OUTLINE OF THE SESSION
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Acknowledge the group, welcoming and apologies.
Open the group session according to the group norms set, for example did the group decide to open with a prayer? Before
commencing with the group session, briefly discuss the previous session.
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Get feedback from the group on anything that they feel they want to share with group. Ask about any highlights or negative
experiences: did they discuss the session with any of their family members or a friend, and if so how was this received?
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Ice-breaker (Towers)
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Stress and coping
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Problem solving
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Stress management
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Relaxation exercise
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Closure
ICE-BREAKER
Towers
Materials needed: A4 Paper
Activity
Divide the group into teams of 3 or 4. Give each team 10 pieces of A4 size paper. They are instructed to use the paper to
build a tower. The team with the highest tower wins.
Discussion:
How did each person feel?
What was each person's role?
How did you solve the problem?
Where did you start?
What did you do to build the tower?
STRESS AND COPING
Note to facilitator: In the first discussion, just identify the problem situations the group has. Do not try to solve it then. Use the group's
examples in illustrating coping skills.
We are all faced daily with problems and challenges that cause us emotional stress and can affect our health. In this session, we're
going to look at how we can cope with these challenges, how we deal with our problems and how we could learn to cope with life
more effectively, so that we have less stress, less pain, and so that we can try to be healthier.
BACKGROUND FOR THE FACILITATOR
Coping means that you manage or change or deal with a problem situation causing emotional difficulty in such a way that you can
live with it. It involves how you think and how you feel about it. How you react to something depends on how you see it - if it is serious,
then you would react differently than if it were not that serious. Coping helps us to do two things:
- It helps us to manage the emotions or distress we are feeling.
- It helps us to manage the problem that is causing us distress.
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Using the life-maps, ask the group to indicate where they cope and where is it difficult to cope.
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