Personal Papers

Group Methods and the Stages of Group Development - A 17 PAGE PAPER! Outlining the steps of group development for group therapy from Group development through to active group action!"The first step of group development is to actually create the group itself, in order to create the group one must focus directly on many questions, which will determine the nature of people who will form the members of the group. When Jenny and Scott come together to form their group they must first ask themselves how qualified they are to work with the particular group of people that they are working with. After establishing that they are both well trained in dealing with issues of victims of sexual abuse they must address six major questions as far as planning to work with this particular group of people. "

Dr. Cam West's Influence on my Life- A 4 page personal paper about the influence of a great novel on a woman with Multiple Personality Disorder...This is a personal account paper written in first person! - "As my individual project I read a book by Dr. Cameron West called First Person Plural. I chose to use this book as my individual project as I had just started reading it when I got to thinking about what a great book it would be to use because it was already, after the first chapter, influencing my life more than I could ever know. Dr. West's book is a story of his struggle with the diagnosis and the disorder known now as Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly Multiple Personality disorder. I felt the shudder go through my body when I saw the book on the shelf at Barnes and Noble and knew the sickness that Cam must have felt writing his book. "

A Group Methods Class Evaluation as a Final Exam- A 3 page Personal account of what is learned through a class on group methods and group therapy techniques. Ideal for Human Growth and Psychological Counceling Majors! - "As a group member in this class and also through other experiences I have learned a lot about myself and also about my capabilities as a group member as well as leader. Through this class I have found out that I am the type of person who likes to give advice to others and try to make them feel better. Although I did find out through this class that it is not such a good idea to give advice to other group members, rather than try to listen actively and offer them support so that they can help themselves arrange their feelings and help themselves out of their situations. It also came to my notice through the progress of this class that rather than having the focus of conversation be on myself I would rather try to help others than be the center of attention."

Safe Sex - A 22 page paper with a page and a half of resources! Unbelievable paper written in reference to the practice and nonpractice of safe sex in the U.S. - "Many theories and much research has been conducted on contraception in general, and more recently on condoms in particular, as a result of the AIDS epidemic (Lear, 1995). Condom usage and AIDS education are essential tools for reducing the impact of the disease, yet fewer than one third of sexually active college students report consistent condom use (Seal & Palmer-Seal, 1996). "