GROUP COUNSELING NCE UPDATED
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ Joseph Pratt.
Answer: Established first group experience, not for psycho
educational or occupational purposes.
◉ Frank Parsons.
Answer: Founder of guidance and counseling profession, used
groups to facilitate career and vocational development.
◉ Alfred Adler.
Answer: Emphasized innate social nature of humans to support
group treatment model. Conducted groups to investigate
relationship between children's problems and family experiences
◉ J. L. Moreno.
Answer: Created Theater of Spontaneity, earliest form of
psychodrama. First coined term group psychotherapy.
◉ Lewis Wender.
Answer: Wrote first guidelines for group therapeutic factors
,◉ S R Slavson.
Answer: founded American Group Psychotherapy Association. After
seeing group activity for children was as effective as individual
counseling, he brought group counseling into schools.
◉ Alcoholics Anonymous.
Answer: First self help group. Movement began in 1930's
◉ Kurt Lewin.
Answer: Studied group dynamics, invented T-groups, identified
predictable stages of group work
◉ Wilfred Bion.
Answer: studied group cohesiveness, saw group dynamics as very
different from dynamics of family unit.
◉ National Defense Act 1958.
Answer: After Soviet launch of Sputnik I, school counseling rose to
prominence. Moved toward behaviorally based group counseling vs.
classroom guidance.
◉ Rudolf Dreikurs used Adler's theory.
, Answer: Brought group work to family counseling, parent groups.
◉ 1960's.
Answer: Group work flourished due to social climate and events
such as Vietnam War, hippie movement
◉ Fritz Perls.
Answer: Applied Gestalt therapy to group setting at Esalen Institute
in California.
◉ Encounter Groups.
Answer: Carl Rogers initiated this sensitivity training to encourage
and assist individual growth and development.
◉ Marathon Group.
Answer: Met together for 24-48 hours and members were expected
to become more authentic and engage in self disclosure.
◉ ASGW.
Answer: Founded in 1973 to advance professionalism in group work.
◉ Group work in schools in 1990's.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ Joseph Pratt.
Answer: Established first group experience, not for psycho
educational or occupational purposes.
◉ Frank Parsons.
Answer: Founder of guidance and counseling profession, used
groups to facilitate career and vocational development.
◉ Alfred Adler.
Answer: Emphasized innate social nature of humans to support
group treatment model. Conducted groups to investigate
relationship between children's problems and family experiences
◉ J. L. Moreno.
Answer: Created Theater of Spontaneity, earliest form of
psychodrama. First coined term group psychotherapy.
◉ Lewis Wender.
Answer: Wrote first guidelines for group therapeutic factors
,◉ S R Slavson.
Answer: founded American Group Psychotherapy Association. After
seeing group activity for children was as effective as individual
counseling, he brought group counseling into schools.
◉ Alcoholics Anonymous.
Answer: First self help group. Movement began in 1930's
◉ Kurt Lewin.
Answer: Studied group dynamics, invented T-groups, identified
predictable stages of group work
◉ Wilfred Bion.
Answer: studied group cohesiveness, saw group dynamics as very
different from dynamics of family unit.
◉ National Defense Act 1958.
Answer: After Soviet launch of Sputnik I, school counseling rose to
prominence. Moved toward behaviorally based group counseling vs.
classroom guidance.
◉ Rudolf Dreikurs used Adler's theory.
, Answer: Brought group work to family counseling, parent groups.
◉ 1960's.
Answer: Group work flourished due to social climate and events
such as Vietnam War, hippie movement
◉ Fritz Perls.
Answer: Applied Gestalt therapy to group setting at Esalen Institute
in California.
◉ Encounter Groups.
Answer: Carl Rogers initiated this sensitivity training to encourage
and assist individual growth and development.
◉ Marathon Group.
Answer: Met together for 24-48 hours and members were expected
to become more authentic and engage in self disclosure.
◉ ASGW.
Answer: Founded in 1973 to advance professionalism in group work.
◉ Group work in schools in 1990's.
