Lesson 2: The Group Counselor

After reading Chapter 2 (The Group Counselor: Person and Professional), please complete the following and press the SUBMIT button.

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1. What skills for leading a group do you already possess? What skills do you need to acquire or strengthen?
2. What specific knowledge and skills do you most need to acquire to enhance your effectiveness when working with clients who are culturally different from you?
3. How might you modify the techniques you use to suit the specific needs of clients from diverse backgrounds? How can you determine the effectiveness of the techniques you employ in a culturally diverse group?
4. What education and training do you think are necessary to be a competent leader?
5. What are some of the ethical aspects involved when instructors of group counseling courses also function in therapeutic ways as part of teaching the course?
6. Go to http://www.google.com/

Use this search engine to help you locate some Internet sites that might be useful for group counselors. List the Internet address of five sites you located and briefly describe each site. Also, please provide a brief critique of each site.
7. Briefly describe how you used the search engine to locate group counseling sites.