Family Communication Workshop
Group Type: Skill-Building Workshop
Goals of the Group:
- Enhance family communication
- Resolve conflicts constructively
- Foster emotional well-being
Who Is The Group For?
- Individuals from different families
- Parents, older siblings, or other family members looking to strengthen relationships
- Those who recognize the need for change and are motivated to develop concrete skills to improve family functioning
Discussion Topics:
- Family dynamics and communication patterns
- Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
- Emotional intelligence and empathy within the family
- Creating healthy boundaries and family agreements
What Will We Talk About?
- Understanding family dynamics and identifying communication barriers
- Developing techniques for constructive conflict resolution
- Enhancing emotional awareness and empathy in family relationships
- Establishing clear, respectful boundaries and agreements for positive family interactions
Glimpse of the Session:
Week 1: Understanding Family Dynamics and Communication Patterns
- Goal: Analyze family dynamics and identify communication barriers
- Activities:
- Introduction to family systems and individual impact
- Role-play exercises to identify communication pitfalls
- Breakout discussions on current family communication challenges
- Action step: Identify one communication pattern to improve and set a goal for upcoming weeks
Week 2: Conflict Resolution and Problem-Solving Skills
- Goal: Develop techniques for resolving family conflicts constructively
- Activities:
- Teaching conflict resolution models (e.g., active listening, I-statements)
- Guided practice with real-life scenarios
- Group feedback on common obstacles to conflict resolution
- Role-play exercises for negotiating and compromise
- Action step: Implement one conflict resolution technique with family and report back
Week 3: Building Emotional Intelligence and Empathy within the Family
- Goal: Enhance emotional awareness and empathy in family relationships
- Activities:
- Introduction to emotional intelligence and its role in family functioning
- Exercises to recognize and label emotions
- Empathy-building exercises (e.g., perspective-taking)
- Case studies on emotional regulation strategies
- Action step: Practice empathy-building exercises with family members and share experiences
Week 4: Creating Healthy Boundaries and Family Agreements
- Goal: Establish clear, respectful boundaries and agreements for positive family interactions
- Activities:
- Education on the importance of boundaries in healthy relationships
- Exercises to identify areas needing boundary reinforcement or revision
- Discussion on negotiating and creating family agreements
- Reflection and sharing of key learnings
- Action step: Develop a family agreement or action plan for ongoing family functioning improvement
Please note that 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: Zinnia Bharucha
Zinnia Bharucha has pursued her Msc in Mental Health from King’s College London and MA in counselling from IGNOU. As a psychologist she has over 9+ years of experience in providing online and offline therapeutic services to individuals, couples and groups at Physical, Mental and Emotional levels. Her niche lies in areas focusing on Mental Health including stress, anxiety, depression etc. She also specialises as a couple counsellor dealing with couples on the verge of Divorce or breakup. Having worked with clients locally and internationally she provides a highly customized and non-judgemental approach catering to your individual issues and needs. Therapy sessions with her involve a unique combination and use of psychoanalysis, cognitive approaches for behaviour modification, holistic tools and techniques, trauma resolution and many other techniques and modalities depending and varying based on your individual requirements. Her warm and friendly approach helps you feel safe, introspect easily and be your best version with healthy boundaries. She firmly advocates that each one of us is capable of overall holistic development and progress via therapy.
Zinnia Bharucha has pursued her Msc in Mental Health from King’s College London and MA in counselling from IGNOU. As a psychologist she has over 9+ years of experience in providing online and offline therapeutic services to individuals, couples and groups at Physical, Mental and Emotional levels. Her niche lies in areas focusing on Mental Health including stress, anxiety, depression etc. She also specialises as a couple counsellor dealing with couples on the verge of Divorce or breakup. Having worked with clients locally and internationally she provides a highly customized and non-judgemental approach catering to your individual issues and needs. Therapy sessions with her involve a unique combination and use of psychoanalysis, cognitive approaches for behaviour modification, holistic tools and techniques, trauma resolution and many other techniques and modalities depending and varying based on your individual requirements. Her warm and friendly approach helps you feel safe, introspect easily and be your best version with healthy boundaries. She firmly advocates that each one of us is capable of overall holistic development and progress via therapy.
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