Groups & Events

$69 per ticket
Credits: 2 CEU’s for Mental Health Professionals

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Target Audience

• Therapists and Mental Health Professionals
• Case Managers and Resource Navigators
• Policy and Public Administration Professionals
• Those in any and all “Helping” Professions

Workshop Overview

Since 2015, the United States has seen a rapid rise of fear, material and emotional insecurity, abusive policies, and authoritarian tactics at all levels of society. These elements have undoubtedly had their fair share of mental, emotional, and somatic impacts on the professionals who accompany the most marginalized in various capacities. This professional and personal development opportunity aims to characterize the collective and personal experience of living in oppression, authoritarianism, and chronic chaos, and provide resources and tools of how to sustain through it as mental health providers and human beings. 

Workshop Objectives

• Basic understanding of the elements of authoritarianism and  political abuse.
• Familiarize yourself with the somatic and mental health impacts of authoritarianism and political abuse.
• Understand how to identify and recognize the disconnections between abusive policies and practice. 
• Opportunity to hold space for grief, rage, and hope during these 
• Gain skills in how to sustain the mind and body through these disconnections, particularly through Hopeful and Conscious Discipline practices. 

Workshop Schedule

12:00pm CST: Introduction
12:05-12:10pm CST: Somatic Exercise
12:10pm CST: Basics of Authoritarianism, Political Abuse, and their Impacts
12:30pm CST: Breakout Session 1 
12:50pm - 1:05pm CST: Breakout Session Sharing
1:15pm-1:35pm CST: Hopeful and Conscious Discipline
1:35pm - 1:45pm CST: Breakout Session 2
1:45pm - 1:55pm CST:  Breakout Session 2 Sharing 
1:55pm - 2:00pm CST: Final Somatic Exercise and Remarks

About the Presenter 

Lina Guerrero is a Licensed Master Social Worker and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Intern that is passionate about the intersections of healing and health within the traumatic systems in which we all live. She has extensive experience within various violence intervention, harm reduction, criminal justice, health, and government spaces, and is committed to embodied practice and care within these spaces. In her free time, she loves swimming, bachata dancing, and snuggling with her senior chihuahua, Gonzalo.

$100 per couple, per session, plus a one-time $50 supply fee. Payment will be processed automatically within 24 hours of each group session. HSA & FSA are accepted as forms of payment. We do not take insurance for group offerings. Once you register for the group, an intake session at the discounted rate of $100 will be required to determine goodness of fit and goals.

Marissa will contact you within 24 hours via email after you submit a registration form to connect about the group. If you would like to continue, you will then be required to participate in a 1-hour intake session with Marissa to ensure fit for the group. This intake session will go over couples needs, current group focus and expectations, goals and policies and also begin building a relationship between the client and therapist.

*We understand unexpected things can happen that may cause the need to cancel your registration, so please read below and understand our cancellation policy before registering.

We are an open, ongoing group for BIPOC adult women (age 20+) who are struggling with perfectionism, anxiety, worthiness and shame. Members can join at any time in the year when an opening is available. We accept referrals year-round and invite you to apply to join the group at any point in time. Each group is unique, but all groups focus on self-compassion, vulnerability, shame resilience, healthy relationships, self-care and ultimate connection. Maximum group size is 6 people.