- This event has passed.
Election Season Survival Series 2024: Self-Preservation in Relationships
August 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
Election Season Survival Series 2024
Aug 1 topic – Self-Preservation in Relationships
It’s a tumultuous Presidential Election season. Let’s cope together with this new FREE bi-weekly group open to folks high school or older who are LGBTQ+ or allies in Westford & surrounding towns. Each meeting will feature topic or issue tied to strategies to cope with political stress. Meetings typically begin with a speaker and are followed by Q&A or open discussion.
August 1 we focus on Self-Preservation in Relationships. There are many techniques folks can utilize to meaningfully look at their current relationships from a new perspective. Once we have a new perspective, we can build upon that to strategize setting healthy new boundaries for those relationships. We will also take a look at conflict in relationships and work with an imagery tactic where the relationship problem is like a wall in front of you and you and the other person are on the same side of that wall working on the problem side by side.
Coping strategies and plans for self-care are also key to building healthy patterns that are a new framework upon which you can build. During this session we will walk through these techniques to see how they be used to help you and your loved ones cope.
There is an exceptional amount of stress on LGBTQ+ and non-gender-conforming folks of all ages right now with state legislation being passed and the presidential campaign platforms (particularly the Trump platform) targeting our community and promising loss of rights in addition to punitive legislation.
During these sessions, it will be our intention to allow folks to express feelings around election concerns but to avoid getting involved in discussions on details regarding election topics as they are triggering for many. We will talk about practical and actionable strategies for self-care and self-preservation.
|
|
