Students should respond to each of the following questions directly in complete sentences. A reference page is not required if the student only references the videos and course content. However, APA citation and referencing are expected if a student incorporates other resources. See grading rubric.
1. Watch GROUP episode S1, E4: Slow Down https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=zlYvEs2TuWM
Focus on the actions and words of Ezra “Doc.”
What specific skills did you observe? (Name at least 3. These can be specific therapeutic interventions from a psychodynamic lens or leader skills addressed in the Corey textbook.)
Choose one interaction in this video clip between Ezra and a group member. Describe the interaction. Explain what Ezra was trying to show/do in this interaction to benefit the group member or the whole group. How effective do you think he was? Support your answer with evidence that you observed.
Where did you observe transference in this episode? How was it handled by the leader or the group?
If you were the leader of this group, what countertransferences might you encounter?
2. Watch GROUP episode S1, E6: Five Mistakes a Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMr3E-gagpk
Consider the therapeutic factors of the groups discussed in class (including Chapter 10 of the Corey textbook and Chapter 4 of the Yalom book in D2L week 10).
Identify at least 3 therapeutic factors that you observed. For each, describe the interaction, dialogue, or other behaviors that you observed that evidence this.
How do you see individual group members affected by each of these therapeutic factors?
3. Reflect on all of the episodes of GROUP that you have watched so far.
How would you describe the diversity of the group?
From what you have observed, how does that diversity inform participation and interactions between group members?
From what you have observed, how does that diversity inform or inhibit group cohesiveness and a sense of universality within the group?
