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Trading Faces
In silence, imagine seeing your own face, words and movements from where your partner sits — then say 'I must seem…' and describe it, for a few minutes, before the partner answers with 'you seem…' and where they felt you most. The impression we give but cannot see, handed back to us.
Practical
- Time
- 10-15 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- perspective-taking, feedback-mirroring, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
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
Developed 'unexpectedly' by Guy Sengstock and Sara Ness — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition); Circling lineage (Sengstock)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Variation in the manual: Light and Dark — positive 'seems' first, then negative.
status: checked · added 2026-08-31