A qualitative research of leaders' intervention techniques in process of unstructured group counseling / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the intervention techniques of group counseling leader ("group leader") during group counseling process. Methods: The analysis material of intervention techniques was 11 sessions in two unstructured counseling groups. The analysis unit was every dialogue paragraph in the leader'soral response in the group counseling process. And the leaders' intervention techniques emerging in the video and verbatim transcription were coded according to adapted coding manual. Results: Totally 48 types of techniques were identified, that were grouped into 4 categories, including basic communication and reaction technique, exploring and influencing technique, facilitating technique, action and intervention technique. From the perspective of the single group counseling activity, techniques of basic communication and reaction were used more in the early and middle stage of an activity. Techniques of exploring and influencing and techniques of action and intervention were used more in the middle and later stage. And facilitating techniques were more used in the early and later stage. From the perspective of the whole grouping counseling process, techniques of basic communication and reaction and techniques of exploring and influencing were two primary types of intervention techniques. Frequency of using exploring and influencing techniques reached its peak in the intermediate stage of the group counseling process. The use of facilitating technology was gradually reduced. Conclusions: Techniques of basic communication and reaction are basic intervention techniques in group counseling, while techniques of exploring and influencing and techniques of action and intervention could be used on the basis of the development of the group. And facilitating techniques could facilitate to open the group and deepen the achievement of group counseling.