In a group we must be mindful of ethics and professional issues. Addressing this topic, and staying on REBT the same time, let’s visit the idea of Shame Attacking exercises. This is one of the emotive methods used in REBT groups. The name alone gives pause yet mixed with other facets of REBT such as humor, unconditional acceptance, imagery, shame attacking has its purpose is to release an individual of their irrational belief, and in doing so release that individual of their emotional disturbance. Say a common concern in the group is the stress provoking fear of appearing foolish, whether on the air, behind the scenes, etc. A shame attacking exercise could be for group members to walk around with broccoli in their teeth, like all day walk around talking to people. I don’t think the anchor man will go for …show more content…
Sharing informed consent forms with group members is extremely important to avoid complex professional an ethical issue that could arise. Members should be well informed regarding, pregroup disclosures -such as risks involved with joining a group, clarification of services involved, etc. and clients’ rights. (Corey, 2016, p. 46) Our group above is a voluntary group, but if perhaps you are leading a non-voluntary group, such as a group that some tv news people could find themselves if they continue to deal with their nightly stress by hitting the bar with colleagues after work. After I left my news station, one of the producers actually killed a child with her car on Halloween night, after throwing back way too many, as she was about losing her mind with the current news director. Unfortunately, she had to spend several years behind bars thinking about different ways she could have managed her stress. Group members in involuntary groups, such as court ordered and you either go to group or go to jail still have rights to not come to group, they cannot be forced by the group leader, but they will need to be prepared to deal with the consequences