Raising Sails LGTBQ+ Group
Start date: Currently Ongoing
Type of Group: Teen LGBTQIA+Therapeutic Support Group
Group Meets: Every Friday from 5-6pm
Age: 14 – 19
Group Type: Open Group
Costs: $40 per session with sliding scale fee offered
Length of Group: Ten sessions (minimum), Group cap 10 members
Location: Voyage Counseling at 1103 E. Main Street, Brownsburg, IN 46112
Description: Possible discussion topics include.
- Coming out – the challenges, fears, anxieties, and fluidity of it
- Building community – what to do when people do not support you
- Distress tolerance – how to cope with micro and macro aggressions
- Interpersonal skills – how to advocate for yourself and your community while protecting your peace.
- Distress tolerance – how to cope with bullying inside and outside of school
- Mindfulness – identifying feelings and coping safely
- Urge surfing – how to handle harmful/intrusive thoughts
- Radical Acceptance – a tool to cope with difficult times
- The Wise Mind – balancing thoughts, feelings, and actions
Refreshments provided
This ongoing group will help teens who identify as members of the LGBTQIA+ community build community while navigating the difficulties they experience as teens. The group is an open group with discussion topics ranging from distress tolerance and interpersonal communication all the way to building community. Led by a queer clinician, the group’s mission is to create opportunities for connection and therapeutic growth. Group registration is for a ten-group minimum with no cap. Cost of the group is $40, with a sliding scale fee offered. Refreshments will be provided. Please note upon registration if there are any food allergies.
The contact form below is confidential and only seen by Voyage Counseling staff who facilitate this group.