Group Counselling - 5 May 2023

Your Speaker

Mr. Vik is a well sought after local trainer with over 16 years experience in training and teaching Motivational Interviewing for participants from the healthcare, social service, enforcement and the academic fields. He has also been in the counselling field for 19 years, spending 3 years in the social service industry and 16 years in the addictions and healthcare field. He has an academic background in both counselling and psychology, teaching at the Singapore University of Social Sciences for over 12 years. He is an executive committee member with the Association of Professionals Specialising in Addictions Counselling, a board member for the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association and a council member for the National Council Against Drug Abuse. He is currently doing a workgroup project with the Ministry of Health looking at using Motivational Interviewing to work with individuals who have diabetes or pre-diabetes and teaching healthcare educators to better engage patients within hospitals and polyclinics.

Course Brief

Your training will include a mix of lecture, use of video clips by Irvin Yalom and Corey & Corey showing specific techniques, and workshop participation with experiential groups.

DAY 1
Definition of the types of groups , the group experience, what is group therapy and why we use them
• Roles of members and group the facilitator/s
• Pre-group task and how to start up a group (ground rules, logistics, paperwork, funding, refreshments, selecting members, and group evaluations)
• Being part of an experiential group and video clips by Irvin Yalom and Corey & Corey
• Use of the HERE AND NOW as an existential concept in Group Therapy
• Stages of group development (Yalom and Tuckman): Initial, Transitional, Working and Termination or Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing & Adjourning

DAY 2
• Yalom’s Eleven Therapeutic or Curative Factors
• Working with Difficult Group Members
• Co-Facilitation Model in Group work
• Multicultural Issues in Group Work
• Supervision Matters in Group Work

Important Payment Remarks

Course cancellations occurring one week or less before the course will be charged a $200 cancellation fee. Also, we no longer allow switching registrants with work colleagues. Thank you for your understanding.

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