Do you think that everybody who is present at the circle has a sincere reason for being there? Do you think that there are people who don't want to be there?

I think most do with the exception of his father. Much of Cole's pain has to do with his father's abuse. Cole's father is clueless to Cole's pain. He blames Cole and refuses to acknowledge his own part in this. At least Cole's mother begins to change as Cole does through this ordeal.