Workshops

The intention of this work is to support awareness of how queerphobia and minority stress are often internalized over time.

Many queer people learn early to adapt, self-monitor, or stay vigilant in order to remain connected or safe.

Over time, these adaptations can appear as self-criticism, shame, tension in relationships, emotional withdrawal, or a sense that something is “off” without being easy to name.

The workshops are meant to create space to notice these processes more clearly, to recognize them as contextual rather than personal failures, and to explore what becomes possible when they are made visible.

At this stage, workshops are envisioned in shorter, contained formats, such as:

single-session workshops lasting a few hours, or a small number of meetings spread over several weeks.

Over time, formats may evolve further, depending on what proves useful in practice and how the work unfolds.

There is no fixed curriculum, sequence, or predefined outcome. Themes are approached gradually and remain responsive to lived experience.

These workshops are not group therapy and do not replace individual or relational therapeutic work.

They are not focused on symptom treatment or clinical intervention.

Instead, they offer a shared space for reflection and learning, where contact with others can support recognition, language, and perspective.

In addition, I am considering the possibility of an occasional online peer-support space — a non-therapeutic group setting where queer people can meet, reflect, and feel less alone.

This remains exploratory, and any such format would be clearly defined and bounded.