Basic Group Facilitation Skills 1

This first workshop is designed to assist the participants in gaining a better background of understanding regarding the objectives, procedures, and experiential climate of group counselling.

This experiential and didactic workshop consists of:

• lectures,
• demonstrations of small groups in action,
• discussions,
• and other role-play activities.

The focus is on the evolution of the group process, awareness of the different types of groups, screening for groups, the stages of group development, critical tasks of group leadership at the various stages of a group, and the creation and implementation of group techniques to facilitate awareness and change among group members.

We have a second workshop that is a deeper dive. Learn more or register here >

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

Dr. John Sherry

Dr. John Sherry, RCC-ACS, has over 20 years of experience as a clinician and his academic and clinical work has focused on couples, family, and group therapy. Dr. Sherry is one of the founding members of the Community Counselling Centre, the program’s off-site practicum placement for counselling students. He has been instrumental in implementing couple, family and group counselling at UNBC’s training clinic and currently facilitates process groups for graduate students and professionals in the community. His research interests tend to centre around counsellor training and development with a particular interest in experiential approaches to teaching and clinical supervision. More specifically, he is interested in the attachment styles of group co-facilitators and how counsellors use countertransference in their work.

Doriana Pantuso

Doriana Pantuso, RCC, CCC, began her counselling journey as a mental health clinician with Northern Health, Prince George. Doriana’s experience at Northern Health led to a counselling career in a variety of clinical settings both in outpatient and inpatient mental health. Currently, Doriana works with post-secondary education students at the University of British Columbia. Her clinical work has focused on both individual and group therapy with an interest in experiential approaches and counsellor development. Her group experience focuses both on psycho-education and process-oriented group facilitation and she is currently pursuing group training through the Center for Group Studies (CGS).