Therapy

Lead-in

  • When you are stressed, how do you act? 
  • What do you do to relax after experiencing challenging or stressful situations?
  • What advice would you give to someone who is always stressed?
  • Do you think stress is ever good or necessary? Why or why not?
  • What comes to mind when you think about the word “stress”?

Presentation 1

Pre

  • What would you say is the importance of going to therapy?

Top Down

  • What is the target audience for therapy? Watch the video and find out.
  • Physically sick people
  • Hardly depressed people
  • Therapy doesn’t have a target audience
  • Physically sick people
  • Hardly depressed people
  • Therapy doesn’t have a target audience

Bottom Up

  • Fill in the gaps as you watch the video again.

Example: Therapy, I’m all _______ it. > Therapy, I’m all about it.

  1. Therapy _______ a worthy _______ to access.
  2. I _______ there are a _______ of preconceived notions about what it is and a lot of distrust towards _______ process.
  3. Mostly it reminds me I’m _______ the only one with _______.
  4. When you’re ready, _______ you have to do is _______ me.
  5. I _______ the more you know yourself, the _______ secure you feel.
  1. Therapy is a worthy space to access.
  2. I think there are a lot of preconceived notions about what it is and a lot of distrust towards the process.
  3. Mostly it reminds me I’m not the only one with problems.
  4. When you’re ready, all you have to do is call me.
  5. I believe the more you know yourself, the more secure you feel.

Post

  • Would you watch the video’s TV show? Why or why not?
  • What are some mental disorders you know?

Presentation 2

Pre

  • In what situations do you feel anxious? Why?
  • How do you behave when anxious?

Top Down

  • At a first moment, is the guy pro or against going to therapy? Watch the video and find out.
  • He is pro therapy
  • He doesn’t have an opinion yet
  • He is against it
  • He is pro therapy
  • He doesn’t have an opinion yet
  • He is against it

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: There’s a couple arguing in the video. > True

  1. The guy is laying on the couch for days.
  2. The guy always feels sad around Christmas.
  3. The woman always feels happy and excited about the Holidays.
  4. The woman says that people who go to therapy are emotionally responsible.
  5. In the end they both decided to go to therapy together.
  1. The guy is laying on the couch for days. True
  2. The guy always feels sad around Christmas. True
  3. The woman always feels happy and excited about the Holidays. False
  4. The woman says that people who go to therapy are emotionally responsible. True
  5. In the end they both decided to go to therapy together. False

Post

  • Has anyone ever tried to convince you to go to therapy? What about the other way around? 
  • What are some pieces of advice you would give someone who feels: (Remember to use the Target Language from the lesson “Why don’t you?”)
    • Depressed
    • Anxious
    • Angry
    • Lethargic