The theme for the first week was self-esteem. The patients were asked questions
regarding the meaning of self-esteem, the effects of high or low self-esteem, and were
asked to discuss how to build their own self-esteem, finally they wrote their own
descriptive poems which they read aloud to the other members. The reading of their
own poem allowed them to think of themselves in a positive way and to share this with
others. It was also intended to build group cohesiveness (Anderson, 1997). In addition
to a new theme, each week opened with a discussion of the previous week’s exercise