In an effort to improve the mental and physical heath of students, enhance social abilities of students and create a harmonious dormitory culture. Institute of Chemistry Red Pomegranate Study Center held a group counsel activity named “Glad to Be a Family” in three batches from Nov.4th to Nov. 8th combining the actual situation of freshman dormitory. The host of the activity is part-time tutor Liu Peng. For now the first two batches have been carried out. Tutor Wu Shuangxin and Zhang Xuchen from 2019 attended the activity and 54 dormitory chefs from 2019 took part in the activity in turn.
On the evening of November 4th , teacher Liu Peng, attaching importance to theory instruction, explained the features and intervention methods of psychological problems we might meet in our daily life to the dormitory chefs. He presented that everyone should avoid judging the conditions according to the behavior due to the fact that there are various kinds of psychological problems. And it is encouraged to seek help from professional when having difficulties. Students gained lots of theoretic knowledge through the explanation of Teacher Liu and reaped no little benefit.
On the evening of November 6th , Teacher Liu Peng hosted the group counsel using three activity units. The first unit called “We come together from thousands of miles apart by predestination” providing a platform for students to get to know each other through warming game and inspiring individuals' interest in others which guided students to take part in the activity. Then, Teacher Liu explained the functions, contents and goals of a team taking an example of the different expectations from different people in the same thing. The second unit was “Treasure Box of Dormitory Relationship”. Students recognized interpersonal traits of self and understood the importance of communication by means of some games, such as “Reverse the Leaves”, “Bright Mirror” and situational performances. The third unit was “Bid Goodbye”. Guided with simulated scenarios, students realized the significance of Group cohesion and learned to put the skills they gained in the group into practice. Finally, tutors attending this activity had an in-depth communication with the dormitory chefs in the status of their dormitories.
Group counsel activity of freshman dormitory chefs named “Glad to be a family” combined the theoretic counsel with face-to-face discussion which helped the dormitory chefs put the group counseling theory into dorm life and attached the importance in the effect of dormitory atmosphere in the metal as well as physical health of their roommates. After finishing three batches of group counsel, Red Pomegranate Study Center plans to expand the scale of dormitory counsel. In the hope of developing a harmonious atmosphere in dorms, holding group counsel based on all members in dorm regularly. Strengthen the cohesion of students with a healthy dorm culture and promote the interaction between inner dormitory and dormitory mutually. What’s more, constantly improve the quality of personnel training.
