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“It Got The Ball Rolling”: A Qualitative Exploration Of Counseling Students’ Small Group Experiences During Group Work Training, Brittany Lynn Pollard
“It Got The Ball Rolling”: A Qualitative Exploration Of Counseling Students’ Small Group Experiences During Group Work Training, Brittany Lynn Pollard
Doctoral Dissertations
Because the counseling profession often involves responsibilities associated with providing both individual and group-based client services, it is important that counselors-in-training are instructed in ways that prepare them to be effective in facilitating both therapeutic modalities. Researchers noted that group therapy constitutes an equally effective, if not at times more effective, approach to treating a range of client issues (Corey, 2015; Gladding, 2012; Ward, 2004; Yalom & Leszcz, 2005). The ways in which counseling students are currently trained in group work frequently involve experiential methods (Guth & McDonnell, 2004), one of which is the increasingly popular requirement of small group …
Describing The Cognitive Complexity Of Counselors-In-Training Enrolled In A Group Dynamics And Methods Course, John Lester Davison
Describing The Cognitive Complexity Of Counselors-In-Training Enrolled In A Group Dynamics And Methods Course, John Lester Davison
Doctoral Dissertations
Research supports the link between higher levels of cognitive complexity and counseling efficacy. Counselor educators, therefore, strive to promote higher levels of cognitive complexity in different areas of counselor preparation, such as individual counseling and multicultural training. Presently, the research literature lacks studies focused on cognitive complexity in group work training. To address this gap in the literature, this study used content analysis, a qualitative methodology to describe cognitive complexity of 10 counselors-in-training enrolled in a Group Dynamics and Methods course. Using Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy to analyze participants’ written reflection assignments, I found that participants demonstrated cognitive complexity primarily in …