Group Reflection

The 12-step group I observed is Sunrise Semester, an alcohol-anonymous group open to women. The group meeting was held in a spacious room in a Catholic church. The group leader sat in the front, surrounded by the group members. The group had a relatively large size, with nearly 20 people ranged from the middle age to the elderly. Some of the members just started being sober while some older members have been sober for more than 20 years. Most of the group members are Caucasians and the rest was Hispanics, Indians and Philippines. The atmosphere of the group meeting was warm, friendly and engaging. The meeting started from some housekeeping announcements and the sharing of the group leader, who is not a mental health professional but has been

It was very interesting to work together in my group. I learnt more deeply about the African American issue. All members in my group was very supportive. We collaborate with each other in a timely manner. The biggest fear I had working in a group environment was the conflict. There was no conflict because we all shared our thoughts and problems with each other. That makes this group experience great.

If you want a job done right, do it yourself. I have been guilty of approaching my job and many aspects of my personal life with this philosophy. I also enjoy the camaraderie of the team environment and enjoy working in a team environment, but it needs to be the right team. A critical assessment of my attitude towards group work is reflected in both philosophies. Teamwork is necessary but has always seemed flawed and ineffective. Someone still had to carry the burden and do most of the work. Looking back to when I first began this course, I was hopeful to learn more about the mechanics of groups and possible ways to promote positive teamwork. I expected to learn the theories behind organizational work groups regarding management, perhaps by doing case studies. I was not expecting to complete a group project; I had not previously heard of working collaboratively online to produce a combined paper.

What occupation did your group session address? What was the goal for group session? The occupation addressed was meal prep/setup and leisure participation. The goal was to utilize their long term memory and motivate them to recall positive, emotional memories.

Hands shaking, eyes rolling, flipping through the syllabus, I prepared myself for the group Organized Act of Kindness project. Group projects have always been dreadful for me; in high school, I was almost always the sole effort within the group. Unfortunately, due to my negative past experiences, I had a relatively negative fixed mindset going into the OAK project. Luckily, the other members of my OAK group were productive, friendly, and helpful; their attitudes and efforts helped me change my mind about group projects. By agreeing that we were all going to complete certain tasks and put in a certain amount of effort, we created a productive work environment in which we knew that no single person would be left to do the heavy lifting. Despite some bumps in the road along the way, our OAK project was ultimately a success and left us feeling positive and much closer as friends. Learning about group dynamics in class has opened my eyes and allowed me to realize that the members control how the group functions. My newfound understanding of group dynamics has translated to other aspects of my life, as I now see my role in group efforts in everything that I do.

If I could summarize my group proposal experience in three works it would be patient, organized, and accomplished. My group proposal experience was not that bad. However, I did have to be patient and wait for other members to submit their work. I also had to be patient and see when we could meet because some of my group members did not show up for group meetings. I also felt like the majority of my group was not participating and getting work done. My group was some what organized because we had a checklist of the materials we had to submit and complete. My group was also able to accomplish our binder on time because we had to pull each other's weight. The only good thing I can say about my group is that they are nice

Throughout my years in graduate school, I found myself with many opportunities to work on group projects. I always found these projects to be a rewarding experience because it was not only an opportunity to contribute my experience and ideas to the project but also listen to experience and ideas of my teammates. However, working on a group project also meant making sure to examine the work of my teammates and vice-versa. So for each group assignment, I always made sure to follow certain guidelines I laid out for myself in order to get the assignment completed.

On the other hand, some group members were willing to share their personal experiences related to mindfulness. The idea that group members desire to be comfortable with each other before sharing their personal experiences may have had an influence on this particular group. Due to the fact that this was not the first time that group members had interacted with each other, there may have been more willingness to share their personal experiences. If this group was led

In this class I have been able to experience group projects in a different manner than before. I have always struggled with social anxiety and group experiences have always been hard for me. If it was not for the help of many wonderful people, I do not think I would have been able to take this class. This group experience has been one I always will remember, because it was the first experience where I felt comfortable. In my group we used inclusivity, empowering, and process-orientation to help accomplish our goals.

The group process is facilitated by a counselor by the process has to be done by the members. It can be easy or hard depending on the individual and how much they want to disclose about themselves. The process is measureable and goals are set to help guide the members to stay focus on what they need to work on. Therefore, there five stages to help guide the facilitator and the members. They are forming, storming, norming performing and adjourning. First they must understand how to achieve their primary task, the purpose they joined the group ( ). Next the members are identifying who is going to be on top or bottom. Meaning who is going to be the control hierarchy and who is going to be the quiet one. Each member attempts to establish his or her preferred amount of initiative and power ( ). The third phase a group is the development of mature group cohesiveness ( ). They are starting to build trust, increase morale and self-disclosure. Fourth, the group members are working the group and changes are occurring depending on the individual. Lastly, the group members are beginning to

The choice between life and death seems like it should be a simple answer right? Well, not in this society we were placed in, it has come down to eight people left on earth and one plane but the catch is only four people can go on the plan. How do you decide who has more value or who would be better suited for this new world. Well we as a group had to plea our cases on why we should be going onto this plane. We as a group applied the three concepts of fight, flight and tend-and-befriend to determine who would be moving onto a new life on a remote island.

I try to listen very careful the group reflection and whenever i feel that we are going out of the training purpose i react and Direct discussion towards relevant topic.

The things I will have done differently in the group was to use my time wisely. I believe because we were on a time frame, I tended to rush things just to say okay where done. Also, more support and trust at a point of time I was kind of second guessing another idea. I feel that you have to have trust in your group member to make it effective.

I don’t think that we could have been any luckier in our team assignment. Although we are four very different individuals, we share similar thought patterns and because some of our members are stronger in analytical thinking and others in creative thinking, there is just enough overlap that we enhance each-other’s strengths while reducing our weaknesses. We are all high B to low A type personalities, which means that although we are all results driven there is no-one on the team who bogarts the leadership position. The agreeable nature of our team was apparent early on as we worked through team building games and the first analysis team paper. However it has been in the preparation of the team paper that we have seen the truth of how

Whenever individuals are required to work together in a group to complete a task it can be either a great experience or a dreadful one. This almost always depends on the extent of effectively communicating amongst the group. In our group we managed to always be respectful while still getting our thoughts and opinions across to one another. Initially when our groups were first picked for us we were able to choose 2 to 3 people that we would prefer to work with; who also shared the same ideas when it came to choosing the topic we would research. This gave each group the ability to work together with other like-minded students in order to research topics that we were all interested in. After our groups were picked for us we got to know one