November 2019
Trans-Parenting: Boldly Loving, Affirming and Protecting our Gender Diverse Kids
Most of us were taught to identify and conform to a birth assigned gender. In our day, gender binary norms were affirmed and enforced in homes, schools, communities and places of worship. How do we unlearn these gender rules and biases as we parent our transgender and gender diverse children? How do we protect our…
Find out more »stronger together: a teen support group
for young women and transgender/gender diverse teens aged 14-19 join together in dialogue, creative expression and authentic connection explore relationships, dreams, hopes, fears and joys – as well as life’s challenges and adversities empower teens to find and honor their true selves Led by Beth Holzhauer, LCSW Tuesdays, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm …
Find out more »January 2020
Brave Hearts: Parenting our Adopted Children
Parenting an adopted child means parenting a child with a traumatic history, a child whose brain and body adapted to a life of abandonment, loss, neglect and danger. As parents of adopted children, we have faced behaviors which often frighten and confuse us, and challenge our capacity for compassion: lying, aggression, defiance, hoarding, stealing, irrational…
Find out more »February 2020
Institute on the Relational Treatment of Trauma
The Institute on the Relational Treatment of Trauma is a six-session institute intended for therapists developing their skills in the treatment of trauma. For six Friday mornings, therapists who value the therapeutic relationship as foundational to change will explore the challenges of working with clients who have experienced trauma. We recognize that participants may encounter…
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