The Toxic Family Workshop #3: Setting Boundaries with Your Toxic Family

END THE DRAMA: The Toxic Family Workshop, Class Three

Methods of Breaking Away and Setting Boundaries on the Toxic Family System

Join us for our third workshop on ending the drama with your toxic family. Using the methods described in Will the Drama Ever End?: Untangling and Healing from the Harmful Effects of Parental Narcissism by Dr. Karyl McBride, this workshop will involve step by step action in identifying how parental narcissism and dysfunctional childhoods can affect grown adults trying to navigate a world that they weren't necessarily prepared for. Together, we will work at identifying painful patterns taught to us by our disregulated family system, learn to 'reparent' ourselves in healthy manners and work through the five step program proffered by Dr. McBride piece by piece in a safe and comfortable setting.

YOUR ORGANIZER: As a child of a malignant narcissist and a near absent enabling father, I had no idea that my harmful emotional coping patterns and propensity for toxic relationships were the result of a disregulated childhood full of drama and emotional abuse. I knew my mother was a narcissist but I was never sure quite the effect it had on me until I began therapy and peer support. My goal as your organizer is to work alongside people who 'get it' in healing these harmful patterns and to roundtable ideas together to form healthy patterns by using the techniques suggested by Dr. McBride. I'd like us all to end this year with a clear idea on how to move forward and stop the dysfunctional spiral our childhoods have created by taking action.

SUGGESTED READING: I strongly suggest obtaining the book Will The Drama Ever End: Untangling and Healing from the Harmful Effects of Parental Narcissism by Dr. Karyl McBride as a workalong with the workshop. Many of our assignments will be fortified by using the book alongside our workshop meetings.

As always The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency by Melody Beattie is also strongly recommended to those who lean towards codependent tendencies. I will frequently refer to some of the teachings in this book to bolster certain recovery techniques.

CLASS THREE: REWRITING YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH YOUR TOXIC FAMILY

Class Three will address how to move on using boundaries and other measures to recover and cope with the fact that you grew up in a disorganized family system. Strategies like no contact, low contact, yellow rock and boundary setting will be discussed at length along with a close look at your grown up involvement with your siblings. Finally we will discuss the concept of 'chosen family' and how to find them. Be prepared to come ready to discuss areas of your family of origin where boundaries need to be set so we can roundtable ideas individually for each member.

Our complete list of classes in this eight week course is below:

Class One: The Effects of Parental Narcissism

Class Two: Your Role in the Toxic Family

Class Three: Methods of Breaking Away from The Toxic Family System

Class Four: Step One: Trauma Processing and The Grieving Process

Class Five: Step Two: Individuation From Your Toxic Family

Class Six: Step Three: Reparenting Yourself

Class Seven: Step Four: Daily Management of your Toxic Family

Class Eight: Step Five: Ending the Legacy

Cost: $15.00 per class on a drop in basis. You do NOT have to be an established member to attend this workshop however we strongly suggest our peer support meetings to help the process along. Attendance at our peer support groups will require attendance at a First Timer's Event. Cost is non refundable. All attendees will be provided course material at the end of the class for reference.