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Group Work in Behavioral Health: The Art of Group Facilitation, Part I

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1.  A transformative possibility of group work is that it offers participants an opportunity to develop: Mutual aid Therapy Conflict Activities

2.  One challenge that arises for group facilitators is ____________. The practitioner’s history of positive experiences with authority. The practitioner’s comfort with conflict. The practitioner providing a positive and open environment for patients. The practitioner’s history of difficult experiences with authority.

3.  Which of the following is a key aspect of group facilitation? Refraining from taking questions Not welcoming and honoring participants Refraining from sharing the agenda and logistical information Setting guidelines to create a container with safety for our time together

4.  Thoughtfully facilitated groups offer participants an opportunity to: Build relationships and work through relational challenges in a safe container Increase their capacity for personal aid Focus inward Reduce relationships

5.  Group practitioners need to be aware of and attentive to: The purpose of the group The group setting Dynamics of oppression and power All of the above

6.  Regardless of the stage, __________________ offer a rich opportunity to heal from early life experiences. therapy groups meditation music

7.  A skilled facilitator makes mistakes and is transparent when they do. This creates _________________________ for participants. comfort trust and safety mutual aid desire to participate

8.  Group facilitators often feel fear of being a _______________________ and don’t take enough charge of the group - or they don’t trust the group and take too much control. dominating authority figure therapist group leader participant

9.  Which of the following is a discomfort that may arise for group members? their histories of difficult experiences with groups (family, school, peer groups, many groups that were not of their choosing, etc.) their histories of difficult experiences with authority figures (family, school, religious, etc.) experiences with suppression of expression and emotion and indirect communication in group settings All of the above

10.  A key ingredient for a successful group, regardless of the group stage and composition is for the group practitioner to: be themselves and have self-awareness refrain from being authentic adopt a group facilitator persona refrain from engaging in self-awareness