GROUP
PSYCHOTHERAPY: SCHOOL AS A
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY
XXI-century
education should be more about developing attitudes, procedures(such as team
work) compentences and values than contents. It is vital to get to know ourselves first in
the turbulent years of adolescence. My job under my present-day circumstances
is more akin to a nursing/carer teacher than a traditional content-based
teacher.
RATE THESE THIRTY-ODD ITEMS FROM O TO 10 :
YOUR SINCERITY
………
“ MATURITY………
“ IRRITABILITY………
“ AGGRESSIVENESS……..
“ STUBBORNNESS……..
“ ABILITY TO LISTEN……..
“ “ “
FORGIVE……..
“ “ “
FORGET……..
“ “ “
OBSERVE……..
“ “ “
FLIRT……..
“ “ “
ADAPT YOURSELF TO NEW SITUATIONS……..
“ SENSE OF HUMOUR……..
“ TRUST IN YOURSELF……..
“ CALMNESS……..
“ HOPE IN LIFE……..
“ GUILTY FEELINGS……..
“ HEALTH……..
“ WEALTH……..
“ FAMILY………
“ PHYSICAL APPEAL/ BEAUTY……..
“ LIBIDO/SEX DRIVE……..
“ ANXIETY LEVELS………
“ NEUROSIS…….
“ IQ/ INTELLIGENCE………
“ EMPATHY……..
“ OCD/ ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR……..
“ PERSUASION POWER……..
“ SUGGESTIBILITY……..
“ RESILIENCE……..
“ NEED TO FOLLOW FASHION……
“ ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS……..
“ OVERALL HAPPINESS……..
“ DEPENDENCE ON MOBILE/CELL PHONES……
As part of a class sociogram we would ask our students
to write :
WHO, in their opinion, IS THE MOST x IN CLASS?
… REBELLIOUS….
…STYLISH….
…MATERIALISTIC….
…SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS….
…FORGETFUL/ABSENT-MINDED
…RESPONSIBLE….
…DIRTIEST….
…SMELLIEST….
…INDEPENDENT….
…WORST GOSSIP….
… “ LOSER….
…BEST MANNERS….
…COMPLAINS THE MOST….
…LEAST KNOWN….
..DO YOU TRUST THE MOST/THE LEAST…
…CARING ABOUT ANIMALS….
…would you share a SECRET WITH….
PROUST´S QUESTIONNAIRE (Adapted from Vanity Fair)
_1.__What is your
idea of perfect happiness?
__2.__What is your
greatest fear?
__3.__What is the
trait you most deplore in yourself?
__4.__What is the
trait you most deplore in others?
__5.__Which living
person do you most admire?
__6.__What is your
greatest extravagance?
__7.__What is your
current state of mind?
__8.__What do you
consider the most overrated virtue?
__9.__On what
occasion do you lie?
__10.__What do you
most dislike about your appearance?
__11.__Which
living person do you most despise?
__12.__What is the
quality you most like in a man?
__13.__What is the
quality you most like in a woman?
__14.__Which words
or phrases do you most overuse?
__15.__What or who
is the greatest love of your life?
__16.__When and
where were you happiest?
__17.__Which
talent would you most like to have?
__18.__If you
could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
__19.__What do you
consider your greatest achievement?
__20.__If you were
to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
__21.__Where would
you most like to live?
__22.__What is
your most treasured possession?
__23.__What do you
regard as the lowest depth of misery?
__24.__What is
your favorite occupation?
__25.__What is
your most marked characteristic?
__26.__What do you
most value in your friends?
__27.__Who are
your favorite writers?
__28.__Who is your
hero of fiction?
__29.__Which
historical figure do you most identify with?
__30.__Who are
your heroes in real life?
__31.__What are
your favorite names?
__32.__What is it
that you most dislike?
__33.__What is
your greatest regret?
__34.__How would
you like to die?
__35.__What is
your motto?
WILLOUGHBY´S PERSONALITY TEST (Adapted from Psychosources): The
following questions are intended to
indicate various emotional personality traits. There are no right or wrong
answers, just rate from 0 never to 10
always; or simply state Yes or No:
Do you get stage fright? ......
Do you worry about humiliating experiences? .....
Do you keep in the background on social occasions? .....
Do you daydream frequently? .....
Do you get discouraged easily? .....
Do you like to be alone? .....
Do you say things on the spur of the moment and then
regret them? .....
Do you cry easily? .....
Do you cross the street to avoid meeting someone? .....
Do you often feel just miserable? .....
Do you hesitate to volunteer in a class discussion or
debate? ......
Do you feel inferior? ........
Do you often tell lies? Do you lie to yourself or to
others? .......
Do you regard yourself as a victim? ........
Do you have enemies?
……..
Do you often feel sad?
……..
Do you feel lonely?
……..
Do you use your mobile phone constantly? ......
Do you have low self-esteem? ........
Do you regularly go to a gym? ………
Do you like to be in control?.......
Do you enjoy supporting others towards a common goal?.......
Do you prefer to avoid conflict and argument?........
Do you like to get your own way?.......
Do you find it easy to discuss your feelings?
Are your feelings easily hurt? .....
Are you shy? .....
Are you happy and sad by turns without knowing why? .....
Are you self-conscious about your appearance? ......
Are you self-conscious in front of strangers? ......
Are you afraid of falling when you are in a high
place? .....
Are you selfish?/ egocentric?/......
Are you afraid of yourself? .....
Are you Politically Correct?......
Are you indifferent to other people´s views/?.......sufferings?.......
Are / Were you closer to your mum/ your dad?
Is your pride easily wounded?........
Is your first memory pleasant/traumatic?
Identity: 3 words to describe you
3 words to describe your ideal partner
Are you choleric? melancholic? sanguine? Phlegmatic? balanced?
Would you consider yourself to be a "toxic" person?
Which of the five senses do you enjoy the most?
Which, if any, is your idea of God?
Invisible/Man/Woman/ Spiritual energy/ driving force/Mystery/Absolute darkness/Absolute light/ Last HOPE/ last despair?
WHO ARE YOU? (there are over 100 ways of looking at and seeing yourself)
WHO ARE YOU TO THINK THAT?
WHO ARE YOU TO THINK THAT YOU CAN CHANGE THE WHOLE
WORLD?
HOW DO YOU APPEAR TO OTHERS?
ARE YOU A HEALTHY WEIGHT FOR YOUR HEIGHT?
ARE YOU A NARCISSIST, MASOCHIST, SADIST, SCHIZOID?
DO YOUR EMOTIONS RULE YOU?
ARE YOU FREE or TRAPPED?
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU THINK?
DO YOU THINK WITH YOUR FEELINGS?
HOW GOOD ARE YOU AT ANALYSIS/PSYCHOANALYSIS/....?
DO YOU THINK LIKE A MALE or A FEMALE?
ARE YOU OPEN TO UNORTHODOX VIEWPOINTS?
THE TEN PERSONAL QUESTIONS GAME: (In another entry in this blog)
Do you use perfume every day?........
5 ADJECTIVES WHICH BEST DEFINE YOU:
ABSENT-MINDED
HARD-WORKING LAZY
SUPERTITIOUS SCEPTICAL
ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY
DIFFERENT INDIFFERENT
SENSIBLE SENSITIVE
RESPONSIBLE CARELESS
RUDE NOISY NOSEY
CLUMSY TALKATIVE QUIET
SHY EXTROVERT OUTGOING
FIT FAT CREATIVE
DEEP SUPERFICIAL
IDIOT UNLUCKY
NEGATIVE +
UNTIDY DIRTY
BOSSY WEAK
FUNNY SERIOUS
OPTIMISTIC PESSIMISTIC
BORING BORED
SURPRISING SURPRISED
SELFISH EGOCENTRIC
ALTRUISTIC GENEROUS
TRANSPARENT DIFFICULT
UNSOCIABLE FRIENDLY
MEAN CRITICAL
ARROGANT FORGETFUL
BOORISH CONTROVERSIAL
CONTRADICTORY BALANCED
VICTIM PEACEFUL CHEERFUL
Do you like to be in control?.......
Do you enjoy supporting others towards a common goal?.......
Do you prefer to avoid conflict and argument?........
Do you like to get your own way?.......
Do you find it easy to discuss your feelings?
Are you afraid of yourself? .....
Are you indifferent to other people´s views/?.......sufferings?.......
Are / Were you closer to your mum/ your dad?
Is your pride easily wounded?........
Is your first memory pleasant/traumatic?
Are you choleric? melancholic? sanguine? Phlegmatic? balanced?
Would you consider yourself to be a "toxic" person?
HOW DO YOU APPEAR TO OTHERS?
ARE YOU A HEALTHY WEIGHT FOR YOUR HEIGHT?
ARE YOU A NARCISSIST, MASOCHIST, SADIST, SCHIZOID?
DO YOUR EMOTIONS RULE YOU?
ARE YOU FREE or TRAPPED?
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU THINK?
DO YOU THINK WITH YOUR FEELINGS?
HOW GOOD ARE YOU AT ANALYSIS/PSYCHOANALYSIS/....?
DO YOU THINK LIKE A MALE or A FEMALE?
ARE YOU OPEN TO UNORTHODOX VIEWPOINTS?
THE TEN PERSONAL QUESTIONS GAME: (In another entry in this blog)
Do you use perfume every day?........
5 ADJECTIVES WHICH BEST DEFINE YOU:
ABSENT-MINDED
HARD-WORKING LAZY
SUPERTITIOUS SCEPTICAL
ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY
DIFFERENT INDIFFERENT
SENSIBLE SENSITIVE
RESPONSIBLE CARELESS
RUDE NOISY NOSEY
CLUMSY TALKATIVE QUIET
SHY EXTROVERT OUTGOING
FIT FAT CREATIVE
DEEP SUPERFICIAL
IDIOT UNLUCKY
NEGATIVE +
UNTIDY DIRTY
BOSSY WEAK
FUNNY SERIOUS
OPTIMISTIC PESSIMISTIC
BORING BORED
SURPRISING SURPRISED
SELFISH EGOCENTRIC
ALTRUISTIC GENEROUS
TRANSPARENT DIFFICULT
UNSOCIABLE FRIENDLY
MEAN CRITICAL
ARROGANT FORGETFUL
BOORISH CONTROVERSIAL
CONTRADICTORY BALANCED
VICTIM PEACEFUL CHEERFUL