Group Facilitation Techniques for Counseling Practitioners
Join us for a Live Webinar on January 17, 2025, from 12pm-3:20pm EST
3 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians
This interactive course provides for counseling practitioners with any level of experience with groups, advanced skills and insights necessary for effective group facilitation, a therapeutic approach that fosters deep growth and connections among participants. Through a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical applications, you will enhance your ability to create and maintain inclusive, growthful environments that promote healing and transformation.
We will cover the stages of group development in detail, offering specific facilitation strategies tailored to each stage. Understanding these stages will allow you to anticipate and address the needs and challenges that arise as groups evolve. Handling conflict within groups is another critical skill that will be addressed, providing you with tools to manage and resolve disputes in a constructive manner.
The therapeutic value of activities within group settings cannot be overstated. This course will teach you how to purposefully use activities to enhance group cohesion and individual growth. You will also gain a deeper understanding of the importance of practitioner self-awareness, enabling you to reflect on your role and impact as a facilitator.
Self-awareness as a practitioner is key to effective group facilitation. This course will help you develop this self-awareness, enabling you to recognize and address your biases and improve your facilitation skills.
Additionally, we will explore the dynamics of oppression and power within group settings, equipping you with strategies to create a more equitable and supportive environment for all participants. By integrating real-world case studies and interactive scenarios, this course will deepen your understanding and application of advanced group facilitation techniques.
Gain confidence in managing group dynamics and facilitating meaningful connections among participants. Explore real-world case studies and interactive scenarios to enhance your understanding and skills.
Topics Covered:
- Creating and maintaining inclusive environments
- Stages of group development and corresponding facilitation strategies
- Handling conflict within groups
- Therapeutic value and purposeful use of activities
- Practitioner self-awareness
- Dynamics of oppression and power
Learning Objectives:
- List the stages of group development.
- Utilize therapeutic activities effectively in group practice.
- Differentiate and apply various types of therapeutic groups to meet specific needs.
- Foster growthful and inclusive group environments.
Credit Hours: CEs provided with this live webinar include 3 continuing education hours of credit.
Counselors: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6693. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors #MHC-0048.
Marriage and Family Therapists: Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations. You can check with your board to determine if this course would be accepted by your licensing board.
Social Workers: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.
Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0435.
Psychologists: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.
Art Therapists: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.
Other Professionals: This activity qualifies for 180 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
This is a live, interactive online webinar.
Register for the webinar by midnight before the event. So that we can provide you these CEs, you are required to:
- login and access the direct link to the webinar through your account
- participate fully during the event
- complete a post-test and course evaluation at the conclusion of the event
- collect your certificate of completion on your account after steps 1-3 are completed
Enroll in a course by adding it to the cart and proceeding through the check out process. Create an account (or login to yours) during the checkout process.
Prepare: Download Zoom software. Participants must use a device that is connected to adequate internet speed with a camera, microphone and speakers (or headset).
Attend: At least 15 minutes before the start time the day of the event, login to your account on the website. Go to "My Courses", click on the title/date of the webinar. The link to join the meeting/webinar will be listed in the course content.
Attendance is automatically recorded when you use the link to join.
Any recording made of a live event is NOT included with live webinar registration.
When possible, webinars are recorded and converted into online self-study courses, available for separate purchase/enrollment for those who did not attend the live event.
This webinar is also offered without CEs for half-price.
Shira Sameroff, LCSW
Shira Sameroff, LCSW, is a therapist, coach, and teacher with experience rooted in decades of practice with people of diverse identities, ages, and life stories in a wide array of settings. Professional roles have included therapy, supervision, professional development training, coaching, teaching, community organizing, transformative decluttering and a decade and a half on the leadership team of a community-based social work agency in Brooklyn, NY, US.
Shira weaves a range of therapeutic healing modalities, including IFS, Hakomi, and other holistic, somatic, nature-based, and anti-oppressive practices into her practice. Shira offers therapy, coaching, and professional development for individuals and organizations around themes including group facilitation, working with shame, oppression-ending practices, giving and receiving feedback, empowering practice with youth, and tending to self as a practitioner.
Shira’s approach is collaborative, intuitive, creative, and full of heart and is rooted in my own lived experience of healing, learning, and emerging.