As we started talking about what it would be like to re-integrate from residential treatment back to our home environment, we had sessions on relationships, trust, boundaries, communication skills, etc. In one session, we talked through what healthy relationships should look like. This wheel was a way to bring into focus the topics we were taught.
We were encouraged to add to it things that are important to us. I added items like…
- Being okay with silence
- Accepting boundaries
- Showing interest in each other
What would you add to it?
After that we were given some questions to consider:
- Do your relationships have these components? Which ones have most? Which ones have few?
- Which components are strong in your relationships and which could be areas of growth?
- Using the wheel as a guide, how do you think you can improve your relationship?
The plan is to share information from other sessions that gave us skills to build healthy relationships.
