Queer / GSRD Group Therapy

Queer / GSRD Group Therapy

GSRD (gender, sexual and/or relationship diverse)

“If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be”

Maya Angelou

People who have experienced being outside of the norm - beyond the mainstream – know what it is to feel like the outsider, the Other. The oppressive and damaging side of this experience of Otherness results in alienation, overt and covert prejudice, embedded self-hatred and shame, vulnerability, and experiences of violence and microaggressions.

The positive and life-affirming side of this Otherness can be found in resilience, unique self-expression, and personal liberation from social norms. It can promote creative, political, philosophical, and spiritual exploration and a sense of belonging to a chosen community and a friendship family.

  • "In queer group therapy I can skip a few steps as I don’t have to explain my struggle - other people just get it, they understand the complexities which is such a relief"

    group member

  • "There is such value in a GSRD group where you have five other people not shaming you for something but just accepting and encouraging you. That group acceptance is so healing."

    group member

  • "I feel a sense of belonging in a queer space. There is a community of other diverse people who get what it is like to be queer, whether that is sexually or gender-wise or polyamorous"

    group member

The group experience

What I have consistently found to be a crucial factor in overcoming the challenges and oppressions of being an outsider to the norm, is developing a connection to other people with a lived experience of marginalisation and misunderstanding. It nurtures a compassionate - and passionate - connection to oneself, others, and life itself.

Through my own experiences of being an outsider in some ways, as a queer/bi+ woman who prefers RA open relationships, and knowing and working with people who have experienced prejudice, I want to invite this sense of connection, acceptance, and celebration to all people who come to these wonderful groups.

These groups are open to anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and straight people who might also explore their relationships through non-monogamy, polyamory, relationship anarchy, and kink. The groups are welcoming of sex workers. Some of the groups are multi-cultural, all are multi-gendered.

The groups meet for 2 hours fortnightly in person in Dalston and in Holborn. There is a maximum of 6 people in each group.

GSRD Group Dates

Interested in being part of this group?

Contact me by email, text or phone. I will let you know about availability and invite you to meet me so that we can determine if this particular group would be suitable for you.

With your permission, I would then share your first name with the group so that any possible dual relationship (client/therapist, supervisee/supervisor, colleague, ex-lover, friend) can be identified and we can then decide if this group constellation would be suitable.

If it is suitable, I would arrange for you to join the group at the start of a new term.

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