The training you went to sounds fascinating. And such a provocative question here that you pose “The question becomes: could the group’s collaboration in “making conscious” these categories of identity help them not only process the shame and rage and hatred and longing and terror that they feel every day on the job, but also could it help them become conscious of these feelings as they arise and shape their behavior on the street and in court? Could they get better and better at seeing these projections and feelings in real time? Could they, instead of blocking this awareness out of shame or self loathing, use it to help them slow down, help them stop their own and their collective brutality?”
Really enjoyed this. Thank you! I love how you are putting what you are learning to life via creative thinking about how it could be used in the real world.
Thank you so much for this, Lacey! My hope is to harness the skills that therapists learn and use with their clients and put them in a broader context, to help more people learn to tolerate greater levels of uncertainty and move into hope. :-)
Thank you for this thought-provoking post, Rebecca! It brought my back to my grad school days -- exploring Tavistock Group-as-a-Whole. My personal experience as a Tavistock participant and then staff member was profound. I've often wondered how we could use this type of experience to support the exploration of some of our structures and systems. Thanks you for bringing this back in to my awareness.
I'd love to hear more about your training at Tavistock, Kristen! I'm so glad you enjoyed the post, and I'm eager to hear more about what you've been thinking in terms of group processes.
The training you went to sounds fascinating. And such a provocative question here that you pose “The question becomes: could the group’s collaboration in “making conscious” these categories of identity help them not only process the shame and rage and hatred and longing and terror that they feel every day on the job, but also could it help them become conscious of these feelings as they arise and shape their behavior on the street and in court? Could they get better and better at seeing these projections and feelings in real time? Could they, instead of blocking this awareness out of shame or self loathing, use it to help them slow down, help them stop their own and their collective brutality?”
Really enjoyed this. Thank you! I love how you are putting what you are learning to life via creative thinking about how it could be used in the real world.
Thank you so much for this, Lacey! My hope is to harness the skills that therapists learn and use with their clients and put them in a broader context, to help more people learn to tolerate greater levels of uncertainty and move into hope. :-)
I love that. ❤️
Thank you for this thought-provoking post, Rebecca! It brought my back to my grad school days -- exploring Tavistock Group-as-a-Whole. My personal experience as a Tavistock participant and then staff member was profound. I've often wondered how we could use this type of experience to support the exploration of some of our structures and systems. Thanks you for bringing this back in to my awareness.
I'd love to hear more about your training at Tavistock, Kristen! I'm so glad you enjoyed the post, and I'm eager to hear more about what you've been thinking in terms of group processes.