To keep the space safe and functional, a facilitator has to make choices that acknowledge and try to serve both individual and collective needs, with the group needs usually paramount. -- Tom
Be willing to draw a line if necessary around who comes. --Tree
The priority of the group is its work together, but sometimes the distress of individual members needs to be addressed as part of that, as long as it doesn't colonize the group's main purpose-driven work. -- Tom. Part of how you evaluate whether or not to spend group time on someone's distress is by how it relates to the purpose and priority focus. --Tree
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