Group therapy or personalized Coaching? The sooner you know, the better
Early in the group design process, individuals must go through a psychiatric interview and mental status examination for the group to function. In the examination or interview stage, the psychiatrist performs a series of tasks. These tasks include assessing the reliability of the patients as well as establishing rapport. It is also during this period that goal setting followed by the development of a collaborative doctor-patient relationship takes place. The collection of relevant data from the psychiatric history, the assessment of patient safety, and the development of an emergency plan are tasks that are carried out jointly during the psychiatric interview. During the interview, all parties involved maintain appropriate boundaries. Another important task that is carried out is monitoring the emotional intensity between the parties involved and ensuring empathic communication (Yalom & M, 2005).
The type of group created based on the characteristics of the individuals. In this work, the group to be created is a multifunctional therapy group. This group is six to eight people. The choice of population group is based on the utility of numbers. This utility is applied outside of the session during which different individuals participate in discussions. The group is open. Therefore, more members can join to facilitate recovery. The issue involved for the group is drug and substance abuse. Since the topic brings together the majority of individuals.
For the effective and efficient realization of the objectives, the group will meet at least twice a week. Each group meeting will have a different agenda and will make use of the communication systems established during psychiatric interviews and mental status examination. The rules established to facilitate the mobilization and management of teams include the implementation of proper time management practices, respect for the opinions of others, and a willingness to learn. Since all participants must feel comfortable and well connected, ethical considerations are put in place to ensure that everyone is served. The purpose of ethical consideration in the group is also to ensure proper management of behavior among the individual, ethical considerations and rules also reduce conflicts within the group and in case a conflict occurs, the resolution process is facilitated. of conflicts. since there are guidelines to follow.
The group is expected to last a minimum of six months, which is equivalent to the period of the respective treatments. Since it is a group of many people, the success of the group depends on the effectiveness of the facilitator. There are different styles of facilitation that could be used in such cases. The most effective style is team involvement. This ensures that everyone participates in the progress of the team and is an active participant. In such cases, people feel empowered and responsible for the team, so their engagement levels improve dramatically.
To aid in building effective relationships and relationships, some activities should be done immediately after the mental status exam and psychiatric exam. Interview questions, as well as exam questions, are part of the report creation. The type of responses given by individuals indicates the trust built in the therapist. The question should be both general and personal to ensure that the therapist knows enough about the individual’s psychiatric history to be able to assist in problem solving.
The general purpose of these questions is to ensure full productivity, as well as to identify suicidal and homicidal ideation in the individual. The questions also lead to the identification of the individual’s abstract thought and thought content, as well as the perceptual disturbances that individuals go through. These questions also serve to identify the orientation and issues in question that have affected the individual. These general questions include “Who is the president of the United States? Who was president before him? Who will be the next president after him?” Although this type of question may not seem relevant, the therapist is mandated to choose and carefully selecting the questions, assess the individual’s concentration and attention during the interview, as well as the individual’s contact with the world (Yalom & M, 2005).
The questions are also based on people’s educational level, as well as their cultural background; otherwise, the person feels excluded and the relationship formed would be dysfunctional. In case bad relationships are formed, many unresolvable conflicts arise. These conflicts include the individual being uncooperative throughout the process and therefore lack of communication or miscommunication.
To guarantee full confidence in group work, it is necessary to incorporate the confidentiality form. This ensures the rule that what happens in the group stays in the group. The purpose of the form is to ensure honesty. The issues to be addressed in the confidentiality form are issues that help build trust and ensure honesty. Each individual signs the forms, which stipulate the obligations of each of the parties and the terms of validity of the agreement. It also explains the form of relationships and separability, as well as integration and the do’s and don’ts of relationships.
In general, the functioning of the group depends on the relationships formed between the members of the group. The theoretical orientations that can be implemented include psychodynamic-relational therapy; brief solution-focused therapy and self-regulation therapy. These all seem to work in the same way, since they are all based on finding solutions to problems. The most effective method of theoretical orientation is psychodynamic relational therapy since it is based on the emotional well-being of the individual. This form also works to restore and satisfy mutual relationships.
The effectiveness of group therapy, in addition to depending on the relationships created, also depends on the effectiveness of the sessions given. Since each individual has different needs, not focusing on an individual need goes a long way toward delivery. Spiritual realities must also be considered and in most cases avoided.
References
Yalom, ID and M, L. (2005). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy. In ID Yalom, & L.M, The theory and practice of group psychotherapy. New York: Basic Books.