Identity and Dilemmas of Growth (IDG)

For whom:

Objectives:

To provide time and space to explore the inner world of feelings and gain deeper awareness / understanding of one’s self and one’s interfaces with the world, without shame and fear
- To become aware of one’s patterns of behaviour and process of making choices. This includes looking at one’s blind spots, defences and hidden potentials
- To experience the world of one’s feelings and understand / integrate it with one’s thought and action
- To place one’s particular issues and concerns, feelings and struggles in the context of stages and phases of growth
To experiment with new behaviors / expression that may have hitherto been withheld, or denied
To build capability to learn through sharing (self disclosure) and reflection

How does this happen:

Learning is facilitated by encounters within the group
Facilitator creating safe conditions to promote self disclosure, dignity and mutual respect
Working with the ‘here and now’ data, individual and group patterns as they emerge

Expectations from the participant:

Some possible take aways for participants:

Ability to hold curiosity and compliance, adherence and experimentation, others’ expectations and one’s own dreams in balance
Ability to have a recalibrated perspective to act, take initiative, and relate with the family, peers, significant others, and institutions that one engages with
Ability to empathise with others, and to value subjective human realities beyond “objective” data