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T-Group

Depth · what it can open●●●3 — emotional
Holding · facilitation3 — space-holder
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedrequired

Four to eight people hold a forty-minute conversation entirely about what they notice in themselves, in each other and in the group, right now, using four hand signals — agreement, bring it to now, reveal yourself, headline — to keep it out of story and in the present, then each checks out. Sensitivity training as a game, and the manual is clear it wants trained facilitators and a dedicated group.

Prerequisites

  • The manual asks that each breakout group include someone experienced in T-group
Hold with care
  • Forty minutes of in-the-moment interpersonal feedback with no agenda is the classic setting in which a group turns on one member; the 'reveal yourself' signal can be declined, and the facilitator's job is to see that it can

Practical

Time
60 min
Group
48 · small-group
Settings
in-person, online
Mechanisms
dialogic-encounter, feedback-mirroring, open-awareness
Change scope
state → skill · recurring-practice

Instructions

Where
authrev.org/ar-games-manual Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
Availability
In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)

Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Sensitivity training groups, developed from the 1960s and studied at NTL Institute; this codification by Authentic Revolution — T-group / sensitivity training (NTL); carried into Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)

The manual itself points readers to the research literature and to local T-groups rather than claiming the form as its own.

In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual

Related: The Noticing Game (prepares-for)

status: checked · added 2026-08-31