Structured Exercises for Promoting Family and Group Strengths

Terry S Trepper, Glen H Jennings, Ronnie Mcmanus

Contents Foreword - Preface - Introduction - A Guide for Using This Handbook - Section One: Ice Breakers - How Perceptive Are You? - My Famous Person - A Positive Beginning - The Beauty of Others - Getting to the Root! - Initial Feelings - Are You More Like . . . - Introductions Through Movements - What I Did Well - Mirroring Yourself to Others - Cheers! - Life Crest - Section Two: Assessors - Fishbowl - Charting Your Actions - Relationship Value Profile - Dyad Assessment: Accelerator and Brake - Dyadic Sexual Satisfaction Inventory - Fighting Patterns - What Is Important - Taking Your Vital Signs - Strikes, Spares, Splits, and Gutterballs - Let's Make a Picture - Section Three: Dyad/Couple Discussion Starters - Dyad Format - Relationship Patterns from Family of Origin - Circle of Power - Dyad Dialogue - Turning a Quiet Trick - The Song of Relationships - Sexual Myth Deflator Exercise - Close Encounters - Dreaming - Say It Softly So I Can Hear You - Quiet Reflections - Wisdom of the Aged - Why Do I Love You? - Section Four: Family/Group Discussion Starters - Backtracking - Teaching Pictures - Rules - Mixer - Working Toward a Goal: The Processes - Blending Together - Relationship Myth Deflator Exercise - Family/Group Self-Revelation Cards - Sorting Out Priorities - New Traditions - Wants! - Promoting Intimacy - A Moment for Planning - Story Writing - Alternatives Search - What I Meant Was . . . - The Hunt - Section Five: Enhancers - Rainbow of Feelings - Signals Bingo - Facial Massage - Positive Affirmation - Leisure Coat of Arms - If I Could, I Would . . . - Treasure Box - Connections - Magic Box: Increasing Leisure Activities - If I Had a Hammer, I'd Hammer - Choices - Section Six: Energizers - Ways I Want to Grow - Look Alike - The Timer Method - Values for All Humankind - Four Corners - Expanding Skills: Personal Growth - Repertoire of Songs - What Kind of Person Are You? - Name Index - Subject Index