Posts tagged with 'group work'
A project to change long-term interpersonal patterns: post-group reflections
4th March 2015
In a recent post - "A project to change long-term interpersonal patterns: at a residential group" - I described a fairly classic example of the sort of tangle I can sometimes get into interpersonally (probably especially in group therapy environments), where others may see me as judgemental, a bit condescending, …
Peer residential group, final morning: review, group function & the benefit of working with difficulties (4th post)
9th September 2014
Yesterday we had the final morning of the 'long weekend' three day Scottish Mixed Group. I have already written posts about arriving, and the first and the second full days. This was the fourth year that we had met for these annual get-togethers that run from Friday evening to Monday …
Peer residential group, second full day: meditation, turbulence, sharing, conflict & singing (3rd post)
8th September 2014
I wrote yesterday about the first full day of this Scottish Peer Mixed Group, singing a celebration of what felt like one of the really special days of my life. And then yesterday the river of the group slipped into more shadow for me, the emotional/interpersonal weather changing. Squalls, rain, …
Peer residential group, first full day: pain, challenge, sunshine, love & dancing (2nd post)
7th September 2014
After a rather inauspicious start on Friday (see yesterday's post), the next day - Saturday, the first full day of the group - was, for me, deeply wonderful. One of the really special days of my life. An ocean of a day, so much happened. A bit like a lifetime …
Arriving at the Scottish mixed peer residential group: settling in (1st post)
6th September 2014
I have been involved with interpersonal group work since being blown away by my first experience at a weekend workshop way back in 1972. Although I was pretty much a paid-up hippie at the time (and a medical student as well), I had little experience of people deeply & honestly …
Some suggestions for giving and receiving helpful feedback
21st October 2012
(this blog post is freely downloadable as a Word doc and as a PDF file) "Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor." Dr. Alexis Carrel "It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm …
Lessons from a personal multi-source feedback project
19th October 2012
"A friend is someone who sees the potential in you and helps you to live it." W. B. Yeats (adapted) "Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger." Franklin Jones A few months ago now, I initiated a personal feedback project. …
Compulsory multi-source feedback is coming or has already come to the health professions & to many other jobs as well
17th October 2012
"O wad some Power the giftie gie us to see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, an' foolish notion." Rabbie Burns "He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise." Lao-tzu Compulsory revalidation begins for British medical doctors on the …
Going back for a university reunion: emotional intelligence, group work & learning to relate more deeply (3rd post)
19th August 2012
"God guard me from those thoughts men think in the mind alone; he that sings a lasting song, thinks in a marrow bone." W. B. Yeats "We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price. When we are …
Peer groups, Cumbria spring group: last morning and reflection overall
21st May 2012
And now it's several days after the four days sixteen of us spent together at the old converted watermill in Cumbria that we've been visiting for over twenty years. I've already written about the final full day and the last evening singing together under the stars. I think these groups …