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Teaching Group Counseling Skills: Problems and Solutions
Author(s) -
FURR SUSAN R.,
BARRET BOB
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2000.tb01241.x
Subject(s) - counselor education , accreditation , psychology , group counseling , experiential learning , medical education , task group , task (project management) , higher education , group dynamic , graduate students , pedagogy , social psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , engineering management , management , political science , law , economics , engineering
The authors discuss ethical and professional issues regarding group counseling and argue that it is challenging to meet or exceed the standards established by the American Counseling Association's Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs for teaching principles and theories, leadership skills, and group counseling methods for effective group practice. This task is especially difficult for counselor education programs that do not have doctoral students who can provide instruction and group leadership. The authors present a model involving 2 courses that allow for mastery of skills and solve practical dilemmas of providing an experiential group experience and leadership opportunities.