about, but I’m looking forward to seeing how it unfolds.” Bohart and Tallman
(2010) emphasize that clients’ active involvement is critical to successful therapy.
This involvement encompasses openness and a willingness to engage in
the tasks of therapy, cooperative participation, and a collaborative stance.
Rogers believed members have the resourcefulness for positive movement
without the facilitator assuming an active and directive role. The facilitator’s
nondirectiveness allows members to demonstrate their typical interpersonal
style within the context of the group. The premise is that members will generally
reveal their typical behavior if the group is unstructured. Group members,
who are accustomed to following authorities, are challenged to rely on themselves
to formulate a purpose and a direction. Members are helped to increasingly
listen to themselves and other members by a facilitator who will not act
as an expert and give them direction. They are challenged to struggle and to
express themselves, and out of this struggle they have a basis for learning how
to trust themselves. If the facilitator assumes a role of being too directive or
relies on group exercises to get things going in the group, then the members’
natural manner of interacting will not evolve as readily.
Because person-centered practitioners have a basic trust in the process of a
group, they view their job as facilitating this process. Here are some specifi c
ways a group counselor might facilitate the group process
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