As I was planning for a new group I have recently begun, I realized it would fall on Valentine’s day this week. Which isnt a big deal really, but I know many people have different views about this particular holiday. The group I facilitate is an inpatient adolescent psychiatric group at a local hospital. And so…how many of you had extremely strong opinions about this “love” day as a teenager? Exactly.
One of our activities is going to be simply addressing that it is in fact Valentine’s Day, but what does that look like, sound like, feel like for them? This is why I have chosen to construct a song from scratch, attempted to draw in some style that would fit, and allow my clients to construct their own feelings around this day. They will each receive a number that corresponds to a particular “blank” in the song for them to fill in. On a piece of paper, they will have to write a a word to fit the blank, large enough for me to read in the group, as I will sing them out loud. On the back side of the paper, they write down a word for their overall feeling about the day however it relates to them. At the end of the song, I will ask each of them to sing/speak/play their own feeling word.
I love this Holiday, and I love affording each of my clients the opportunity to express themselves relating to it. This activity can easily be modified to have prewritten words that seniors or other groups/clients might find helpful to use when more assistance is necessary.
I have improvised some examples:-)
They Call It Valentine’s Day
KimThompson MT-BC
C Em Am F
They call it “Valentine’s Day”.
But I don’t care,
You can call it “____________________________ “ or “ ____________________________” Day
But Anyway
I see so many ____________________________ and ________________________________
It’s Crazy, But maybe it’s all okay?
But What I’d like to see
Is so easy,
Just some ________________________________ and _________________________________
Believe me
What I’ll be doing is ________________________ and ______________________________
For Sure
That’s what I’ll be lookin’ for
What a ___________________________today is,
Well, you’re here, and its clear,
Your ____________________________all around us,
Have no fear, come hear, what Im sayin’
Final ending:
What a __________________________ today is,
Well, You’re here, its clear
Valentine’s day, you make me feel so….
1._____________________2., __________________________, 3._____________________________, 4.______________________, 5.________________________, etc.
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