Group Counseling

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This paper discusses group therapy through a chapter-by-chapter review of the book, "The Process of Change", written by Peggy Papp. The paper describes the purpose in writing this book as to provide a practical guide exploring couple and family therapy within a systems framework. The paper claims that the book is useful in providing central ideas related to family therapy techniques and interventions. The paper explores a step-by-step process that therapists can use to combine theory and practice. To demonstrate the writer's ideas completely, the paper presents several case analyses.

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"In this chapter Peggy begins by discussing the definition of system, suggesting that the term has become "clich" and lost its meaning in family therapy settings (p. 6). I am impressed with her emphasis on the idea that systems thinking should entail examining events within the context that they occur in, with attention being focused on "connections and relationships" instead of individual characteristics (p. 7). Far too easy is it in a therapeutic setting to focus on individual events rather than the person, picture, family or situation as a whole. This approach is necessary to determine patterns and get at the core of problems."

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