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 Health
Jordan Rullo |
Salt Lake City Workshops to
Focus on Skills, Knowledge, and Relationships
Empowering You and Your LGBT Community:
An in-depth and interactive series of six-week workshops
focused on building skills, gaining knowledge, and strengthening relationships
August 2007
Weekly workshops, every Thursday, from 7:00pm - 8:30pm in the Middle Meeting room at the Utah Pride Center. Groups are open to all sexual orientations and gender identities. Cost is $30 for the full six-week workshop or $15 for one three-week module. For more info or to register, contact Jordan Rullo: Jordan.rullo psych.utah.edu.
September 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, Oct. 4th, 11th:
Got Self-Esteem? Learn how to love yourself more.
No matter how well adjusted we are - we each experience nagging feelings
of inadequacy and self-doubt. It is inevitable in a society that tells
us that we are not okay as who we are. This workshop will go in depth
to help you enhance the relationship you have with yourself and begin
to live with a self-assurance and feeling of worth that will positively
affect all you do.
November 1st, 8th, 15th, 29th, Dec. 6th, 13th:
Masculinity, Femininity and all the Spaces in between: Understanding
gender and gender roles and how they affect your life. Masculine,
Feminine, Butch, Femme, Queen, Fairy, Bear. What are the ingredients
in this blender of gender? Who decides? What if our gender isn't congruent
with our genitals? We are all affected by the gender we portray, some
of us more than others. This workshop will focus on exploring our
gender, how it helps and hurts us, and how we can learn to love its
fluidity.
January 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st, Feb. 7th, 21st:
Say What? Communication and Power Dynamics in Relationships.
Do you sometimes feel like you are shouting and no one can hear you?
Or maybe you are mute because there's no one there to listen? This
workshop will focus on how to be heard and how to hear others with
reciprocity and without frustration. We will also explore the power
dynamics that manifest in communication and how to affectively maneuver
the verbal tug of war.
March 6th, 13th, 27th, April 3rd, 10th, 17th:
Staying Afloat with Water Wings: Coping Strategies and dealing
with stress in our lives. This workshop will focus on providing
you with the knowledge and skills to find dry land during stormy weather.
We will explore your current coping skills and coping patterns, what
works and what isn't working, as well as what will keep you surviving
and thriving.
May 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, June 5th, 12th:
Sexuality and Intimacy: It does a body and soul good.
If you loved me, you would . . . Ever feel like sexuality and intimacy
are attached to issues of control, love, acceptance, and validation?
How is your relationship with sexuality and your body? This workshop
with help you expand your possibilities around loving and being loved.
July 3rd, 10th, 17th, 31st, Aug. 7th, 14th:
Where is God in all of this? Enhancing Spirituality & Reconciling
Conflicts. Ever seen the protestors at the PRIDE festival
and Dyke March? Messages such as "God Hates Fags" plastered in red
letters across a picketing sign. No matter how each of us may try
to ignore these messages, they inevitably resonate in our psyches
whether you believe in a Higher Being or not. This workshop will focus
on how to deal with those messages both inside and outside yourself.
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