The Assignment:

Respond to at least two of your colleagues by recommending strategies to overcome the challenges your colleagues have identified. Support your recommendation with evidence-based literature and/or your own experiences with clients. Support your responses with evidence-based literature with at least two references in each colleagues response.

Response post #: 1

The use, focus, and structure of group versus family cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) vary considerably.  Group CBT can be tailored to treat a specific type of diagnosis.  CBT is recommended as the first-line treatment for depression (Thimm, & Antonsen, 2014).  CBT has also been shown to be effective in treating anxiety disorders like panic disorder, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, specific phobia, and post-traumatic stress disorder (Wolgensinger, 2015).  Group CBT is equally as beneficial for clients as individual CBT (Safak, Karadere, Ozdel, Ozcan, Turkcapar, Kurur & Yucens, 2014).  The focus of group CBT is much like individual CBT, learning to identify and modify cognitive errors and behaviors.  The structure of group therapy allows less time for each patient and is not specifically tailored to treat the individual client (Thimm & Antonsen, 2014).  Although not tailored to their individual needs, group therapy can provide peer support, encouragement, an opportunity to build a social network and adopt strategies that can produce therapeutic outcomes (Cruz, Osilla, & Paddock, 2019).

CBT in family therapy varies considerably from group therapy.  Family therapy generally consists of a smaller group of individuals 3 to 4 typically, whereas group therapy typically consists of 6 to 8 members.  Families seek out therapy to improve it’s functioning, whereas, in group CBT, individuals seek out help.  In family therapy, members of the group have a vested interest in each other, and this interest may also develop in a group CBT setting.  There are protective factors that can make family CBT a more supportive or dysfunctional environment.  CBT recognizes that family members influence and are influenced by each other, especially with family CBT (Nichols & Davis, 2020).  Family interactions are shaped by schemas influenced by the parent’s experiences and by families in general (Nichols & Davis, 2020).

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