVE APPROACHES RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (ABC)
COGNITIVE THERAPY (COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS)
TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS (SCRIPTS AND TRANSACTIONS)
FOCUS ON THINKING ERRORS
BRIEF AND SOLUTION FOCUSED
EDUCATIONAL IN APPROACH
CHECKING THINKING WITH GROUP MEMBERS
ROLE PLAYS

6. BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL)
REALITY THERAPY (CHOICE THEORY)
FOCUS ON LEARNING MORE EFFECTIVE BEHAVIORS
A FOCUS ON CHOICES AND RESPONSIBILITY (REALITY)
BRIEF AND SOLUTION FOCUSED
COMMITMENT TO CONTRACTS
SKILLS PRACTICE WITHIN THE GROUP * ROLE PLAYS
SKILLFUL QUESTIONING (WDEP)

7. OTHER APPROACHES
FEMINISTIC THEORY * EMPOWERMENT * THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL * GROUPS FOR WOMEN ADDRESSING WOMEN’S ISSUES (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, EATING DISORDERS)
SOLUTION-FOCUSED * SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS AND STRENGTHS WITH EACH OTHER
NARRATIVE THERAPY * CHANGING SELF NARRATIVES * EXTERNALIZAION * WRITING LETTERS