Sarah Case Study: Sarah is a 13-year-old middle school student whose mother visited the school's counseling office to share her concerns about her daughter. In addition to her rapidly declining grades, Sarah tends to avoid social interactions with her peers to the point that her closest friends have begun avoiding her due to her negative responses and lack of interest. Some of the major concerns reported by her mother include recurrent bouts of anger, non-existent positive communication between her and her mother, bad behavior at home, and poor hygiene habits. Sarah, who is overweight and has a poor complexion, lost her father about six months ago after he disappeared and was found dead under mysterious circumstances. As a result, Sarah needs help through counseling to regain normalcy and improve her academic performance. Although Sarah may benefit from various types of interventions, group therapy would be most helpful to her and should be used as her primary form of counseling. Sarah's Group Counseling: Group counseling or psychotherapy is one of the most commonly used treatment methods in this field of psychiatry. This type of psychotherapy is appropriate in Sarah's case because it provides a valuable and viable intervention that has been used by school psychologists in providing effective and efficient direct services to both children and students (Crespi, 2009, p.273). Sarah appears to be a good candidate for group counseling because she suffers from a broad spectrum of psychological problems that not only affect her performance in class but also affect her interactions with others. The suitability of this method in his case is attributed to the fact that most of these psychological risks ... half of paper ... l for each member of the group and have significant effects on the satisfaction of their expectations. In order to promote the effectiveness of the intervention, these risks will be reduced by establishing ground rules, identifying and addressing counterproductive behaviors, and providing necessary interventions at each stage of the process. Group members will also need to demonstrate responsibility and commitment to the process by respecting the ground rules, demonstrating positive behaviors, promoting mutual trust and providing necessary feedback. To encourage and contribute to such behavioral outcomes, some of the necessary steps to take include creating an environment of trust, modeling positive behaviors, providing necessary support to each member of the group, developing interpersonal relationship skills, and promotion of self-understanding..