What is

FAMILY?
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 How we
Early
Experien Family
view
ces people
and life
Draw a
SYMBOL
of your
FAMILY
 When the idea of
reliving and
reviewing my
family relationships
and experiences
was introduced, my
initial
reactions/feelings
 Whenever I talk
about my family, I
remember
 My early
recollections of my
father were
I could still recall
my mother and I
 With regard to my
birth order, I always
felt
 Among our
relatives/siblings,
the person I felt
closest
was______________,
because.
Some resentments,
I have with my
parents/sisters/brot
hers
 Some things I
learned from my
parents which I
would eventually
teach my own
children would be
 As experience, I
had in my
childhood years
which I would like
to forget was
Some things which
my parents had
done to me or
failed to do to me
which I would not
like to see happen
to my own children
My feelings about
my parents before
and my feelings
about them now
are
LOOKING BACK
may bring out
number of feelings
and memories.
Happy
Experienc
es
Stagn
Painful
Experience ation
s Paraly
sis
Acknowledge/Identify Feelings and
Memories

Understanding them

Accepting them

Forgiving them
There is no use crying
over spilled milk.
We dont live with the
PAST anymore.
We live for the NOW
which is the
foundation of our
TOMORROW.