The basic feeling state associated with anxiety disorders is fear. Fear is a survival emotion, highly connected to evolutionary development and hardwired into the brain for the protection and safety of the individual (Millon, 1990; Rasmussen, 2010). In situations that are actually dangerous or perceived as such, fear is stimulated through one or more of the five senses that send signals to and fire the neurons in the lateral amygdala. Over the many years of childhood, our learned responses to fear-activating experiences are stored in the lateral amygdala and flow easily and instantly to the central nucleus of the amygdala, where the cranial nervous system activates the defenses of freezing, fleeing, or fighting. The heart starts pumping, breathing gets shorter, adrenaline is flowing, and the body jumps into action or freezes.

Adlerian Group Counseling and Therapy: Step-by-Step represents a distillation of some of the most significant ideas pertaining to the group work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs. Drs. Manford Sonstegard and James Bitter illustrate the development of a group from its formation to its final stage, giving readers a clear picture of what is important to accomplish at each stage of the group. This book also addresses many practical dimensions of the Adlerian group process, including: forming a group relationship; creating a democratic and accepting climate; conducting psychological assessments; increasing the awareness and insight of group members; translating group insight into action; methods of re-education through encouragement; and building on personal strengths discovered within the group experience.

In the midst of the physical, economic, racial, and psychological turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, people are also confronted with a crisis of meaning. Sharing one's crisis narrative offers someone the opportunity to make meaning by gathering information, assessing risks, and exploring possible coping strategies. Perhaps most importantly, the process enables one to begin making meaning of the chaos and confusion of the pandemic. The purpose of this article is to highlight how therapists can facilitate the dynamics of meaning making through therapeutic crisis intervention. Using such strategies as meaning making questions, reframing, de-stigmatizing, and broaching, therapists engage in a co-construction process with those who have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. As a result of collaborating in therapeutic co-construction of meaning, clients can transform their crisis narratives into survival stories, achieve a greater sense of resolve, and set the stage for thriving in their lives. Ultimately, the therapist invites a client to reflect on lessons learned from coping with the pandemic, to discover previously unacknowledged personal strengths, and to explore one’s eventual purpose in life.

In the midst of the physical, economic, racial, and psychological turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, people are also confronted with a crisis of meaning. Sharing one's crisis narrative offers someone the opportunity to make meaning by gathering information, assessing risks, and exploring possible coping strategies. Perhaps most importantly, the process enables one to begin making meaning of the chaos and confusion of the pandemic. The purpose of this article is to highlight how therapists can facilitate the dynamics of meaning making through therapeutic crisis intervention. Using such strategies as meaning making questions, reframing, de-stigmatizing, and broaching, therapists engage in a co-construction process with those who have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. As a result of collaborating in therapeutic co-construction of meaning, clients can transform their crisis narratives into survival stories, achieve a greater sense of resolve, and set the stage for thriving in their lives. Ultimately, the therapist invites a client to reflect on lessons learned from coping with the pandemic, to discover previously unacknowledged personal strengths, and to explore one’s eventual purpose in life.

Adlerian Group Counseling and Therapy: Step-by-Step represents a distillation of some of the most significant ideas pertaining to the group work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs. Drs. Manford Sonstegard and James Bitter illustrate the development of a group from its formation to its final stage, giving readers a clear picture of what is important to accomplish at each stage of the group. This book also addresses many practical dimensions of the Adlerian group process, including: forming a group relationship; creating a democratic and accepting climate; conducting psychological assessments; increasing the awareness and insight of group members; translating group insight into action; methods of re-education through encouragement; and building on personal strengths discovered within the group experience. © 2004 by Taylor & Francis Books, Inc. All rights reserved. / https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1226/thumbnail.jpg

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