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Re:Follow-up Adult Children of Divorce
Liz C. · 11/07/01 at 8:38 ET
Hello! I hope that these suggestions are useful as I am still not too sure about how much release you are aiming to encourage in your group programme. In week 6 you plan to look at 'autobiography'. I avoid giving homework personaly, prefering to keep contact with group memebers process within group time. Here's a way of working with biography which also includes working on 'how we see ourselves and how others see us'. Materials are large sheet of paper each. Crayons, finger paints, glue, scraps of materials, magazines and other bits and pieces because a collage is to be made. You then focus the instructions,ask the group for example to individually and silently either; The group then split into two groups if large or one group if no larger that 8. A person in the group makes brief notes on the comments which are then given to the creator of the image to keep. The creator of the image at the end of the five minutes then can comment in whatever way he chooses about what he/she has heard from the group. One or two minutes. Firm time keeping is needed and the group sould be told of these boudaries at the start of each section. The group can then come back to gether when the excercise is finishes to discuss what they gained from it all, what it was like to have to listen and not comment, any revelations about what they heard, feelings now its over etc. This excercise helps open up many issues and can be used to focus on areas to work on in the group. I would place it earlier than week six. Maybe week two/three. It is also an ice breaker that goes a little deeper. If a large group comment seems intimidating you can get people together in pairs but this limits the feedback a person will recieve and larger group commentry helps individuals in groups experiment with voicing their feelings openly. People should always take their images home with them. ********************************************************* This next excercise needs lots of time (a whole session)and is not for large group discussion. It can be shared in pairs at the end and is an excercise for the end of the course. Materials are large sheet of paper/crayons/pens. The instruction is; Design a book that represents your experience of the weeks we have shared. You will give your book a Title (This will come from the personal experience of the course), Cover design (whatever represents the title or your experiences), Dedication (Who/what has helped you do this course), Contents list of titles of each chapter (all the chapters wont be written tho!)and you can have as many chapters as you like. Chapters are usually about stages of personal awareness or reaching certain points in the group life), an introduction to the book (how it all began etc), and lastly write a short final chapter from your chapter list. ********************************************************** Theres plenty more if you are interested. Also, I think relaxation is useful. Perhaps to focus on awarenesses before an excercise or to end each session. I think in both cases relaxation should be physically focussed only, not for example a guided imagery style of relaxation which might invade personal process. Regards, Liz.
* Make a collage that represents your experience of the divorce or of family (this can span a lifetime of experience).
* or, Make a collage of your life (this will no doubt include the divorce somewhere or if it doesnt then that in itself will have meaning).
* or, more focussed, make a collage of your childhood experience of divorce.
The group should work silently and for nolonger than 30 mins. They should be encouraged to work quickly and intuitively without too much thought and you should stress that this is not about producing a work of art.
People take turns to opt in with their picture which is placed in the circle. Nominate a time keeper and a scribe (see below)
First the group are invited to comment on what they feel/see/experience from the picture. This is not an excercise in interpretation about the person whos picture it is, rather a sharing of what come up for you from the images, for eg. "This black bit here brings up sadness for me." "This red splodge looks violent" "This flower makes me think of childhood" .No longer than 5 group minutes per picture. The creator of the image listens only and does not comment or join in.
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