Tom has said that he feels like the group is going in circles and not accomplishing much. The group leader replies, “I realize that the group may not be moving as quickly as you like. Let’s go back to where we were two weeks ago and compare how you felt about talking to everyone here. It would be a good time for each of you to think about what it felt like to come here two weeks ago compared to today. Tom would you be able to begin since you have already described how you feel now.” This is an example of:

a. delaying and between-session processing.
b. pausing the action to utilize within-session processing.
c. member directed processing.
d. unethical confrontation.
e. challenging the group’s resistance


b. pausing the action to utilize within-session processing.

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