Proposal for a Psychotherapy Group: Boosting Self-Confidence

This document presents a detailed proposal for a psychotherapy group designed to assist individuals struggling with low self-confidence and frustrations stemming from various life events. Inspired by developmental services, the group aims to foster self-development and motivation through a humanistic counseling approach. The proposal outlines goals to create a mutually beneficial environment, and objectives that focus on improved understanding, self-development, and motivation. Logistics include a comfortable meeting space, a closed group of nine members, and ten sessions, with a budget of $80,000. The group will utilize a humanistic approach, integrating client-centered and existential therapies, and includes screening methods. A structured topic outline covers sessions on life problems, motivational needs, human needs, self-development, rationality, humanism, science, self-worth, and personality development. Data collection will be conducted through interviews, weekly ratings, and peer feedback, with informed consent obtained through a detailed form. The proposal concludes by emphasizing group bonding and positive development, with a focus on certificate distribution upon termination. References supporting the theoretical framework are also provided.

Group Proposal
PSYCHOTHERAPY
GROUP

Introduction
 The group is interested in providing counseling to people that are
suffering from low confidence and frustrations caused by various
life events
 The inspiration came from various developmental services that
focus on motivating people to live better and happier lives
 The need is for Autonomy
 The groups meeting would be boost the self-confidence, motivate
and positively engage the participants
 The group would be a counseling group
 The members would consist of professional counselors,
psychology students, psychology professors, working people and
students

Goals and Objectives
 The goals is to engage the participants in mutually beneficial
environment that helps them towards self-development through
addressing issues that they face
There are 3 essential behaviorally defined objectives. As a result of
participating members will be able to:
 Understand the aspects of their lives better
 Find new means of focused self-development
 Become motivated individuals that can help themselves as well
as others

Logistics and Group Structure
 Permission would be required for the Community Mental Health
Center room
 The meeting will be held in a room with significant spacing and
many windows and more than 1 doors
 A room with a view would be needed to make a comfortable
setting

Logistics and Group Structure
 The ideal number of people will be 9 it would be a closed group
 Around 10 sessions will be the run time of the group
 This means that ideally around 4 months would be required
 A budget of $80,000 is considered

Counseling theory
 Humanistic approach counseling theory would be used as the
essential approach
 In this approach the focus is on the development of positive
energy and vales of self-growth and self-actualization (Vos, Craig
& Cooper, 2015)
 Client-centered and existential therapies would be integrated
 The participants would need to be motivated to find meanings in
their lives

Counseling Theory
 This approach would be important as most of the ideal participants would
be young working people or students
 The theory can be effectively used in motivating people
 The humanistic approach can help to boost self confidence of target group
 The approach can help in developing their lives

Screening
 Hoardings and posters installed in front of colleges and offices
 Online forums for motivation and self-development
 Persons to be selected on the basis of interview
 People not affected by genuine lack of self-confidence would be
barred
 People need to provide written answers to questions asked to
them

Topic Outline: Activities
 Session 1- Life problems
 Session 2- Motivational needs of people
 Session 3- Understanding human needs
 Session 4- Self-development
 Session 5- Self-motivation
 Session 6- Rationality
 Session 7- Humanism
 Session 8- Science and human
development
 Session 9- Knowing self-worth
 Session 10- Personality development
exercise

Topic Outline: Session importance
 Session 1- introduction and understanding the problems of
participants
 Session 2- understanding motivational needs
 Session 3- finding the needs of human life
 Session 4- understanding how self-development can be achieved
 Session 5- helping participants to gain self motivation
 Session 6- providing a rational outlook to life
 Session 7- instilling human values among respondents
 Session 8- understanding human development through usage of
science
 Session 9- finding the worth of the self
 Session 10- development of ground level personality development

Topic Outline: Details of
importance
 In the first session all members would introduce themselves
 People will tell their life stories
 The group would need to go to eating sessions
 The last session would end in a positive note
 The termination would be done through a certificate that would be
provided to all the group members

Data collection and Evaluation
 Interview follow-ups
 Weekly checking ratings
 Results chart
 Peer feedback on noticed changes
 Academic and workplace performance data