Welcome to Week 1

Your week 1 POD Activity

Set a time to meet with the people in your pod - use your own Zoom/Google/MSTeams service

POD ACTIVITY

  • In a counselling role play

    1. Take Turns to role play

               Counsellor

               Client
               Observer

    Time these for 10-15minutes, and have a debrief after the exercise. 

    1. Weave in some learnings from Week 1 pre-reading

    2. Ask your client 

      1. how did you learn about sex?

      2. Was sex openly discussed at home?

      3. What did you think/feel when you learnt about sex?
        (exciting, scary, ugh, how will that work, disgusting …. other?)

      4. Weave in some learning from Week 1 to normalise the clients experience

    (Feel free to use your own information when role playing the client, or make up a scenario for the exercise. Don't feel pressure to share any personal information that you don't want to share).  

Individually fill out the form on this page after you have completed the pod activity with your group.

What did you learn as a client vs practitioner vs observer?

  • Where were your views different to your clients?

  • How easy was it to talk about sex?

  • Is there shame or stigma associated with sex?

  • Are there cultural or religious influences on their sexuality?

  • What concerns did/does your client have about sex?