Healthy Relationships for Neurodiverse LGBTQIA+ Young People

This course aims to empower and equip Neurodiverse LGBTQIA+ people with the skills and strategies to develop and maintain positive social connections.

Overview

Who It's For

Healthy Relationships is for neurodiverse LGBTQIA+ young people living, loving and relating across New South Wales.

How We Help

You’re invited to share any challenges you might be facing with our experienced counsellors and they’ll offer practical strategies to help you build confidence and healthy relationships.

What to Expect

Our courses are designed to be engaging and encourage active participation and conversation. You’ll have an opportunity to discuss your own experiences if you want to, as well as take part in useful role-playing activities.

Program

8 sessions, over 8 weeks
3 hours per session

Price

Free

Delivery Options

This group workshop is available face-to-face.

What you’ll learn.

This program is designed to help you:

Identify the characteristics of healthy, unhealthy and abusive relationships

Learn strategies for building and managing positive connections

Find out ways to effectively communicate with one another

Develop skills to identify and regulate emotions

Use art and craft activities to reflect on relationships in your own lives

Access post-group support to stay connected with helpful services and people

“The group was a lot of fun. The activities challenged me to think about myself and my relationships and I loved hearing others share stories that I could really relate to.”

- Healthy Relationships participant

“The facilitators are incredible. They really cared and understood the challenges I was facing and offered lots of common-sense ideas to deal with them.”

- Healthy Relationships participant

“This course has reminded me of how important it is to maintain healthy relationships.”

- Healthy Relationships participant

How to Enrol

Contact Us

Contact our specialist Ability Groupwork Team at our Illawarra office on 02 4221 2000 or email illawarra@ransw.org.au.

Phone Call

Our team will call you for a short, private conversation to determine if the program is right for you.

Booking

If it’s a good fit, we’ll book you into the next available group.

Waitlist

If our upcoming program is full, we’ll place you on our waitlist and contact you as soon as we have availability in another group.

Fees

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FAQs

Are group workshops right for me?

Our group workshops are perfect for those looking to build their relationship skills in a safe, supportive and collaborative group environment, led by our expert facilitators. We cover a huge range of topics, from parenting techniques to developing mental wellbeing practices – and offer groups throughout the year, both online and face-to-face.

What happens if I am unable to attend one of the workshop’s sessions?

If you’re unable to attend a session, please contact our client services team by calling 1300 364 277 or emailing us, and we will let your Group Leaders know. Please note – for those who’ve been court-ordered to attend one of our group programs (such as our Men’s Behaviour Change program), participants must attend at least 80% of the workshop’s scheduled sessions in order to receive a statement of attendance.

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