LGBTQ+ Political Stress Resiliency Support & Joy Group

A virtual support group for progressive and radical LGBTQ+ adults. Share intentional space with like-minded kindreds. Discuss the personal toll of the trauma, chaos, inhumaneness, and instability of the current social-political climate. Share stories, resources, art, and ideas. Learn key strategies to fortify and sustain your resiliency, and to increase joy. Increase connections and build community. Create a Personal Wellness and Action Plan. (Template is provided.) Starts in May. Meets for 8 weeks. Thursdays, 430-6p CST. FMI: Contact Irene.

Community is resistance!

• Join us in creating a soft-landing place to share our varying experiences and expand our joy.
• Lend and receive support about the unique ways that the current social-political issues impact LGBTQ+ people and our communities.
• Discuss how our intersecting identities related to gender, sexuality, race, disability, age, and economic resources are impacted.
• Offer ideas.
• Assess your political trauma stress, burnout, and oppression fatigue.
• Build resiliency-based strategies for sustained health and wellness.
• Gain clarity about your role in The Resistance.
• Receive problem-solving coaching and guidance.
• Gain inspiration and insight about the role you have or seek in The Resistance.
• Learn strategies to deal with family, friends, co-workers, etc. who have differing perspectives and values than you do about what is happening in our country.
• Discuss options for emergency preparedness with yourself, community, family, and friends.
• The 6-Fs of Interaction: Understand when your coping strategies of FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE, FADE, and FAWN override your ability to be grounded in FACE. Explore the costs and benefits of each.
• Identify a resistance-related goal and enlist the group’s support.
• Develop a concrete Resistance and Resiliency Action and Wellness Plan.
• Weekly themes and prompt questions.
• Receive a packet of resources and templates.
• The resiliency and burnout assessments will be provided.

Group size: Up to 9 people. | Confidential.

When: Starts in early 2025 | Thursdays, 430-6p CST | 8 weeks.

Fee: $60/session. Sliding fee. Out-of-pocket. Adjusted rate slots are available.

Next step: To schedule your free 30-minute Zoom group consultation, contact Irene.

Other Political Resiliency Options: Resiliency Coaching and Workshops

Coaching:

Resiliency Coaching to Reduce Political Anxiety and Stress

Guidance and skills for LGBTQ+ people and allies, nonprofit workers, helping professionals, and other progressive humans to help you increase resiliency and agency, develop strategies for managing stress, fear, overwhelm, and avoidance, and create a personalized Resistance and Resiliency Action and Self-care Plan to address political trauma, fear, burnout, and overwhelm. Contact irene@irenegreene.com

Workshops:

Direct link to Eventbrite page for all three workshops: Action Over Political Stress, Denial, and Anxiety | Eventbrite | ©

(1/3) Workshops for LGBTQ+ Helping Professionals: Political Stress and Anxiety: Resiliency Workshops for LGBTQ+ Helping Professionals

A workshop for LGBTQ+ helping professionals: Fostering resiliency and action over political trauma stress – for our clients and ourselves.

(2/3) Workshops for Progressive Helping Professionals: Resiliency Over Political Anxiety and Stress Workshops for Helping Professionals

Join us for a workshop on fostering resiliency in these times of political trauma stress for us and our clients.

(3/3) Workshops for Progressive Community Members: Foster Resiliency and Action Over Political Trauma Stress and Anxiety

Workshops for progressive comrades seeking support, rejuvenation, and inspiration.

A Series of Political Trauma Stress, Anxiety, and Resiliency Workshops 

ALL SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY OFFERED ONLINE BY IRENE GREENE | TELEHEALTH

To learn about the individual and relationship, group, and training services offered by Irene, or to schedule your complimentary 30-minute consultation, contact irene@irenegreene.com