Within the Group Counseling and Group Work and Counseling and Helping Relationships core areas, counselor training includes knowledge of experiential theories such as Gestalt. Gestalt group counseling emphasizes:

Integration of the self (bringing together fragmented parts of the personality into a more unified whole) – this supports Option A as a valid goal.

Personal responsibility and maturation, often described as helping clients move toward more adult, authentic ways of being – this is consistent with “helping group members grow up” in Option B.

Awareness and acceptance of feelings, including anxiety, as a natural part of life and growth, rather than something to eliminate – this supports Option C.

By contrast, extinguishing maladaptive behavior (Option D) is language more closely associated with behavioral and learning theories, which focus on reinforcement, punishment, and extinction of specific behaviors. Gestalt work is less about directly extinguishing behaviors and more about awareness, experiencing, and integration in the here-and-now.

Therefore, Option D is not a primary goal of Gestalt counseling groups.