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Sarah’s Case Study: Sarah is a 13-year old female junior high school student whose mother has visited the school’s counseling office to share her concerns about her daughter. In addition to her grades falling rapidly, Sarah tends to avoid social interactions with her peers to an extent that her closest friends have started avoiding her because of her negative responses and lack of interest. Some of the major concerns reported by her mother include reoccurring fits of anger, non-existent positive communication between her and her mother, acting out at home, and poor hygiene habits. Sarah, who is overweight and has a poor complexion, lost her father about six months ago after he disappeared and was found dead under mysterious circumstances. As a result, Sarah needs help through counseling in order to regain normalcy and improve her academic performance. Even though Sarah may benefit from various types of interventions, group therapy would be very helpful to her and should be used as the main form of counseling. Sarah’s Group Counseling: Group counseling or psychotherapy is one of the most commonly used treatment methods in the field of psychiatry. This type of psychotherapy is appropriate in Sarah’s case because it provides a valuable and viable intervention that has been used by school psychologists in providing effective and efficient direct services to children and students alike (Crespi, 2009, p.273). Sarah seems to be a good candidate for group counseling because she is suffering from a wide spectrum of psychological problems that not only affect her performance in class but also affects her interactions with others. The suitability of this method in her case is attributed to the fact that most of these psychological ... ... middle of paper ... ...l risks to each member of the group and have significant effects on meeting their expectations. In order to promote the effectiveness of the intervention, these risks will be lessened through establishing ground rules, identifying and dealing with counterproductive behaviors, and providing necessary interventions in every stage of the process. Group members will also be expected to demonstrate responsibility and commitment to the process through abiding by the ground rules, demonstrating positive behaviors, promoting trust among each other, and providing necessary feedback. To encourage and contribute to such behavioral outcomes, some of the necessary steps to undertake include creating an environment of trust, modeling positive behaviors, providing necessary support to each group member, developing interpersonal relation skills, and promoting self-understanding.

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