880-Yalom: The Theory And Practice Of Group Psychotherapy Study Guide Graded A+

Imparting Information: {Ans: This therapeutic factor includes both didactic (intended to teach) instruction (e.g. psycho-education) and direct advice (by the facilitator as well as group members). In general clients in interpersonal process-oriented groups do not highly value didactic instruction or advice giving, and Yalom discourages such practices. As the facilitator, you may chose to use psycho-education or offer suggestions to some group members to facilitate their growth and improvements. However, it is recommended that you not over-use these interventions. Group members will also give advice to one another, especially in the early stages of the group. While group members typically do not find the advice of other group members as highly beneficial, advice giving}Dynamic therapy {Ans: may be thought of also as changing, evolving psychotherapy: clients change, the group goes through a developmental sequence, and the therapeutic factors shift in primacy and influence during the course of therapy.}social loneliness {Ans: an inability to be with others.}vicarious or spectator therapy. {Ans: In group therapy it is not uncommon for a member to benefit by observing the therapy of another member with a similar problem constellation.}Those points are: (1) the here-and-now approach is an ahistorical one, and (2)