wk-1-discussion. Group therapy vs. individual therapy

Group Therapy vs Individual Therapy
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Group therapy vs. individual therapy
Group therapy differs from individual therapy directly through the number of participants in a given session. Individual counseling consists of one client and a counselor. In contrast, group therapy involves multiple clients of at least five and as high as fifteen members. Couple counseling is also group therapy (Garland, 2018). Group therapy has a broad scope of structures with a different skill set and knowledge; thus, it is essential to sharpen one's skills for a better approach in various settings. Unlike individual therapy, where the topic can be wide-ranging, group counseling mostly addresses a single problem that affects all the clients (Garland, 2018). Various client details may spark the dilemma of ethical and legal considerations of both group and individual therapy.
Data privacy offers clients of individual therapy with details about the rights to confidentiality, thu...