Group Psychotherapy: School as a Therapeutic community

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