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Welcome to our friendly and supportive Community.
Where do we meet and really connect with other gay men in London?
We Do in Covent Garden!

# New Year - new version!

Welcome to our friendly and warm community.
Since 2018

‘Gay/Bisexual Men’s Peer Support Group’
Sharing, Discussion, Introspection and Self-Discovery - Covent Garden, London/outdoors online.

Our discussion themes would always be advertised in advance.
We have not only changed our name a little, we will also from now on advertise the topic we’ll be discussing before each meeting, so that you know exactly what to expect before signing up for each particular meeting. Please see the list on our MeetUp profile for potential universal themes relevant to gay/bisexual men, to be covered in our sessions. Ideas are always welcome!
We offer workshops unlike other gay/bisexual men's therapeutic discussion groups.

A Speaker
We will at times provide a Speaker for our meetings kick starting interesting and stimulating discussions. The Speaker can be an expert in their field such as for example an author, a therapist or a philosopher but we are welcoming any of our members to be a Speaker or a demonstrator of exercises such as massage, Pilates or yoga. Or perhaps you would want to talk about your profession, if you feel it has relevance to our group. You would just have to contact Dan first for a discussion and planning.

Frequency of meetings / fee
In 2026 we’ll only have one meeting per month in person at the City Lit College in Covent Garden and one meeting online. If there is a demand for more in person meetings we’ll consider having more. We are happy to confirm that our entry prices won’t be raised and that in person meetings remain at £10. Online meetings will be FREE in January and February after which it will be £5 to attend.

Walks / museum visits
We will continue offering our occasional walking trips and also now include gay/bisexual themed history walks and visits to Museums.

WHAT WE ARE:

We are a group of supportive and insightful great men and we are looking forward to including you - this is what we do:

CONNECTING - It is a place where you will be able to connect with other gay and bi-sexual men and where you can exchange your life experiences with them and your everyday feelings, no matter what those feelings may be - and also a place where you will be able to just be with others who live similar lives to you.

EXPLORING SAFELY WITH SUPPORT - It is a place where you will experience support and growth and where you can feel safe enough to explore and reflect your feelings and life stories. Sharing is at the heart of the group but you share however much you are comfortable with - you're in charge.

CREATIVE STATE REGISTERED THERAPY - It is a therapeutic discussion group which at times offers workshops and borrows elements from Creative Arts Psychotherapies. The group is based on the Creative Arts Psychotherapy/Dramatherapy and counselling work I provided ongoing for the charity Positive East in London.

WHO IS IT FOR: This group is for men over 18 years old who either identifies as gay or bi-sexual or men who has sex with men - or feel emotionally connected to other men.

SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY: We offer a social opportunity in the local pub after the meetings.

New members are always welcome as as well as our much appreciated familiar faces!

The group provides an always friendly, supportive and safe space where your presence is always very much appreciated and your contributions always welcome. Each session will usually offer a specific theme, such as for example:

Isolation and family

Being in a relationship - is it important?

Love, sex, romance

Who am I - what makes me, me?

Do I feel I connect with others in my life to the degree that I want to?

How to find someone special?

What is it to be a man in 2023 - for you? Gender roles and gender fluidity

Our use of dating apps - what do we think of it? Can it be an addiction or is it sometimes a positive experience?

Dating

Monogamy - is it important?

Friends vs. sexual partners?

Age -gap - is it possible?

Addictions

Discrimination among men who love men

Loneliness

Getting older (and gay scenes obsession with youth)

Sugar daddy/Sugar Son

How out am I - work, friends, family, extended family, sports etc ? Living a compartmental life

Have you ever been touched without giving permission

My mum/my dad
..and much more.. (suggestions always welcome)

TESTIMONIAL:

'Hi Dan I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the group meeting on Friday night. You have created a safe and open environment and everyone seemed to respond with complete trust and joy in sharing. I haven't been in that sort of group with so broad a range of people, and it was really interesting to share such an important part of their / our lives in regards to our dads' K.L.

Please feel free to go to our Facebook page and to like and share:
www.Facebook.com/Gaymenswellness/

WHEN:
6:30 - 8:00 pm Room 113 (1st floor)

WHERE:
The City lit College, 1-10 Keeley St, London WC2B 4BA

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/wellnesssupport
Credit card:
**card payment with SQUARE online: ​ **

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLG8ZV8FJJDYS/checkout/DK4VVAQGAV3LIM2K5V4JIX2Y

Please note that it will still say 'unpaid' even when you have payed. I am aware that you have paid. It is just a technical thing from MeetUp.

ABOUT DAN:

Dan is a state registered and NHS contracted dramatherapist and clinical supervisor with 22 years experience in London, working with young people and adults and runs his own private practise in London Bridge and ONLINE.

Dan has worked with men and women who experience domestic abuse, in the London Borough of Greenwich for the charity ‘Tryangle Project 2011’, where Augusto Boal’s Psycho-Educational Forum Theatre was at the heart of the work. He has run regular workshops for for the charity 'Positive East' in East London and written and directed plays for London Pride events.

Dan teaches Introduction to Dramatherapy at the established City Literary Institute in Covent Garden throughout the year. He previously
worked at ‘Studio Upstairs’ - the arts community with a therapeutic concern for 8 years, where he facilitated the psycho-therapeutic
performance group in a mental health setting, as well as also supervising students and volunteers.

Dan facilitates several ongoing Creative Arts Psychotherapy groups for men - and couples.
Feel free to contact Dan regarding any psychological and emotional issues you may have. Dan will try to offer you a 30 minute FREE one to one conversation online (Zoom) or face to face at his practice, if you'd like that. 
https://www.creative-arts-psychotherapy.com...

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