Group: Healthy Relationship

Goal: Consider a potential situation/conflict within your group that might require your intervention.

Example: Two members of your group, Mark and Dan, have had several minor disagreements over the last few sessions, but tonight's discussion elicits a full-blown argument with raised voices, posturing, and clear anger.

Initial Post:

1. Describe the thoughts & feelings that come to mind for you when you think about confrontation and conflict management. What has been your experience with it?
2. discuss the skills/characteristics that strengthen a person's ability to manage conflict.
3. Describe your current capacity to manage conflict and confrontation and areas where you feel you could develop your skills in this area. Address each of the conflict management techniques discussed in the text: withdrawing, forcing, soothing, compromising, and confronting.

Attachment:What behavior category would you assign Mark and Dan using the VCMS model? given their characteristics, what method of conflict management you would use and why?