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UnderstandingGroupDynamicsand SystemsWhat is goingon?Meghan hasbeenso openan d responsiveinth e past butnowsheseemsshut tsaid a word sayso methingto herorwould thatjustpushherde ep er into with-dr awal?Waita minut e. I is staring at her, keMeghan squietnessis reflectingsome hesita nc e onth e partof others,almostasif sh e is s pe aking forthem. If so,I d bebetterof f not focusing onMeghanbutin steadencouragingothers to dr th is chapter,you learnto thinkin newwaysab out humanbehavior,attend-ingnotonlyto theindividua l butalsoto thelargersystemicandinteracti vedy namics groupsreq uiresa whole di fferentsetofpe rceptualfi lte rs by whichto makesenseof whatis go on e person,youmust be aware of multiple people, var io us interactions,an d all theprocesseventshappeningin- between, ju st as illustratedin th e ref lec -ti on s of thegroupleader is enough to makeyour head all youdi d as a groupleaderwasco nstantlyfo llowth e ma in speaker orinteraction , Group sessionswouldbe ra thertir in g, an d potential ly seyetis tha t youwould al so be missingout on al l thepo tentialco ll ectiveenergyan d interacti onsthatgr oupworkca n e manyof yourindividualtherapeuticski lls.

to treat group work like doing individual counseling or therapy, but with an audience present. There are still some group structures that operate that way, just as there are some group leaders who are essentially doing individual ther - apy in a group setting with witnesses. Obviously, this does not capitalize on

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