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Klara Guildsen (lostababyfang) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-09-18 00:22:00

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[Day 237] FAMILY ISSUES GROUP THERAPY MINGLE
[Anyone brought to this group will find that there are tables set up around the perimeter of the room, one with snacks and drinks, some even with art supplies on them, while the chairs are all pushed into a circle in the middle. There is a projector set up to one side and it flashes images every so often onto the wall. Images of children, adults, the elderly with the young--some of them more formal, posed, others candid as the brief moments of life they were. Some of these images might even be familiar to certain inmates. It shouldn't be hard for them to pick out their own families after all.

In the center of the circle of chairs is a table with a large bowl of treats, wrapped candies of various sorts. Hard candies, caramels, chocolates, taffy. Beside the bowl is a set of cards with instructions written on the back of them.

"Select a card and read the question aloud to the group. Whoever answers the question gets to choose a reward from the bowl and then select the next card. Continue until all of the cards have been viewed or the bowl is empty. More than one person can answer--the first to respond gets to select the next card. If no one volunteers, the card picker gets to select a person."

The cards themselves have a variety of questions and tasks, but they all have a very similar theme.]

1. What does "family" mean to you?
2. Draw a picture of your family and describe it to the group.
3. What is your ideal family unit?
4. Do you have any siblings? If so, what are they like? If not, what would you do if you found out you had one you had never met before?
5. Have you ever done something to hurt or upset a member of your family on purpose?
6. What is the strongest memory you have of your mother and/or father?
7. Imitate one of your parents when reprimanding you.
8. Have you ever felt like an outsider in your family?
9. What is something you have done to a member of your family or they had done to you that took a long time to move beyond (if ever)?
10. Who are you closest to in your family?
11. How many close family members have you lost?

{OOC: Mingle! These questions are not the only ones. Feel free to come up with more. Also the candy in the bowl is spiked just like the pastries and coffee, so the more characters eat...you get the picture.}

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	sanguino 2013-09-19 12:33 am UTC (link)
	[Stefan sure did drink a cup or two of that coffee, which is going to seriously bite him in the ass when it's finally his turn. This is seriously the worst.] 'How many close family members have you lost?' [The. Worst.] All of them, except one. [Who is also in the prison. Shocking.] (Reply to this) (Thread)

	virgins 2013-09-19 02:06 am UTC (link)
	[Jessica hasn't talked to Stefan in a while, not since she's come back to the dome, but she does look pretty sympathetic at his words.] My family is all alive but they don't talk to me anymore -- not since I was turned. [Bill is the only family she has left now.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sanguino 2013-09-20 01:03 am UTC (link)
	[He nods slowly.] Did you get along? [Because that would change things significantly as to whether or not that was a good thing.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	virgins 2013-09-21 05:45 am UTC (link)
	Not really. I mean, my little sister Esther was a brat, but I probably got a long best with her. My mom and dad were real strict Christians -- they didn't really let me do much of nothin', and I had a rebellious streak. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sanguino 2013-09-21 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	I'm guessing they weren't very supportive of what happened to you, either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	virgins 2013-09-22 05:16 am UTC (link)
	Not at all. Daddy started goin' on about how I shouldn't of let this happen to me, like I got some fuckin' choice in the matter or somethin, like I wasn't kidnapped and turned just to punish my maker -- I kinda lost it, I probably woulda killed 'em if Bill hadn't stepped in. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sanguino 2013-09-21 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	Rehabilitation through torture isn't exactly a new technique, either. [Is he being sarcastic? Only slightly.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sheriffed 2013-09-22 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	I guess it wouldn't be. It's sprinkled throughout history, isn't it? [ she might be slightly less than serious, but it's also a legitimate question. history, both personal and not, seems to have a lot of torture. ~~if only she knew about her own stint at that last year.~~ ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-09-22 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	Time helps a little. [But in her experience there is always a hole there. It may go from raw to tender to an ache and so on with time, but even when the pain is almost gone there is still that empty place where they are supposed to be.] May I ask who it is you still have from your family? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-09-25 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think I've had the pleasure, but he is here, isn't he? The name is familiar. [The wardens say it often enough after all.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)