Group Type: Support Group
Goals of the Group:
- Foster trust and group cohesion through movement and storytelling.
- Explore relational dynamics and self-awareness.
- Embrace internal roles and facets of the self in a safe, creative space.
- Navigate interpersonal tension, empathy, and self-awareness.
- Integrate insights and envision future growth.
Who Is The Group For?
- Individuals seeking deeper self-exploration and connection.
- Those interested in psychodrama, drama therapy, and creative arts practices.
- People open to movement, storytelling, and interactive techniques.
Discussion Topics:
- Building trust and group connection.
- Inner roles and self-exploration.
- Conflict, empathy, and self-awareness.
- Future visioning and integration.
What Will We Talk About?
- Relational dynamics and shared narratives.
- Internal roles and personal growth.
- Interpersonal tension and resolution.
- Future goals and meaningful transitions.
Glimpse of the Session:
Session 1: Finding Our Place
- Warm-up: Orientation, ice-breaker drama games, sociometric check-ins.
- Map making via collage.
- Sharing creative reflections and active witnessing.
- Online-specific rituals for safe entry and closure.
Session 2: Exploring the Inner Landscape
- Warm-up: Breathework, enrole-ing rituals, and object puppetry.
- Inner character exploration with Hero’s Journey, Playback theatre, and sociometry.
- Storytelling and creative sharing.
- Dance and drama deroling rituals.
Session 3: Conflict and Connection
- Conflict dialogue with metaphors, embodiment, and scene work.
- Identifying resources and actions for self-support.
- Grounding and containment post-activation.
- Group debrief, integration, and deroling rituals with poetry.
Session 4: Integration and Forward Motion
- Movement, poetry, and interview-style check-ins.
- Letter writing or psychodrama to explore “Future Self.”
- Building a group chant, gratitude, and movement rituals.
- Integration, deroling, and celebration.
Note: The session topics, order, and other details may be subject to change based on the needs and preferences of the group members and facilitators.
Facilitator Bio:
Facilitator: Rakshita Goel
Years of Experience: 8+ years
Groups Facilitated at SoulUp: 3
Relevant Expertise: Dramatherapy, Creative Arts Therapy, Trauma-informed Care, Internal Family Systems, Relational and Expressive Therapies, Emotional Freedom Technique
Rakshita Goel is a Creative Arts Therapist specialising in Dramatherapy and a certified Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner, with over eight years of experience working across India and England. For the past five years, she has been practicing at her private therapy space, taptoheal. She has worked extensively with adults navigating trauma, abuse, grief, relationship difficulties, stress and anxiety. Her therapeutic approach is trauma-informed and relational, drawing from Internal Family Systems, expressive methods and creative exploration to support self-understanding and emotional processing. Rakshita has completed her academic training across Delhi University, MSU Vadodara and Roehampton University, London, and has previously worked with organisations such as the National School of Drama, Centre for Child and Adolescent Well-being and I Am Wellbeing.
Her work in group spaces is guided by a strong belief in community, shared meaning and creative expression as pathways to healing. She is affiliated with The Mind Garden, Aagaz Theatre Trust and the Foundation of Arts and Health India, and serves on the Executive Board of the Drama Therapy Association of India. She has facilitated multiple dramatherapy groups, including with SoulUp, and values the depth and safety that group settings can offer. Rakshita enjoys holding spaces where participants can reflect, express and connect through creative processes, and she brings the same intention to journaling-based and expressive group work.
Years of Experience: 8+ years
Groups Facilitated at SoulUp: 3
Relevant Expertise: Dramatherapy, Creative Arts Therapy, Trauma-informed Care, Internal Family Systems, Relational and Expressive Therapies, Emotional Freedom Technique
Rakshita Goel is a Creative Arts Therapist specialising in Dramatherapy and a certified Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner, with over eight years of experience working across India and England. For the past five years, she has been practicing at her private therapy space, taptoheal. She has worked extensively with adults navigating trauma, abuse, grief, relationship difficulties, stress and anxiety. Her therapeutic approach is trauma-informed and relational, drawing from Internal Family Systems, expressive methods and creative exploration to support self-understanding and emotional processing. Rakshita has completed her academic training across Delhi University, MSU Vadodara and Roehampton University, London, and has previously worked with organisations such as the National School of Drama, Centre for Child and Adolescent Well-being and I Am Wellbeing.
Her work in group spaces is guided by a strong belief in community, shared meaning and creative expression as pathways to healing. She is affiliated with The Mind Garden, Aagaz Theatre Trust and the Foundation of Arts and Health India, and serves on the Executive Board of the Drama Therapy Association of India. She has facilitated multiple dramatherapy groups, including with SoulUp, and values the depth and safety that group settings can offer. Rakshita enjoys holding spaces where participants can reflect, express and connect through creative processes, and she brings the same intention to journaling-based and expressive group work.
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