Meaning of Group Counselling: Group counselling is an extension of individual counselling where multiple individuals work together with a professional counsellor to address personal and interpersonal issues.
- Primary Goal: To create a supportive interpersonal environment that helps each member gain self-insight.
- Process: Encourages open communication among group members, fostering understanding and evaluation of different perspectives.
- Purpose: Helps resolve problems through group dynamics and social interaction, aiming to improve personality and behavior rapidly through structured group activities.
- Benefits: Members explore and analyze their problems collectively, enhancing coping skills, making better decisions, and gaining emotional support. This process promotes self-acceptance and acceptance of others.
- Group Cohesion: As members grow closer, a shared sense of direction and purpose develops.
Group counselling includes the three key dimensions of individual counselling—remedial, preventive, and developmental. However, in schools, the focus is mainly on preventive and developmental aspects, aiming to stop problems before they become serious and to promote harmonious growth among mostly normal students.
