Group Dynamics Processing and Counseling
Group Dynamics Processing and Counseling reviews practice, theory, and research on group development, dynamics, leadership styles, and counseling methods.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.59 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Identify therapeutic factors in group interventions, including what groups offer that individual meetings cannot
Demonstrate familiarity with a “process” model of group intervention that can be adapted to a variety of problems and settings
Articulate an awareness of the influence of clients’ and counselors’ beliefs, attitudes, cultural assumptions and biases on the group process
Describe how the special features of group work can be useful in treating a target problem or population of your choice
Demonstrate skills in observing group process and in relating your observations to a) theories of group dynamics and group development and b) therapeutic goals
Engage in a process of self-reflection and self-awareness of one’s interpersonal style, particularly as it relates to the role(s) one takes within groups of all kinds
Identify critical incidents in group and describe effective facilitator responses
Demonstrate knowledge of professional ethics and issues involved in group work and in work with systems (e.g., agencies, organizations, etc.) and how these issues may impact your current and future practice
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Counseling Psychology or Counseling
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- Declared in Counseling Psychology or Counseling
Professors
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.59 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).
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Topics
- Group development, dynamics, and group counseling theories
- Group leadership styles
- Basic and advanced group counseling methods and skills
- Professional ethics and issues in group work and systems
Skills
- Basic and advanced group counseling methods and skills
- Observing group process and relating observations to theories of group dynamics and therapeutic goals
- Identifying critical incidents in group and describing effective facilitator responses
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