A paper (9 pages), a written conceptualized proposal that displays your thought process of group cohesion and how to appropriately facilitate such an experience for a future group you plan to lead (e.g., group for postpartum mothers with a diagnosis of depression, anger management for 18-26 year old females or open-ended support group for male adolescents). Use readings (Yalom, I.D., & Leszcz, M. 2020 The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (6th ed.). Basic Books.) to establish an ideal setting and group cohesion for optimal group psychotherapy process. Using the Yalom and Leszcz (2020) text and one additional article from your own research, illustrate a good grasp of how you would establish, maintain and facilitate cohesion, racial and social dynamics, emotional comfort and vulnerability among members attending this simulated group. Specifically, you should highlight your thought process on what promotes and what may detour a cohesive group experience (e.g., selection process, lack of commonality among group members). In your paper, you can apply the abovementioned knowledge (e.g., Yalom’s therapeutic factors or specific stages of psychotherapy) to this proposed group of adults, children, adolescents or older adults. Please provide envisioned examples of what cohesion or detours would look like in your group and how you might (as the group therapist) intervene (or not) or bring such observations to the group’s attention. Provide rationale why you would take certain action or not in order to sustain optimal therapeutic setting for group members’ cohesion and disclosure. The paper should be originally constructed based on your conceptualization of group therapy. Please do not implement already established group psychotherapy programs such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (in its entirety) as your proposed approach for your simulated group. Adoptions of certain aspects of established group psychotherapy program is acceptable.
