Working in the mental health and substance abuse field for many years I have never had the pleasure of running any form of therapeutic groups so their will be many challenges I will face as I move forward in my clinical work. As a group leader I think motivating clients to participate might be hard. While I work with clients who have mental health diagnosis daily it on an individual basis however being in a group setting with clients who are all have a diagnosis and getting them to participate will be a challenge. A study on the challenges of group leaders working with families who have early psychosis onset found it hard to get families to participate and stay motivated in a psychoeducational group (Nilsen, et. al., 2015). However another