You have been asked to lead a counseling group for teenage girls (ages 16-17), who have gotten in trouble at school for fighting.

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to learn to apply a counseling theory to group work.

Question/Prompt: You have been asked to lead a counseling group for teenage girls (ages 16-17), who have gotten in trouble at school for fighting. Choose one of the theories below, (as found in the Gladding text), to guide you in leading this group:

Reality Therapy
Adlerian
Person-Centered
Existential
Gestalt
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Solution Focused
Narrative

Answer the following questions:

What theory have you chosen?
Given your theory, what would be your role and function as a group leader in this group?
Given your theory, what is one technique you might use in this group?

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