Group Simulation Reflection Paper

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Before I start this semester, I was told that there will be in class group simulation. I felt worried because I had no idea how it is going to be. My main concern was ethics. Is it ethical to become a group and disclose yourself with your classmates? How would I feel if I tell something to the audience and see those people after the class? What if I cry in front of people? What if I say something that makes everyone hate me? What if there is an unpleasant discussion? I had several questions in my mind like this.
Reading the textbook and the syllabus, I felt better. I thought this could be a good chance to discover myself, and I do not have to share anything that I want to keep. Reading Yalom's book, I actually agreed that group therapy is essential and helpful for some cases. It made me thinking that some people I know could benefit better from group therapy, so I should learn more about this and enjoy the simulation in the class.
During the week before we conducted our first group session, I had thought what to bring in the session. What should I tell people about myself? While thinking about it, all bad things happened to me came to my mind, and this changed my mood. Although I knew it is not a therapy session, I couldn't help myself thinking about the …show more content…

After listening to people, I realized that they brought up the topic that I would like to talk. The topic interested me so much. Especially Ph.D. applications, GRE concerns, future career plans and study-work-family overload was something I would like to talk about. I saw that nearly all of us have the same concerns regardless of the culture. In our group, there are some different cultures and people shared their point of view, and I saw that at a point, we are all the same. We have the same worries, weaknesses, strengths… etc. Seeing this relaxed me more. I felt like I can share things in this group and they can understand

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