Connections - Mapping your relationships

Connections - Mapping your relationships

Connections - Mapping your relationships

Life webbing

We are all connected in lots of ways. How do you see these connections? Strong or weak? Beneficial or destructive?

How important are the people in your life to you? Are they close to you or are they far way?

We are all part of families but how do we see them? Sibling love or rivalry? Family ties? Roles we play?

We all have friends. How do we see them? A support or not? Old friends or new? Lots or a select few?

A sociogram is a graphic representation of the relationship links that a person has. It can be used to plot out visual structure of interpersonal relationships.

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Play therapy resource 2

Resource 3

Objectives of Activity:

To map out relationships
To create a visual representation of how one sees their relationships
To give an overview of the structure and formation of relationships
To see the relationships structure as a support system
To see deficiencies or gaps in the relationship patterns
To visualise the family tree in relation to the self
To provide a record and a snapshot of relationships
To provide a tangible object or artifact that can be explore further

Activity:

Draw a symbol for the self at the centre - heart, dot, star etc
From this symbol, map out who is close to you, with other symbols to represent them.
From these connections, link those connections together.
Think and reflect on your relationships and what they mean to you.

Other Variations:

Use twine or sting on a page or on wood with nails
Use objects to represent people
Use images
Use actual photos of family members

Many thanks to the students who have very kindly allowed me to share their work.