Sample FACT Group Protocols

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Sample FACT Group Protocols
Class 1
Meet others and talk about the Life Path Class. Discuss your answers to these questions about your life path:
1. Do you have a problem?
2. What have you tried to solve it?
3. What do you want more than anything? In your heart, what matters most?
4. What keeps you from getting what you want?
5. What do you do when stuff gets in your way and makes it hard for you to walk on your life path?
6. Do you get into fights with the stuff that gets in your way?
7. What happens when you fight with that stuff?
Homework: Notice when bad stuff shows up and when you want to fight it. Try to just let it be there and
watch it. Take notes about what happens:
What gets in your way?
When did it happen?
How did you do with just noticing it and not trying to fight it or get away from it?
Class 2
Learn a new way to look at stuff that gets in your way and how you deal with it:
Come up with ideas about how to be a good observer.
Come up with tender names for things you dont like.
Think about what other people do when they see the stuff you dont like about yourself.
Homework: Plan to do something thats important to you even if its hard.
Life Path Class for Children
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Class 3
Learn to say what you mean and do what you say:
Imagine walking the life path you care about.
Make a promise to yourself.
Make a plan for how to follow through on your promise.
Think about how you can pay attention so that youll learn from your experience.
Figure out your next steps.
Homework: Continue to be brave and do whats important to you.
Life Path Class for Teens
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Life Path Class for Teens
Class 1
Meet others and talk about the Life Path Class. Discuss your answers to these questions about your life path:
1. Why are you taking this class? What do you hope to get from it?
2. What have you tried before to help with your problems? Did it work?
3. What do you want in your life right now? Whats important to you?
4. What blocks you from doing what you want in life?
5. What do you do when things get in your way on your life path?
6. Do you fight, run away, space out, pretend you dont care, or give up?
7. What are the consequences of what you do when things block you on your life path?
Homework: Notice when you get blocked on your life path and what you do. Study your experience and
watch it closely. Just try to observe whats happening; dont try to change it. Take notes about what happens:
What blocked you?
When did it happen?
What did you do? Were you able to just study what happened?
Class 2
Learn to step back and have a different perspective on barriers along your life path:
What helps you just watch barriers?
What are your tender names for barriers?
What do you notice when you look into the eyes of others with your barriers known and accepted?
Homework: Plan to do a valued activity and practice accepting a barrier thats likely to come up when doing
the activity.
Life Path Class for Teens
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Class 3
Learn to make promises about how youll walk your life path, and how to discover as much as you can based
on your experience:
Symbolically walk your life path in the room, heading in a direction you care about and facing the
barriers that might come up.
Make a promise to yourself about what youll do next in life to keep moving in the direction you care
about.
Identify goals you can set that will tell you youre following your life path.
Identify how you can pay attention so that youll learn from your direct experience, rather than just
following rules in your head.
Come up with a plan for how to continue walking on your life path after this class ends.
Homework: Continue to make intentional choices, do whats important for your life, practice self-compas-
sion, and learn from your direct experience.
Life Path Class for Adults
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Life Path Class for Adults
Class 1
Meet others and discuss your answers to these questions about your life path:
1. How long have you had the problem that brings you here?
2. What have you tried? Have you previously been treated for this problem? If so, what was the result?
3. What do you want from life?
4. What are the barriers to doing what you want in life?
5. What do you do when those barriers show up?
6. Are you at war with the barriers?
7. What are the consequences of being at war with the barriers?
Homework: Notice when the war starts and what you do. Just try to observe whats happening; dont try to
change it. Take notes about what you experience:
What was your war or struggle against?
When did it happen?
How did you do with just noticing your barriers and not trying to get away from them?
Class 2
Learn to step back and have a different perspective on your suffering:
What ideas do you have about how you can be more mindful?
What are your tender names for your suffering or barriers?
What did you notice when you looked into the eyes of others with awareness of your barriers?
Homework: Plan to do a valued activity and practice accepting a barrier thats likely to come up when doing
the activity.
Life Path Class for Adults
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Class 3
Learn to make public commitments, and learn to learn from your direct experience.
Symbolically walk your life path in the room, heading in a valued direction and facing the barriers that
might come up along the way.
Make a commitment to yourself about what youll do next to keep moving in your valued direction.
Identify goals you can set that will tell you youre following your life path.
Notice how others respond to you as you symbolically walk your life path.
Identify how can you pay attention so that youll learn from your direct experience.
Come up with a plan for how to continue walking on your life path after this class ends.
Homework: Continue to make intentional choices, pursue valued directions, practice self-compassion, and
learn from your direct experience.