The fourth session begins. You notice that some members are hardly saying anything, although they have been actively engaged in previous meetings. One member is wiping tears from her eyes.
You are preparing for the fourth session of the group and are contemplating the following:
- How would you use sessional tuning in? What would you say?
- How would you use sessional contracting? What would you say?
- Beth begins talking about how she was part of the EMT group that responded to the shooting and then falls silent.
Write two ways that you could encourage Beth to elaborate on what she has experienced.
- A few minutes later, Mary tearfully describes how she and her children left the park less than an hour before the shooting. She says, “That could have been me and my babies. I’m terrified.”
What are three things that you could say or do to facilitate conversation and support among the participants? Please include at least one open-ended question.
- What do you think you would be feeling at this point?
- What do you think you would be thinking at this point?
- You are finding that you are feeling overwhelmed by the conversation and by the incident that occurred last night. What would you say or do at this point to continue to be effective as a group leader?
