Groups 9th Edition by Marianne Schneider Corey,Gerald Corey,Cindy Corey

Exercise 3

Personal and Appropriate Self-Disclosure. What guidelines would you offer to members on appropriate self-disclosure? Can you explain to members the value of being personal and sharing who they are? How might you respond to this statement made by a member? "I don't see why there is so much emphasis on telling others what I think and feel. I've always been a private person, and all this personal talk makes me feel uncomfortable." How might you deal with this member in a voluntary group? In an involuntary group?