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Running head: PERSONAL REFLECTION PAPER
Personal Reflection Paper
Grand Canyon University PCN 520
Andrea Morales
Dr. Deborah Gerrity
October 1, 2018
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PERSONAL REFLECTION PAPER
Personal Reflection Paper
There are many advantages to group therapy, being convenient and economic are only a
few of examples. Group therapy is convenient because it provides all members a safe and
respectful environment. The following paper will provide the most significant fundamentals the
writer has learned in this course, most significant things that that the writer has learned about
herself as a potential group leader. The paper will provide this writer specific skills and
experiences that need to develop in order to be a knowledgeable group counselor, as well as her
greatest confidence and areas of opportunity when leading a counseling group. Furthermore, the
theoretical basis that the writer is most drawn to and the types of groups that the writer might
enjoy leading in the future as a counselor.
Most significant subject learned
The most significant topic this writer has learned in this course is the importance of a
group leader. The role of a group leader is not only to ease all conversations or to make
connections within members, but also to help the members by providing support, solutions, and
to engage with all members. As a facilitator, the group leader will provide guidance, coping
mechanisms that assist all members with stressors, establish and encourage members to take
actions to achieve their goals. The leader needs to ensure that they use verbal, nonverbal
techniques, as well as structured exercises.
Additional things that this author learned about group counseling in this course are the
different types of groups available. Before this course the author thought that the best way to
conduct group therapy was through psychoeducational therapy. This course opened another
world, such as the group counseling interventions, psychotherapy, and task facilitation groups. It
