I observed: This session had quite a lot of things to be observed. Some of these include the flow of the session i.e. the session had a very few pauses and went very well when members talked about what they were going through. I observed that a few of the members did not have a good eye contact. This occurred when the member tried to explain a situation. Besides this I also observed how a member gave a direct feedback to another member who previously mentioned that they do not like feedback. Furthermore, in this session there were a few members who were not able to make it for the session and it was nice how it did not affect the session at all.
I thought: This session was very useful as some important topics were brought up like anxiety, termination, stigma of mental health issues. While, it was interesting to observe a shift …show more content…
Fischer started talking about awareness and confrontation, I observed that the member who gave the feedback started feeling anxious. And I interpreted this from her body posture. For example, everyone in the room was comfortable except that member who gave the feedback started shivering. Additionally, the members who were quiet seemed as if they were not engaged in the session. And I assumed this from their eye contact and their posture which seemed as if they are not present in the session.
I intend to use this insight in future groups by: Some of the things that I was able to take away from this session included focusing on key concepts like observing shifts, eye contacts, postures, and importance of termination. I also learned that it is very necessary to be open and be able to confront. This helps to be aware of oneself and how there is a shift. This particular session was very essential to focus on these points and most importantly, start discussing about termination at this point shall help to end the group very