05 Dec Wk 8 – Signature Assignment: Reflections on Participation in a Group

Wk 8 – Signature Assignment: Reflections on Participation in a Group

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper reflecting on your experiences in the counseling-oriented role-play sessions. Include reflections on the following:

Part 1: Notes Review of Analysis of Interpersonal Groups

After reviewing your past Analysis of Interpersonal Groups, answer the following questions:

Identify an patterns, events, or situations that stood out to you.

Identify any events, thoughts, feelings, experiences, or ideas that surprised you during the sessions.

Describe what you learned about group subsequent to being a member.

Part 2: Personal Boundaries

Describe your level of awareness of your personal boundaries while participating as a member.

Explain the importance of group leaders developing and maintaining an awareness of personal boundaries.

Part 3: Self-Disclosure

Explain your feelings about self-disclosing as a group member and how these feelings may have differed from self-disclosing as a leader.

Describe general guidelines that should be considered when determining if self-disclosure is appropriate as a leader.

Part 4: Integration

Describe how your experience in the group helped you to better understand, integrate, and formulate a personal approach to group work.

Describe what the Interpersonal group taught you about working with people in groups. Think about concepts covered during class–stages of development, leadership function, member roles, etc. as you answer this question.

Include a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources.

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.