For your thread, reply to the provided prompts, situation, or question. Your thread must demonstrate an excellent understanding of the coursework and must cogently address the prompt. Your thread must be well supported with academic material, at least two scholarly sources (one of which can be from your text, the other must be a peer-reviewed journal article). It must also meet the required word count of 400 words.Finally, your response should be free of grammatical errors and reflect appropriate standards of writing and citation styles.
This week’s discussion will focus on group leadership skills and require you to engage in self-reflection when discussing the below prompts:

Discuss three essential points for why self-development is important for psychoeducational group leaders.
Discuss and define three group leader characteristics.
After reflecting on the leader characteristics, identify one area where you need to improve.
Reflect on how these group leader characteristics are consistent (or inconsistent) with the characteristics of Jesus.                              

Watch from 22:10 to 44:55.
 (Group Counseling, Process and Technique: Part 2 – Moving from External to Here-and-Now Processing)
https://search-alexanderstreet-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C1857856?account_id=12085&usage_group_id=101906
Watch from 45:00 to 01:05.
(Group Counseling, Process and Technique: Part 3 – Managing Conflict)
Task of the Group Leader

Text Books
Brown, N. W. (2018). Psychoeducational Groups: Process & Practice (4th ed.). New York: Routledge. ISBN: 9781138049390.
Paleg, K. & Jongsma, A. E. (2015). The Group Therapy Treatment Planner (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9781119073185.
Yalom, I. D. & Leszcz, M. (2020). Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy. (6th ed.). New York, NY: Basic Books. ISBN-13: 9781541617575