Conflict, Conflict Sources and Leader Interventions in Group Counseling

Abstract

Psychological counseling practices are generally a systematic, regular and professional help service for the areas that clients want to improve in their lives. Within this practice, group counseling practices have a special importance. An individual in a group practice, representing a small universe, on the one hand, gets the opportunity to take care of his own life, while on the other hand, he gets the opportunity to see others' lives and touch their lives. In this process, each individual in the group also carries his own characteristics within the group. Individuals with different characteristics may experience a series of conflicts within the help service carried out on the basis of this experience. Although conflict is seen as a negative feature in the group at first, it also contains positive features. The important point here is to identify the sources of intra-group conflict and intervene appropriately. Therefore, in this study, in-group conflict and conflict sources were discussed and then leader interventions were included.

Keywords

• Group Counseling
• Conflict
• Conflict Sources
• Leader Interventions

Grupla Psikolojik Danışmada Çatışma, Çatışma Kaynakları ve Lider Müdahaleleri

Abstract

Psikolojik danışma uygulamaları, genel itibariyle danışanların hayatlarında geliştirmek istediği alanlara yönelik olarak yapılan sistematik, düzenli ve profesyonel bir yardım hizmetidir. Bu uygulama içerisinde ise grupla psikolojik danışma uygulamaları ayrı bir öneme sahiptir. Grup uygulamaları içerisinde yer alan birey, küçük bir evreni temsil eden grup içerisinde bir yandan kendi hayatını ele alma fırsatı elde ederken; diğer yandan da başkalarını hayatını hem görme hem de onların hayatlarına dokunma imkânı elde etmektedir. Bu süreç içerisinde, grup içerisindeki her birey ayrıca kendi özelliklerini grup içerisine taşımaktadır. Bireysel olarak farklı özelliklere sahip bireyler ise bu yaşantı temelinde yürütülen yardım hizmeti içerisinde bir dizi çatışma yaşayabilmektedir. Çatışma ise ilk etapta grup içerisinde olumsuz bir özellik olarak görülse de olumlu özellikleri de içerisinde barındırmaktadır. Burada ise önemli olan nokta grup içi çatışma kaynaklarını belirlenmesi ve uygun bir şekilde müdahale edilmesidir. Dolayısıyla bu çalışmada grup içi çatışma ve çatışma kaynakları ele alınarak ardından lider müdahalelerine yer verilmiştir

Keywords

• Grupla Psikolojik Danışma
• Çatışma
• Çatışma Kaynakları
• Lider Müdahaleleri

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