LGBTQ+ Relationship Workshops
LGBTQ+ Relationships: Connection and Communication Through Differentiation ~A Relationship Workshop for Socially Conscious Humans~
I have offered this training several times over the past ten years. The next LGBTQ+ Relationship workshop will be offered again in late 2022.
Topics covered in this full-day training:
- Assess your relationship strengths and learn strategies to address your relationship challenges.
- Identify the ways that oppression, trauma, and privilege affect how you show up in your relationships
- Assess your relationship dynamics for emotional reliance, resiliency, communication, and attachment styles
- Boundaries and co-dependency
- Identify how your past trauma may be impacting your relationship
- Learn the science behind our brain and body’s reactions to (perceived or actual) emotional threats
- Identify your “go-to” primal self-protection reaction to stress or conflict: FIGHT, FLEE, FREEZE, FAWN, or FACE
- Explore scientifically proven methods to calm our bodies and thoughts so that we may gain more agency over our anxiety, shame, distrust, defensiveness, anger, and fear
- Explore the three biggest blocks to connection: trying to fix it, changing the focus to ourselves, and getting defensive
- Learn tips to increase emotional, affectional, and sexual intimacy – even when there are differences, trauma issues, and awkwardness
- Discuss concrete strategies to demonstrate appreciation, improve respectful listening, arguing, apologizing, and problem-solving
Your takeaways of the day:
- The satisfaction that you are intentionally making time and putting in the effort to do your part to build a strong and mutually fulfilling relationship
- Increased insight into your own and your partner’s perspectives, needs, and concerns
- Opportunity to identify concrete changes you will make towards increased personal and relationship wellness
- Identify together your steps to develop your very own Our Relationship Care Plan
Other available relationship topics:
Building Healthy Relationships for LGBTQPIA+ Folx
LGBTQPIA+ Relationships: Boundaries, Communication & Connection
LGBTQPIA+ Relationships: Building a Healthy Relationship When One or More Partner(s) is a Survivor of Abuse
The Groups are Designed and Facilitated by Irene Greene, MSED. she/her. A seasoned group facilitator, mental health provider, LGBTQPIA+ relationship coach, national family conflict coach, and national educator. Over the past twenty-five years, Irene has created and facilitated dozens of groups and trainings on a variety of topics: coming out, COVID-related self-care for medical and helping professionals, isolation and grief, White allyship, sexual and physical trauma abuse healing, moral injury, burnout, compassion fatigue, radical self-care, rest, and wellness. Based in Minneapolis, MN.
Examples of Groups Irene has Trained and Facilitated: Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN; Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado; Anatomy Bequest Program, University of Minnesota; MN LGBTQ+ Therapists’ Network; Headway Emotional Health Services, Twin Cities; The University of Minnesota Advising Program: Office of Undergraduate Education; Telling Queer History, Twin Cities; BECAUSE Conference, St. Paul; The University of Minnesota Department of Earth Sciences; Travis County Texas Prosecutor’s Office, Austin Tx; Way to Grow, MN; State Conference for Headway MN; MN Coalition of Sexual Abuse Programs; MN Department of Corrections; Anti-Racism Coalition, New York City; MN Coalition of Domestic Violence, Northstar Street Medics, MN; The Family Tree Clinic, Minneapolis, MN; MN Women in Psychology; Touchstone Mental Health Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
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For information about workshop and professional training topics or to explore the possibility of scheduling a workshop for your group or organization, contact Irene Greene
