Posts tagged with 'group work'
Opening up group, sixth session
7th October 2010
Yesterday evening was the sixth session of the "Opening up" group. It had been a longer gap than usual - ten days since our full day meeting at the fifth session. As we often do, we began with a round of "checking in"; an opportunity for all of us to …
A quiet rant to group facilitators & would-be group facilitators
3rd October 2010
Should group facilitators & would-be group facilitators have personal experience of the skills they're teaching? Should swimming or driving instructors be able to swim or drive themselves? I'm sure it's possible to help someone learn to swim without being a swimmer oneself, but if you're an instructor you're likely to …
Opening up group, fifth session
27th September 2010
I wrote just a few days ago about the fourth session of this "Opening up" group. This fifth session was a full day meeting. Good to have a whole day together. A bigger pool to swim in, more time to explore. Nice too to share food together - we all …
Opening up group, fourth session
23rd September 2010
I wrote last week about the third session of this "Opening up" group. Yesterday evening was the fourth session. The "cooking pot" of the group (a metaphor I used at the end of the post about our first group session) is getting stronger. Group members seem to be feeling more …
Opening up group, third session
16th September 2010
We had the third session of this "Opening up" group last night. I wrote last week about the second session. There are seven of us in this group - six other participants and myself. My impression over many years of group work done in different time chunks (evenings, single days, …
Opening up group, second session
9th September 2010
I posted last week on the first meeting of this "Opening up" group. The reflection sheets everyone had filled in after the initial meeting had been copied and sent to all participants, so we already had more material to work with as we started this second session. I've experimented with …
Opening up group, first session
2nd September 2010
For many years I have run two kinds of "training group" for clients. One teaches what can loosely be thought of as "stress management skills". The latest version of this is the "Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing" course that I have been describing at some length in blog …
"Friendship" - a three day residential workshop
28th August 2010
Why a workshop on friendship? Relationships are so important - whether we look at wellbeing & happiness, resilience under stress, or surviving to have a long, healthy life. The diagram below is based on a series of studies that have been around for a while - Berkman & Syme's "Social …
Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, introduction to the course
29th May 2010
On Monday of next week I'm due to run the first evening of a new twelve session course that I have been "cooking" for quite a while - see, for example, the post I wrote back in February "Developing a training course: life skills for stress, health & wellbeing". I …
Peer groups, Cumbria spring group – final reflection
10th May 2010
I wrote yesterday about "The fourth morning: honouring my mother". Now at home again. Lying in bed this morning feeling happy. Warm and content. Such heart-warming memories. Meditating yesterday. Plunging again in the stream. Cold, climbing the small waterfall and walking along the rocks. Going to the main group room …