This workshop will focus on innovative and engaging ways to teach group counseling so that students learn skills and the application of these skills. Focus will be on various formats that allow students to get much more experiential learning during the course. Focus will also be on skill development in planning groups, leading the beginning and closing of a session and skills for making the working phase more meaningful. Time will be spent on how to teach effective use of group exercises. Emphasis will be placed on how to use class time for practicing the essential skills of group leading.
