Talking about Loneliness - Online group
Welcome to Talking about loneliness online group!
It’s wonderful that you want to explore loneliness together with others. Talking about loneliness online groups offer information and different perspectives on loneliness. During the group process, you will get to know yourself better and will certainly learn something new about yourself. The most important part of the group is, of course, to share thought, feelings and ideas.
This group is facilitated by volunteers Chalani and Susan. The group meetings are held as video meetings. Only people who have registered for the group can access this page.
You can find the detailed meeting schedule below:
Wed 13.5. from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Wed 20.5. from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Wed 27.5. from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Wed 3.6. from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Wed 10.6. from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Wed 17.6. from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Structure of the group meetings and weekly exercises
The group meetings last approximately one and a half hours. At the beginning of each meeting, there is a short check-in round where participants can share thoughts and feelings. If you have completed the weekly exercise, you may also share any reflections it has raised for you.
Each meeting has a selected theme, which is explored through prepared questions and group discussion. At the end of the meeting, the weekly exercise is introduced and experiences from the session are shared once more.
The group always follows the guideline for rescpectfull online conversations.
If you wish, you can keep a diary in which you write down thoughts and feelings that arise during the group process. The diary can also be called a gratitude journal, focusing especially on noticing the good that already exists. Our thoughts have a surprisingly powerful influence, guiding us to focus either on opportunities or threats, on successes or failures. We hope that this group process can help you see those opportunities and successes.
Using the group chat and joining the video meetings
You can open the group chat from the red bar at the bottom of the page. You can write messages without logging in and add a nickname for yourself when sending your first message. The group can use the chat platform to share thoughts, links, and questions also between meetings.
You can also join the group’s video meetings via the group chat bar at the bottom of the page. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the technical instructions in advance, as the platform we use has certain limitations or challenges with some devices or browsers. Please also make sure that you have granted permission for the use of your microphone and camera in your browser.
Before joining a video meeting, you should send a short message in the chat and add a nickname for yourself (unless your browser already remembers your nickname from the previous session). This nickname will also be used as your name in the video meeting.
Here is a technical guide for joining the videomeetings.
Here is more information about the data protection for online activities.
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