Group Therapy Manual: Overview and Termination of PPD Sessions

This report details the termination phase and provides an overview of group sessions designed for postpartum depression (PPD), specifically focusing on African American women. The group sessions aim to provide bereavement support and a safe space for parents who have lost children to cancer. The overview outlines the group's purpose, goals at each stage, primary group type (therapeutic), proposed size, duration, and frequency of meetings. The termination section details the activities, recommendations, and resources provided to members as the group concludes. It emphasizes reflection, communication, and the development of coping strategies. The report includes activities like bucket list exercises, feedback sessions, and discussions on personal goals, along with recommendations for continued support through unofficial groups, motivational resources, and evaluation questionnaires. The goal is to assist members in reflecting on their progress and formulating future actions to manage PPD symptoms, fostering confidence and promoting a healthy life. The group's effectiveness is assessed by the interventions used and the support provided.

Running Head: TERMINATION
Required Items
1. A meeting room
2. The table equipped with chairs
3. Papers and Pens
Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to ensure that the participants have been benefitted by the
session conducted. The particular concern of the section would be to ensure whether they
have been equipped with the activities that they have indulged with. The activities in concern
would be the one of the thought log and that of the mindfulness. The aim of the session
would b assist the participants in moving ahead in the course of their lives with the
perspectives that they have gained in the due course of the session.
This section requires the members to discuss among each other upon the attributes
that they have learnt as a member of the group. It is expected that the discussion would open
up the channel for the sharing the mutual concern among the members of the groups. The
session is conducted with the belief that the facilitator can resolve the conflicts that might
take shape in the course of the discussion. The members would also be provided with an
option for evaluation after the session gets over successfully.
The questionnaire for evaluation would include some part of the following questions
1. How the three-day session has benefitted them?
2. What according to them has benefitted them in their venture?
3. How do they perceive their status in respect of the Post-partum depression?
4. How do they plan to formulate their future course of action in order to move forward
in their life?

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Objective of the session
1. To assist the members in reflecting upon the goals that they have created for the
future course of their lives
2. To assist the members in finding the course that would help them in moving
forward
3. To allow the members communicate among themselves
4. To motivate the members in solving the problems in an identified manners.
5. To allow the members to express their concern regarding their future
6. To provide the members with additional resources in order to assist them. The
resources will include un official support group, motivational books and series,
regular programs for the mothers to communicate with each other after the
completion of the workshops.
7. To allow the members complete the process of evaluation.
Proceedings
1. Members would be welcomed and congratulate them for their participance.
2. Each members is adorned with exclusive care
3. The progress and the perspective of the latest section would be discussed
4. Discuss the aim of the termination section
5. The confidentiality and the implication of the group would be highlighted upon.
6. Introduce activities in order to assist the members in living the next part of their life in
an effective manner. The Bucket list activities might include the communication and
the reflection of the participants about their own progress and the future course of
action that they seek to adopt in the later course of their life

3TERMINATION
7. Discuss and provide feedbacks on the basis of the happenings in the group and the
activities that they have indulged in.
8. Discuss the factors regarding the termination of the group.
9. The session would be ended with a concern members by providing them with
additional resources. The resources would be in a form of the books, journals and
magazines promoting a healthy and sound life Additionally the organization might
organization un official meet so that the communication between the participants
remain intact along with the continual sharing of the perspectives and the viewpoints.
Activities
The members would be provided with a series of activities and after the completion of the
activity the members would be asked to share their perspective regarding the event that
they have indulged in and the events that they need to address in the later course of their
life. The role of the facilitators would be aimed towards allowing the members to find the
factors of commonality between the members of the group. The attribute of the
commonality would allow the members to connect with each other.
The activities would
1. The members would be asked to fill the response form
2. Discuss the outcome of the response
3. Engage in healthy debates regarding the effectiveness of the group
4. Communicate regarding the extent up to which the symptoms have been addressed
5. Share mutually the personal goals that would be essential for them in later course of
their life

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Recommendation
The section of the recommendation would be concerned with providing the members
with recommendations regarding the ways they should spend the later part of their lives.
It would also allow the members to establish the idea about how would be framing their
live and deal with the factors creating disruption in their lives by instilling depression in
their psychosis. The members would also be allowed to develop a sense of confidence in
their attributes regarding their life and feel confident in moving towards making it
fruitful.
The effectiveness of the group can be evaluated from the perspective of the
interventions that the group is aiming at. It can be suggested that the members by
indulging in the process of the groups would be able to identify the root cause behind
their symptoms of depression and the factors that are contributing towards it. The
communication with the fellow team members would allow them to develop an
understanding of the different perspectives by the sharing the same among the members.
The group has increased the effectiveness in its functioning by indulging with a smaller
number of members. The signification of the experience as earned by the members in the
due course of their interaction would allow them to develop their course of action by the
virtue of their interaction with other who have suffering through almost similar psychosis
attributes.