The
aspects of group therapy which will be discussed include: 1) Forming a therapy group and setting norms for the group 2) Developing group cohesion to increase therapeutic benefits (Mahon & Leszcz, 2017)-RRB- 3) Selection and preparation
of clients to participate in group psychotherapy 4) Strategies for effectively handling clinical challenges in groups such as conflict,
absenteeism, and monopolizing 5) Therapeutically handling diversity issues as they emerge in group psychotherapy (Stevens & Abernethy (2017) 6) Discussion
of therapeutic factors in therapy groups and methods for using these factors to increase the benefits
of therapy groups and enrich the group experience for participants.