This semester has been filled with wonderful group and growth game activities. In the strangest way, I feel that they have helped me to grow in small ways. i am more confident in front of my class, I am more comfortable with making a fool of myself and I have that innate competetitive side of me come out many times during these sessions. I have always been a competitive person but I have not been given the oppurtunity to embrace that side of me. These growth games and group activities have shown me how important and therapeutic it can be for people in a psych institution particularly in a rehab setting like the one that i have been placed in.
What are growth games?
The growth games that i particularly enjoyed were:
Talisman. Our prac group, NPC, dominated!! We knew we would ;) This is a fun game that involces thinking, thought processing, a competitive element, decision making, leaders emerge as someone is likely to try take control of the game to make sure their team won. It is a brilliant game to create cohesiveness in a group. Since we had the growth game, we have used it at NPC. It was interesting to see the different dynamics compared to when we did it in class. We had to prompt a lot more, encourage group cohesion and because at NPC, the groups were all male- the competitiveness was a lot more evident. Talisman involves:
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