Rik's Gay WorkshopsRik's gay workshops cover the following areas: Gay Midlife Resolving Conflicts in Gay Relationships Gay Recovery Mindfulness and Mood Shifting Overcoming Ambivalence Creative Expression * Dealing with the Gay Midlife transition, from Are You Ready? The Gay Man's Guide to Thriving at Midlife. * Resolving conflicts in gay relationships, a skill-building communication approach to enhancing intimacy in gay relationships, from Love Between Men. * Gay recovery from early abuse, addictions, homophobia, and self-defeating behavior, from Reclaiming Your Life,. * A workshop on Mindfulness and Mood Shifting: This workshop looks at the intersection between mindfulness and psychotherapy. Meditation practices often view emotions as mere passing phenomena; whereas western psychology often encourages the expression of feelings. To bridge this apparent contradiction, I offer a guided meditation to bring mindfulness to our emotions, through an awareness of physical sensations. Then we experiment with contraction and release, to discover our natural preference, and get in touch with our own internal wisdom. * Gestalt workshop on Overcoming Ambivalence: Blocks often have a protective function. Using Gestalt dialogues, this workshop helps you get in touch with what's holding you back. Dealing with both sides of your ambivalence can help you take the next step. * Creative Expression, using guided imagery, spontaneous drawing, movement, and writing to reflect on your life or to re-envision your future. Rik's gay workshops can be anywhere from 90 minutes for a brief overview, to a full six-hour day of much more experiential involvement, with personal sharing and participation. I also offer training workshops for other clinicians. The focus of Rik's workshops for therapists is how to work more effectively with gay clients on these issues. I'm available for consultation in any of these areas. Prices for Rik's gay workshops vary, according to how much time is requested, travel, and whether your sponsoring organization is for profit or nonprofit. I welcome invitations for workshops from community-based organizations, college groups, conferences, clinicians, or simply from a group of people who want to sponsor me! On a lighter note, I also offer some short humorous pieces about various aspects of the gay condition as part of an evening's entertainment, for gatherings where that's appropriate! Contact me if you'd like more details about any of Rik's workshops--and check out my Coaching Intensive for your own personal workshop!
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