Hey
Love_from_Wilson_Mansions
I do a SWOT analysis after every session.
Sometimes I can think of no weaknesses.
Not often though .....
Usually there is a list of weaknesses
mine
others
....... even though I expect all sorts of 'unexpected'
all sorts of needing to be flexible
and busk it all the time.
I don't struggle with the weaknesses of others
only mine.
I don't like to clock those things when I feel that I could have done better.
But reality is - this is often ....... and YET - the learning opportunities are there.
Working with a group is just a microcosm of society. Everyone in the group has their own expectations and experience of life. Everyone expects that the group will behave in a certain way - and the model is their childhood experiences of their first group - their family.
Like it or lump it - as a leader of the group, I model the attitudes and behaviours. I influence the dynamics - I don't control but influence whether I try or not.
Working on encouraging the positive is the priority - maybe not raising issues regarding the negatives!!
So I try to NOT.
I aim for the development of all present. Everything for a learning experience.
And I love it - even though it leaves me drained sometimes ...............
'We cannot change anything until we accept it.
Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.'
Carl Jung.
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