14-2 An Analytic Study of the Change Effect and Process in Group Counseling for Members with Unfinished Business

The m句or purpose of this study is to explore the change effect and change process in group counseling for members with unfinished business. The research method is a single-subject design. The subjects consisted of eight women, ranging in age from 28 to 44(M=38).The group met once a week for 3 hours per meeting for 10 weeks,for a total of 30 hours. The change process for those participants who were going through resolved unfinished business were following process: expressing their unfinished business->fully experiencing the pain feeling and catharsis->fully understanding sig-nificant others' hurts and limition ->understanding participants' unmet needs->reconstructing self, reconstructing the unfinished business, reconstructing the rela- tionship with significant others->forgiving others->change the view of others, change the view of themselves->accepting others, accepting themselves, self-assertion->change the interaction style with significant others, enhancing self-esteem and em- powerment. If the members' unfinished business is related to grief or loss, there will be more different process. When they were rebuilding their relationship with significant others, their feelings were also released. Advancely, they accepted the fact of loss and started to live a new life. For those participants who were unresolved unfinished business were just staying at the stage of self-understanding or understanding others.

Keywords
unfinished business, change process, group counseling

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