As we came to discussed about the program we going to conduct, Alex reminds us about the three main core of a program/group process : warm up, main activity and closure. Tuckman's stages of group developmental model (forming, storming, norming, performing and mourning) is something new for me but the concept is very similar with developmental stages of group counselling by Corey (pre-group, initial, transition, working and final stage). The purpose of warm up is to physically and mentally prepare the participants for the main activity, thus the warm up must be related to the main activity. We are asked to really put into practice how we'll conduct the warm up for a group of adolescence. During the practice, Alex emphasizes on how is the process of the warm up rather then what is the program all about, how we facilitate the group. What been taught by Alex is much more deeper than the concept I used to know about warm up. I choose eagle to represent my favourite animal; it reminds me about one bible verse 'but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary;they shall walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)
how do you critically understand the metaphor within a psychological frame if you choose it view it from such a perspective instead of a religious frame?
ReplyDeletefrom what i know, the eagle has to go through a painful process of change in order to live longer. The eagle knocks it's beak against a rock until it plucks it out. Then the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and then it will pluck out it's talons.When it's new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking it's old-aged feathers.And after 5 months, The eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for 30 more years. This just like myself,i need to get rid of old memories, habits and other past traditions, then only freed from past burdens and take advantage of the present. and after go through all the hardship, I being able to transform into a brand new person. For me, eagle is a sign of transformation.
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