A study of the effects of a skills-based versus a conventional group counseling training program

Turkish counselor trainees’ experiences regarding experiential groups: A qualitative study

“…Regarding vocational contributions, counselor trainees indicated that by being a member of a group, they had chance to observe the leader's skills, techniques and interventions. The findings were consisted with the findings of the previous studies (Flasch, Bloom & Holladay, 2016;Ohrt, Prochenko, Stulmaker, Huffman, Fernando & Swan, 2014;Smaby, Maddux, Torres-Rivera and Zimmick, 1999;Stockton & Toth, 1996) that the group experience provided opportunity to vicariously learn group leadership skills. In Smith and Davis-Gage's (2008) study, observing a group leader for understanding the leadership role, especially application of counseling techniques was mentioned as being one of the advantages of the experiential group.…”

“…Another proposed model, Simulated Group Counseling Model (Romano, 1998), depends on role-play and students have a chance to experience group membership and leadership. Smaby et al (1999) also proposed a systematic model to teach group counseling skills to trainees. This model emphasized role-playing, modeling, leadership practice and feedback.…”

Beceri̇ye Dayali Grupla Psi̇koloji̇k Danişma Eği̇ti̇mi̇’ni̇n Grupla Psi̇koloji̇k Danişma Beceri̇leri̇ne Etki̇si̇ni̇n İncelenmesi̇

“…Grup lideri adaylarına grupla çalışma yeterliklerinin kazandırılması amacıyla birçok eğitim modeli geliştirilmiştir (Harvill, Masson ve Jacobs, 1983;Ivey, Pedersen ve Ivey, 2001;Pearson, 1985;Romano, 1998;Romano ve Sullivan, 2000;Smaby, Maddux, Torres-Rivera ve Zimmick, 1999;Tollerud, Holling ve Dustin, 1992;Toth ve Stockton, 1996). Bu modeller grup liderliği eğitiminin dört bileşenini içerme durumları bakımından birbirlerinden ayrılmaktadırlar.…”

A Study of the Transfer of Group Counseling Skills from Training to Practice

“…Other safeguards such as using informed consent procedures, structuring self-disclosures for protection of privacy, and reducing dual-relationships (Merta, Wolfgang, & McNeil, 1993) have been used for guarding against unintended breach of confidentiality. Furthermore, students completing skills-based group counseling training have demonstrated significant gains in skills acquisition as compared to students not receiving this training (Smaby, Maddux, Torres-Rivera, & Zimmick, 1999;Toth & Stockton, 1996;Zimmick, Smaby, & Maddux, 2000). Morran, Kurpius, Brack, and Brack (1995) suggested that counseling is a cognitively complex activity and that higher level counseling skills need to be linked to higher stages of cognitive development.…”