Group counseling is a kind of therapy, which posits that people help each other with their shared experiences. Very often group counseling is focused on a specific issue, for example anger management or obsessive-compulsive disorder. While a counselor usually manages group counseling, communicating between the other members in the group are considered as a plus because all in the group share similar problems.
One of the main principals is the idea that dealing with specific problems often may cause isolation, and a feeling that one is alone in facing his/her issues. The group attempts to counteract this isolation by meeting people with similar problems. Additionally, knowing other people with similar issues can be comforting to each individual, who may not have access in their own friends and family to people with the same issues.
Group counseling may be highly organized, with people doing special activities together and then sharing the results. Alternately, it may be more free form, where people share current problems related to the group’s theme. One person’s verbal contributions to a group might be validated, discussed, and provoke problem solving by the other group members in the session. It might also be an entry into a discussion regarding a certain aspect of an condition or illness that is then primarily led by the counselor.
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