What we’re about
THIS GROUP IS FOR 2SLGBTQIA+ PSYCHOTHERAPISTS AND ALLIED HEALTH PROVIDERS ONLY! Please do not join unless you are a licensed/registered or trainee mental health care provider or allied health provider (or a student of one of these professions) AND self-identify as part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Partners/friends/kids are welcome to attend with you as your plus one/two/etc. This is a for-funsies social group, not group therapy.
THIS IS A COVID-CAUTIOUS GROUP. All activities will be outdoors unless otherwise specified, so check the weather and dress accordingly. Please test before attending and stay home if you feel unwell
All events will be wheelchair accessible, and there will be seating and bathrooms available. Most events will be kid-friendly and dog-friendly.
This is group where we just make friends and enjoy a park, outdoor event, or café patio, without talking about work (unless you want to, I’m not gonna police you). This is not for networking or referrals or professional development. Do that on your own time. This is a group to be off the clock, relaxing, and doing that socializing thing you keep telling your clients/patients to do, with a group of people who get what it’s like to do this work. You don’t even have to talk to anyone if you don’t want to, just enjoy proximity to others of your species. Crochet in a corner, read a trashy novel, or do whatever your little queer heart desires. What I am trying to say is just be you, in whatever capacity you can, and know there are zero expectations here.
I will bring an Activity of some kind in case there is awkward silence. We can do this, people!
WHO THE HECK IS RYAN: I am your fearless group organizer! (that’s a lie, I have anxiety) I am an AMFT, trans nonbinary, queer, and two spirit, as well as disabled and neurodivergent. I want this to be a safer space for marginalized therapists, and I'm told I take feedback pretty well.