Group Psychotherapy Dilemmas

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This article explores, analyzes, and discusses ethical challenges and dilemmas through a case study of a man that was admitted to a trauma-center in a hospital. He had multiple complicated severe injuries due to a vehicle accident. This man was a very difficult patient to deal and engage with, and was often objectionable to his attending nurses and physicians. Health care professionals struggled with this uncooperative patient throughout his hospital stay. The purpose of this journal is to educate and assist clinicians on how to manage ethical issues when caring for disruptive and difficult patients. The credibility of this source of information is valid because it was published through a well-known and credible journal and done by individuals…show more content…
C. (2008). Evidence-based group psychotherapy:using agpa's practice guidelines to enhance clinical effectiveness. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(11), 1238-1260. This article presents group psychotherapy practice guidelines and research literature that illustrate clinical dilemmas and challenges, which could be useful for professionals in the mental health field. The article provides a vignette of the challenges and dilemmas that a new social worker faces while running a group therapy on an inpatient unit of a psychiatric hospital. This social worker became very frustrated when she realized there were many challenges she was facing. Some of these challenges were patients poorly attending this group therapy, the patients were unmotivated, and would wander in and out frequently. This vignette provides a scenario of the challenges that group practitioners face. The purpose of this article is to illustrate guidelines that could be helpful for practitioners when facing dilemmas and issues while developing a group therapy program. The article was published by an accredited journal and done by professionals with adequate backgrounds from credible universities. This article is very similar to the article I was assigned to because they both discuss challenges and dilemmas in group therapy and how to deal with such difficult situations. They both have similar experiences and similar settings discussing guidelines and ethics on dealing with disruptive behaviors. This article will assist me in developing alternative solutions that would be able to broaden my thinking on how to deal in such challenging circumstances such as the article I was assigned to for my presentation. It will also help me in learning information for developing a successful psychotherapy group. Additional vignettes would have been more helpful to get a broader learning
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