Counseling approaches vary in terms of how much emotion to encourage. Group therapy ranges from polite discussion to frustrated and aggressive interactions. Imagine you are a group counselor at a local substance abuse treatment center for adolescents. Discuss how you would handle and address the group when it comes to triggering topics? If a group member were to become escalated during the group session how would you approach the situation?

As you consider this question, try to visualize scenarios to fit each point on the emotional spectrum and then come up with your answer

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