STAY Relationship Skills Group:
How to STAY connected during conflict

“I’m frustrated with you.”
“What were you thinking?!”
"I can't believe you said that!”

Their complaint is a knife driven into your heart. It feels like a character assassination.

This leads to you shutting down, leaving, or ending things. Or, it’s internal agony and a shame spiral.

In the 5-week STAY Relationship Skills Group you will:

untangle Your conflict cycle:

  • Map your unique response habits

  • Unearth the thoughts and feelings that drive your internal tumult

  • Break negative cycles from your side of the equation

Master getting grounded:

  • Orchestrate your internal parts to work for you, not against you

  • Use your feelings and thoughts to make wise decisions

  • Learn how to apply the balm of compassion to your heart that is trying so hard to care for you

anchor to your Values & your Worth:

  • Identify your values and create a compass for honoring them

  • Shift from knowing about to believing in your worth

Create a plan:

  • Name three specific actions you can take to disentangle from these disconnects, with steps to achieve them

Optional 6th Session on December 5: discuss a Christian element of staying connected during conflict. During this time we will look at a theology of blessing and worthiness, embracing the idea that you are uniquely created in the image of God.

Format: The group will include a mixture of teaching, exercises and personal reflection, and group discussion. It’s a small group format with a licensed therapist as the guide.

This is a group for individuals who want to work on relationship skills and address relationship dynamics that show up in a multitude of spaces: romantic, friendship, parent/child, work, etc. You will conclude the time together feeling more confident and equipped to STAY connected during conflict in your most important relationships.

Meeting Details: 

Fridays at 12 pm (50 minutes)
* 5 weeks: October 17 to November 14
* Virtual meetings on Zoom
* 8-person group
* $50 per session (or $200 if pay in lump sum)

Registration closes October 13.

Meet your Guide

Stacey Mayo, co-founder of Garden City Center, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who also holds a Master of Divinity and has been practicing as an interpersonal therapist to individuals, couples, and families for over 10 years. Stacey will guide the group in reconnecting with their loved ones and strengthening their roots in order to stay connected during the inevitable storms of relating to others.

Questions?

Reach out to Stacey at stacey@gardencitycenter.org.

Payment Information:

Each session is 50 minutes long and $50.
If you choose to pay for all 5 sessions at the start, the lump sum is only $200 (a $50 savings).
Missed group sessions will be charged at the $50 rate.
The Optional 6th Session is $40 and is not included in the lump sum rate.

The sessions for this 5-week STAY Relationship Skills Group are not considered group therapy and are not eligible for health insurance reimbursement.

Register:

Enter your information below to register.
After you sign up Stacey will reach out to you to schedule a brief 15 minute phone call to get to know you before the first group meeting.