I built rapport with each member of the group because my main focus was helping them overcome their own biases. At times some of the members of the group were not please with what were being communicated, but deep down inside they knew to be effective they have to overcome their own biases and work with all group of …show more content…
Many of them made remarks implying that they cannot work with sex offenders because they too have children and visualize their kids being victims to clients like the ones they counsel. As a result, many of the members were not open-minded to the idea of representing an offender. At one point, one of the members’s made a remark insinuating I did not understand how she feels and I was unable able to relate. That particular attitude became an ongoing cycle throughout the groups’ interaction. One individual opinion could easily influence the others perspective. Group climate is a concept that has been widely studied in group psychotherapy and refers to the attributes of the group environment, as perceived by group members that promote or hinder the efforts of its members to reach specific goals (Zorzola, 2012). I had to sort out new methods in assisting each member understand a common objective and help them map out methods in achieving goals. I remain neutral but at times that became difficult to accomplish because the members were adamant on change talk. My goal was to help these professional see that having support from other professional could easily help them work on areas that needs improvement by leaning on group members who posses other strengths that they are weak