what is the Atmosphere, space, proximity in group counseling?
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Ok, I'm the one who told you that.  I assumed you were taking a class on it or something and had psychology experience.  With my apologies, let me back up.\n\nAtmosphere:  you don't want tension in the room.  You need to create an atmosphere that will make people want to open up and talk.\n\nSpace:  How close together people are.  If you are too close, people become uncomfortable, but sometimes you want them to be uncomfortable when you are trying to push them to bust open and pour out their heart.\n\nProximity:  where everyone is located in relation to one another.  If you ever watched Jerry Springer, notice how they set up the chairs (yes, the show is trash, but you can learn some psychology from it).\n\nGroup dynamics: how the people in a group interact.  A room full of teachers will act differently from a room full of rap singers or a group of girls in a slumber party.  The group dynamics affect how much will be accomplished.\n\nIf you have further questions, email me @yahoo.com.
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climate or atmosphere
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to creat an good atmosphere of love peace and serenity
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All of art comes from within; it is the inspiration of subject matter that comes from outside of ourselves.\n\nArtists community proximity (a community might be a community of one)are positive environments for artists to be in for many reasons. They give emotional support and encouragement to each other; they are usually the only ones who understand each other.
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Adler had his whole theorem based on sociological cooperation.  This answer could only depend on the counseling context/subject matter.  Are you working with an Eros complex?  A Sociopathic viewpoint?  Socio-apathy?
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Between the positive and negative space of my Taser, this tends to neutralize the negative aspects of our conversation\nthen we all can agree to disagree in a positive setting of peace and tranquility.
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I participate in group thereapy at a private practice that specializes in CBT.  There are 8 participants, where we all attend one-on-one sessions, based on a structured therapy plan.\nThe group, combined with my one-on-one session provide the fundamental support I need to build knowledge and strength in dealing with problems that I previously refused to deal with or just didn't know how to.  \n\nDid you find it helpful?\nSaying it's helpful is not doing it justice, it's life changing.\n\nWhat did you like about it?\nThe group provides 4 benefits for me personally;\n\n1.  The group provides a safe forum for me to verbalize my problems.  For me, letting it out if very relieving, where the pain I experience mentally isn't tangible, verbalizing it is the closing thing I can do to identify it and start dealing with it.\n\n2.  Once I put my problems out there, I get feedback from the Dr's and participents.  I may or may not get information that is beneficial, but getting different information from different people with different perspective acts in opening your options in dealing with your problems.  The feelings I dread the most are ones of desperation, when there seems like there are no options.  This leads into number 3.\n\n3.  Identifying your pains with experiences from other people is also cleansing.  When other partisipents share their experience, I feel bonded and identify with my issues on a human level.  Having bonded with someone whose experiencing similar issues validates the issues are not necesarrily my fault and effect others, not just me.  This helps me take some of the blame off of myself, where punishing yourself is very harmful to your well being.\n\n4.  Providing feedback to others in similar situation.  There's an altruistic feeling I get from lending advice or sharing an experience that may help somone else.  It feels great and elevates my moods.\n\nThese are all fundamental items in building understanding and tact in dealing with the issues at hand.\n\nWhat did you dislike about it?\nThe only thing I dislike about the group is when a participant doesn't take it seriously or doesn't want to be there, but is forced to be there.  This becomes a huge distraction and deteriorates the theraputic value a group can give.\n\nWhat did you dislike about it? Is there anything you would have wished to know ahead of time, but did not?\nThere's really nothing you can learn or do ahead of time, as opening up about your problems to a group of strangers is not very easy for most people.  It will seem a bit edgy in the begining, but over a few sessions, you get comfortable, build repore and recognize the structure of the group and find a way to fit in.\n\nHow often did you attend, and for what duration?\nI attend twice a week, where each session is 90 minutes.\n\nWere there any issues in particular it was effective for? Any issues in particular you found it to be ineffective for?\nThis group targeted substance abuse for young professionals in their 20's.  I found it to be very effective in helping me develop strength to live my life in a healthy way, without letting substances interfere or cause negative consequences.   Since I came for substance abuse only; there's nothing I can say was inefective about the program.
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1. Group dynamics.\n2. Controlling the agenda.\n3. Atmosphere, space, proximity.\n4. Communication skills of all.\n\nIf I think of more, I will add them on.
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Sensory details? Imagery?
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You want me to write a paragraph for you?  I don't think so.\nI suggest that you go to a courtroom and sit in on a case for a short time.  It won't take long to get a sense of the environment.  Just sit in the back and watch and listen.  I've been in court.  It's pretty somber and generaly not very exciting.  More like being in a library with several people moving about performing their jobs in a generally quiet manner.
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Check under Science and Mathematics.\n\nthere is an Environment category.
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Asian traditions recognize a number of pitfalls associated with intensive meditation practice, such as altered perceptions that can be frightening, and "false enlightenment," associated with delightful or terrifying visions (Epstein, 1990). Epstein (1990) describes a "specific mental disorder that the Tibetans call 'sokrlung' (a disorder of the 'life-bearing wind that supports the mind' that can arise as a consequence...of strain[ing] too tightly in an obsessive way to achieve moment-to-moment awareness" (p. 27). When meditative practices are transplanted into Western contexts, the same problems can occur. Anxiety, dissociation, depersonalization, altered perceptions, agitation, and muscular tension have been observed in western meditation practitioners (Bogart, 1991; Walsh & Roche, 1979). Yet Walsh and Roche (1979) point out that "such changes are not necessarily pathologic and may reflect in part a heightened sensitivity" (p. 1086).
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It's about 15 minutes outside of town and very peaceful. Particularly if you can find a spot unsoiled by human construction. You can almost feel at one with nature and the powers that be.\n\n\nThen ever so subtly, your stomach starts insisting that it hasn't had a chocolate shake recently enough, or you have to take a wiz, so off back to civilation you go.
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Hi there,\n\nTry looking for "Klein space" (without the 's). You get for instance this page : http://www.mccallie.org/myates/The%20Shape%20of%20Space/Student%20Projects/group10.htm
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The best type of counselling in this aituation is: Informative/ educative counselling: where one learned individual shares information of concern with another less learned individual in a given matter, allowing the informed to ask questions and verify doubts.\nSo, the basic counselling technique would be: listening and attending!
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We all need our space otherwise we start getting in each other's nerves.  I agree with you except 2x a wk is  too little of a time to be together.  What about somewhere down the middle like 4x a wk spaced every other day?
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anxiety,depression,tension,\nfears\nsecrets.