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Benefits Of Group Activity: Deepest Fears In Groups

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Activity: Highest Hopes Deepest Fears Objectives of Activity: To identify hopes and fears of group members, encourage openness and cohesion in the group, and practice empathy. Each group member will be randomly assigned a partner by the group leaders. Partners will explain their biggest hopes and deepest fears to each other. Explain that they will have to share with the group what their partner tells them and will be asked questions about their partner’s responses – but as if it were their own. After a few minutes each of discussion, everyone should return to the group circle. As each person presents their partners deepest fears and highest hopes as if they were their own (using I statements)– group leaders should question more about what each means, and encourage group members to ask as well. The partner will have to guess at what the other person’s motivation or thought process might be, even though it isn’t their own. The person may not actually speak about it at that …show more content…

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