Whether spoken aloud or silently beneath the surface, so many of us struggle with managing all of the things we never consented to because it was already assumed we would. From the ways we are expected to parent, to the ways we are expected to step up and lead or step back and follow, to the ways we are expected to care for our siblings, aging parents, disabled children, or extended family, clients frequently find themselves trapped in profound relational obligations they never chose. In a culture that heavily romanticizes unconditional loyalty and duty, the complex grief surrounding these assumed responsibilities often goes unnamed.
This workshop provides an introductory framework for understanding how assumed relations, roles, and responsibilities present across diverse interpersonal domains such as family systems, friendships, institutions, and communities and how that can affect not only our relationships with others and the world around us but also internally within ourselves.
Utilizing existential, humanist, and attachment-based frameworks, participants will learn how to begin to navigate the competing truths at the heart of estrangement—”I love you”/”I hate you”, “I want to help”/”I can’t do this”—and learn what it takes to begin mourning and move our griefs from the inside out.
By moving away from rigid expectations of reconciliation or total severance, this training offers a nuanced lens for tending to living loss. Clinicians will learn how to help clients make space for their grief, reconnect with their internal sense of self, and reclaim their agency amidst the weight of non-consensual responsibilities.
Free for current GSCSW members; $50.00 for non-members Registration is required and is below. This is a Synchronous event.
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