LGBTQ+ Political Stress Resiliency Joy and Support 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. Explore how joy and glimmers can be essential sources of resistance. Increase connections and build community. Create a Resistance and Resiliency Action and Wellness Plan. Starts in July 2025. Meets for 8 weeks. Thursdays, 430-6p CST. Templates and resources are provided. 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.
• Share ways you incorporate joy and glimmers into your daily life.
• 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 July 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