GROUP COUNSELLING PROCESS

Ashraf Farhan bin Mohd Amin

Mohamad Aliff bin Mt Nawi
Sidi Omar Alfoadi bin Jamaludin
GROUP PROCESS
According to Burlingame & Fuhriman (Nystul, 2003),
there are four aspects that related to Group Process:
#1-The Involvement
The clients willingness to share their feelings and emotions
#2-Group-centred vs. Self- centred Focus

Assistances are needed to monitor the attention given to the clients

#3-NOW-AND-IN-HERE Focus
Attract and assist the clients to focus on getting to know more about
each other
#4-Group Objective

Determining the course of the group counselling session

PRE-GROUP FILTERING
Couch (Nystul, 2003) explains four important steps
in pre-group filtering:
Identifying the clients needs, expectations
and commitment
Challenging the myths and misconceptions

about group counselling

Delivering the information

Filtering

to synchronise the clients objective with the group

counselling
identifying and eliminating the clients that does not have
mental strength or unable to receive opinions from others
to ensure the group counselling runs smoothly
GROUP COUNSELLING PHASE
Phase 1 Orientation
Phase 2 Transition
Phase 3 Productive
Phase 4 Closure
GROUP COUNSELLING PHASE
PHASE 1 ORIENTATION
Clients Orientation & Group
Structuring
preparing the clients for the
upcoming sessions
coming up with ground rules
stimulating to produce self-awareness
encourage openness and present
psychologically (NOW-
&-IN-HERE)
identifying clear personal goals
encouraging the clients to share
their
expectations
GROUP COUNSELLING PHASE
PHASE 2 TRANSITION

Building trust and cohesion between the each

other.
Cohesion happens when the clients are willing to
listen and give responses towards others.
Facilitators roles: encouraging the clients to
express their worries and learn to manage them
GROUP COUNSELLING PHASE
PHASE 2 TRANSITION

: facilitate the growth and

Building / development of the group
Facilitativ : create an environment to make
e the group members feel
comfortable

: strive to maintain the harmony

environment in the group
Maintaining
:compromise and encourage each
other to increase group cohesion

: eliminate members that did not

give any benefit to the group
Preventing
: facilitator have to eliminate this
client from the group
GROUP COUNSELLING PHASE
PHASE 3 PRODUCTIVE
The clients reach phases three
when they feel free to explore
their thoughts and feelings.
The facilitators role:

encourage members to
transform the resulting insight
into action and addressing their
concerns.
The clients will:
submit personal issues that
they are willing to do,
giving and receiving feedback,
apply what they have learnt
give support and motivation
towards each other.
GROUP COUNSELLING PHASE
PHASE 4 CLOSURE
The termination of the group
counselling might cause the
clients to feel regression and
omit unwanted expression.
The facilitators role is to
help the clients to accept
those conditions
Provide supplementary
counselling session if
necessary.
Help the clients to get clear
understanding of what they
had learnt.
GROUP DYNAMICS
Group dynamics is a system of
behaviours and psychological
processes occurring within a social
group or between social groups.
The study of group dynamics can be
useful in understanding decision-
making behavior, tracking the
spread of diseases in society and
creating effective therapy
techniques.
Group dynamics are at the core of
understanding racism, sexism, and
other forms of social prejudice and
discrimination.
REFERENCES
Choong L. K, (2010).Bimbingan dan
Kaunseling Kanak-Kanak. 1st ed.
Selangor: Kumpulan Budiman.
Shulman, L. (2011). Dynamics and Skills
Group Counselling. USA : Brooks/Cole.
FURTHER READINGS:
www.monroecollege.edu/.../ebooks/0840033931_lores_p01_c
h02.pdf
www.counseling.org/resources/library/ERIC%20Digests/94-
02.pdf
internal.psychology.illinois.edu/~lyubansk/Therapy/group.ppt
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