They needed patient volunteers for role-playing and I volunteered myself for 3 sessions that will be held at NCC. The email mentioned 'live patients' - mmm.... hmmm... I wonder what they were thinking of.
I have attended the 1st session on 1 Mar, Monday, which is on art and craft. My next two volunteer sessions are on 9 and 10 Mar at NCC. Those will be groupwork training and practice sessions.
The art and craft session was not the usual art and craft stuff that we expected. Rather, it employed a combination of objects, and fine sand, paper and colouring materials, etc to allow or encourage an affected person to express himself/herself. It is called expressive therapy.
We started off with an '3-2-1' ice-breaker, where we introduced ourselves, followed by 3 things we are good at, 2 things we disliked and 1 wish. Some of us preferred to say 3 things we liked instead of good at. No as easy as it seemed when asked on the spot, and it needed some pondering to get our answers out.
Expressive therapy using figurines and other ohjects to express our feeling at that moment.
And this is mine = blue sea and sky and a spherical glass ball (marble), depicting peace and calm.
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