Unpacking Therapy: Share Your Story

Welcome to our monthly sharing session on therapy experiences!

Obviously, if your therapy sessions were completely satisfactory, you wouldn’t be here. Join us and share your experiences with mental health services. Tell us what they did and didn't do for you. We are not here to blame the therapist (of course you can vent a little) 🙈 but to attempt to supplement what is missing for you. If you have no prior therapy experience but are thinking about it, you are also welcome to join and gain some insights!

At each meeting, we'll have only one person sharing his/her story. The rest of the group shall only speak or ask questions in response to that story. At the beginning of the meeting, I'll check if anyone wants to take the mic, and I'll moderate the following group discussion to keep it relevant. If you don’t have the chance to share your story at this meeting, please join us again next time. If you’re want to secure your spot, feel free to DM me prior to the meeting.

Participation Guidelines:

• Due to the sensitive nature of our discussions, we ask that all participants treat one another with extra respect, kindness, and consideration.
• Our aim is to deepen self-understanding and the sense of shared humanity through open, meaningful dialogues that transcend cultural and ideological boundaries. It's possible you feel uncomfortable at time as your existing worldview or conditioning gets challenged, we however encourage you to consider an optimal amount of such challenge conducive to your growth.
• To help facilitate this, we encourage all participants to practice “Socratic listening” - take a moment to withhold judgement and assumptions and take the courage to ask open-ended questions from a place of genuine curiosity.
• Kindly refrain from sharing the identities and the specifics of personal stories to anyone outside of the group.
• You don’t have to share anything if you don’t feel comfortable :) Your presence and engaged listening are just as valuable.
• Although the session may resemble group therapy, it is not hosted by a legally bounded professional. While confidentiality is encouraged, it is not guaranteed. So, for issues that should be exposed only in a protected safe space, please keep them to yourself. If you are in need of such a session, please talk to me privately.
• Everyone is responsible for managing their own emotions during and after the meetings. No one in the group is accountable for any distress or hurt you may experience. Again, if you feel that you need professional support beyond what the group can offer, please talk to me privately.
• If you disregard these guidelines repeatedly, I may need to remove you in order to protect the integrity of the group.

Thank you for helping to create a thoughtful and caring community!

Remarks:
Due to the sensitive nature of this meeting, attendance is limited to 20 people.

Support the Group:
Even though I am keen to hold the space, it demands time and platform fees. If you find value in this space, please consider a monthly donation of $5-20. One-time donation is also welcome!
(Donate via e-transfer: info@artofhumaning.co or via PayPal)