Application of Group Process to Adolescents
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This document discusses the application of group counseling to adolescents. It defines adolescence as the period from ages 15-17 when a child develops into an adult. Group counseling can help adolescents by allowing them to discuss their struggles openly, learn from peers and leaders, and understand they are not alone. Effective group counseling requires establishing trust, knowing how much to disclose, handling reluctant members carefully, having an engaging leader, and encouraging participation. The goal is to help adolescents through their development challenges by processing their experiences in a supportive group environment.
Application of Group Process to Adolescents
- 1. Application of Group Process to Adolescents Prepared by: Orlando Pistan Master of Arts in Education Major in Guidance and Counseling
- 2. What is Adolescence? The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.
- 3. What is Adolescence? Stage Duration Prenatal period From conception to birth Infancy From birth to the end of 2nd week Babyhood From end of 2nd week to the end of 2nd year Early childhood From 2 to 6 years Late childhood From 7 to 10, or 12 years Puberty From 10 to 12 (girls), 13 or 14 (boys) Adolescence From 15 to 17 years Early adulthood From 18 to 35 years Middle adulthood From 36 to 65 years Late adulthood From 66 to death
- 4. Need for Opportunities to: Explore their feelings Be with significant others Make their wants and known beliefs
- 5. Adolescence Stressors: 1. Bodily changes and image 2. Engagement in sexual activities 3. Gender-role identification 4. School pressures 5. Future career 6. Freedom and restrictions 7. Need for exaggerated approval 8. Bullying 9. Drinking and smoking
- 6. Adolescence paradoxes: They strive for closeness; yet they also fear intimacy and often avoid it They push limits imposed on them; yet they see limits as sign of caring They are not given absolute autonomy; yet they are always expected to act as adults They are self-conscious; yet expected to cope with societal demands They are asked to accept reality, yet tempted by many avenues to escape They are exhorted to think of the future; yet also advised to enjoy the current period of life
- 7. Suitability of Group Counseling for Adolescents: Helps them discover that they are not unique in their struggles Openly questions those values they decide to modify Learn to communicate with peers and adults Learn from the modeling provided by the leader Learn how to accept what others offer and to give of themselves in return
- 8. Importance of Group Counseling for Adolescents: It lets adolescents label and verbalize their feelings Group members help one another in the struggle of self-understanding Make adolescents function in a homogenous groups with explicit limits and clear rules.
- 9. Issues and Challenges in Adolescent groups: 1. Establishing Trust 2. Knowing your comfort zone with self-disclosure 3. Working with involuntary and reluctant adolescent members 4. The influence of the Leader’s personality 5. Getting group members to participate
- 10. Establishing Trust Cover issues such as confidentiality, group norms, rules, establishing boundaries to clarify appropriate ways of interacting within the group.
- 11. Knowing your comfort zone with self-disclosure Trust is enhanced if inquiries are accepted in a nonjudgmental and non-defensive way.
- 12. Working with involuntary and reluctant adolescent members Meet them first individually before putting them in a group. Respect their reservations. Consider allowing them to leave, for them to have a basis for a decision. Do not pressure them to participate. Give firm, caring confrontations towards sarcasm and defensiveness.
- 13. The Influence of the Leader’s Personality Adolescents tend to respond well to leaders who share themselves with the group. Display caring attitude, enthusiasm, and openness. Reveal your personal experiences and concerns.
- 14. Getting group members to participate and initiate Adolescents are usually most eager to become personally involved when other members touch vulnerable spots in them. Peer service by giving their perceptions to one another and revealing similar problems
- 15. Application of Group Process to Adolescents Thank you for paying attention.