As a result of the Coronavirus Stay At Home Order, we will now be holding virtual PFLAG meetings supported by an easy-to-use online meeting tool called Zoom. CLICK HERE to get set-up with Zoom.
Join us for our regular monthly meeting focused on the transgender and gender expansive community, friends, families and allies for support and education. Education portion will be followed by group support.
EDUCATION PORTION:
Communicating and Coaching Through Transition with Bridget Samson
You will be introduced to helpful tools for you and your loved ones: a self coaching model, how to cultivate effective listening and pointers on helpful communication skills.
About our Presenter:
Bridget holds a Masters Degree in Communication Studies and is a Certified Life Coach, Executive Coach, and Weight Loss Coach to a wide range of populations. As the founder and CEO of Sampson Communication Consulting she has a TEDx talk on How Public Speaking Will Change Your Life. She is also the author of Communication Secrets for Success and recently published an article on Medium What to Do When Your Kid Comes Out as Transgender. As a lifetime achievement in mentoring award recipient, a retired Instructor at CSUN, she presented at the 2019 EDGY conference (Embracing the Diversity of GLBTQ Youth & Families) .
A NOTE ABOUT VIRTUAL MEETINGS:
We will be utilizing Zoom features that provide the highest level of safety and confidentiality possible. Zoom is free to you and you need not have an account to join us. If you are new to Zoom, you can follow the links [here] for brief tutorials on all you need to know to sign on to a Zoom meeting with us. We ask that each of you that would like to participate in the on-line support, contact us in advance by email at info@pflagmanhattanbeach.org to RSVP for the meeting. We will cut off RSVPs at 5 p.m. on the day of the meeting. All participants will receive a follow-up email with the link to the Zoom call and a password. For confidentiality’s sake, please do not forward these to another participant — they are welcome to contact us directly to receive the link.
We recognize that youth may be interested in the educational part of this meeting and they are welcome to join us. As usual, we ask that youth who may want to stick around for our support groups be joined by a parent. Some heavy emotions can emerge in the course of our sessions and having a parent on-hand helps to ensure that the needs of any youth on the call are met.
There are some benefits to utilizing new tools like Zoom. We recognize that our typical evening support group meetings are not feasible for everyone due to work, family or other demands. If there is a need, we would like to offer an additional support group Zoom conference call sometime during the daytime hours. If you are interested in a daytime support group, email us at info@pflagmanhattanbeach.org and let us know what times might be more workable for you.
If you need more personalized assistance and support, we remain here for you. Email us confidentially and we will work with you to identify the best member of our team to assist with your individual needs.