Group Confrontation Analysis

When leading the group therapy, leaders can often encounter various problems or challenges from some members. Some of the issues that might arise within the counseling process include issues of the dominator, the chronic talker, the negative members, the distracter, the resistant members and the member who strives to outsmart the leader (Corey et al., 1995).

Communication shows up in daily life for all people. In Ordinary People, the Jarrett family faces conflicts with the loss of one son and the attempted suicide of the other. Since the loss of their son, Buck, Beth and Calvin Jarrett show strained and odd relationships with their son Conrad. Conrad himself faces survival guilt of surviving the boating accident that killed his brother. This guilt leads him to attempt suicide and now causes him to face dysfunction with his family. Through the discussions between mother and son, they bring about the many conflicts into themselves, without the help of conflict management these conversations turn harsh and painful. If they had used conflict management, the Jarretts could have avoided the silence

What Happened: [Referring to you], the email states that, “She is definitely not pulling her weight on this project.”

While Jean’s comments upset some individuals in the group, it initiated open and honest responses from the rest of the group. Even though Jean was the primary driver of the conflict during this session, I was particularly interested in Art’s feedback and experience during the video. His personal self-disclosure and involvement within the group conflict hit on the key points of this discussion post: personal awareness and successful resolution

During the video, Group Work: Leading in the Here and Now (Association for Specialists in Group Work, 2008), Dr. Peg Carroll led a group through the initial stage of group counseling. As Yalom and Leszcz (2005) stated, “in the beginning, the group needs direction and structure,” (p. 313). Dr. Carroll demonstrated an active approach with the clients in the group, often redirecting their comments internally towards one another. For example, at 11:20 in the video (Association for Specialists in Group Work, 2008), Dr. Carroll directed one of the clients, Art, to direct his comments to a specific individual. This occurred multiple times during the course of the session, and demonstrated Dr. Carroll’s ability to actively facilitate group communication towards one another.

Our fist discussion was regarding the video “Planning a Playground”. The group in this video was discussing planning for a playground, what it would cost to put it up and how they could raise the money. I liked how this group communicated effectively an overall worked together. I picked up on some nervousness but that was mainly because they were meeting for the first time. The only issue that I could see off top was at some points some of the members would cut off the member that was speaking. I don’t feel that it was intentional or malicious but to communicate effectively you need to let others speak until their done so that you completely understand what is being said. In most cases this is how things are misunderstood because you only take from the part you hear or stopped them from saying. I identified constructive conflict occurring in this group. Constructive conflict is when behaviors help to build relationships, when you are able to manage your emotions and accept and resolve responses. It’s when you have task-completion,

unresponsive to interventions brought forth in a traditional setting. As a result, they are sent off

As a social worker, there will be times when conflict arises when practicing group work, which can be a source of fear and anxiety for a worker?s (Kendler, 2002). However, if provided the necessary skills, workers will be able to better navigate conflict when it does arise. This article explores a moment of conflict within in a group that can be identified as a critical incident. A critical incident, in the context of group work, can be described as a moment in practice situations that address difficult questions or concerns, can be an opportunity to explore differences and how we manage them, or present dilemmas. If not addressed and the conflict remains unresolved it can have an impact on the outcome of the group (need to cite). To better understand how a critical incident can be addressed by a worker, this paper will examine the group setting, it?s purpose, analyze a critical incident, demands for work, and interventions. Furthermore, issues of the ethical dilemmas as it relates to group work will be addressed and conclude with a reflection on the process of analyzing a critical incident.

This skill allows the group leader to implement a task which provides the group members opportunities to explore their emotions through their interactions.

Group aggression begins much the same way as individual aggression, by being frustrated, receiving insults, by observing others, by becoming desensitized through media, or by being exposed to various types of aggression (video games, domestic violence) (Myers, 2014). When one person in a group decides to act out and become aggressive after a “triggering” incident, others will imitate that behavior; even law abiding individuals may be more inclined to follow the masses rather than stand by and watch. When individuals become part of a group often times rational thoughts and behaviors are overcome by diffusing the responsibility (Myers, 2014). “The more the merrier” is an old saying, this saying holds true to a group mentality, the more individuals

What bothered me most about the book were the six strategies for effective confrontation. I’ve always had with confronting conflict in my life; I would avoid it at any and every cost. My biggest issue was confronting without offending. I was a great listener, so that was not the problem. I could negotiate future behavior, even though I never address the issue. Releasing the offender was not a problem for me because forgiveness of others was easy, forgive myself was hard. Owning the problem went hand and hand with forgiveness, but the two that did me in was speaking the right words and preparing for the encounter. Pegues stated in the book that “words are our tools of communication. They never die. They live on and on in the heart

Initially when formulating my response to this question, I was a bit unsure and nervous about how to respond to this scenario. Confrontation is something that I have a hard time dealing with in every aspect of my life and it is something that I try to avoid at all costs. However, after reading the text I realize that constructive confrontation is a counseling technique that is proven to be very effective in helping to spark change and transformation in a client that exhibits maladaptive actions and behaviors. By not challenging the negative actions and faulty beliefs of a client, a counselor is doing a great disservice to the client and the client’s treatment process.

In the counselling arena confronting is achieved after introducing a level of trust and rapport

A case study was conducted on conflict in an open-ended group therapy of chronic Schizophrenics: coping with aggression. The paper focuses on major conflict between two members which had an explosive effect on the group and its leaders. It adds the leader experienced a sense of helplessness in the face of a member’s rage (Hassan, S., Cinq-Mars, C., & Sigman, M., 2000). I was intrigued with this paper because of the similarities of the situation. I had had incidents when the two clients I previously mentioned have had heated arguments during discussions and where one stopped coming to group altogether due to his dislike for his rival. During those arguments, I would take a demanding tone and ask them to leave the group. I have attempted to ask the reason behind their never ending arguing but have never received a satisfying response and was already warned by the other group facilitators that I should not sit them together, so I decided not to press any further. The

The communication in the group appears to be inconsistent and does appear to harmful to some of the members. Certain members of the group are communicating verbally, others are communicating nonverbally and their behaviors are sending out intended and possibly unintended messages that is impacting the rest of the group in a negative way. Therefore, members may not feel comfortable talking about feelings, problems, or other issues within the group. In this case study Luisa, appears to be a main factor of why people are shutting down. As there is interference with groups communication based on anger, fear, and uncertainly. She appears to be provoking a response for attention or disapproval to perhaps gain or maintain power within group.