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Coming Out: A How-To Workshop for Teens, Parents, and Everyone Else - September 15th, 2010 / 7:30 p.m.

— Therapist John Sovec presents his acclaimed interactive workshop

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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

Coming out can be hard, particularly if you’re a teenager still unsure of your own feelings and what they mean. Hearing a young person’s disclosure can be equally challenging for parents, family members, teachers, and friends.

And it doesn’t end with the first disclosure. LGBT persons and their families and friends will be coming out, in some way or other, for the rest of their lives.

How to deal with the emotions that accompany coming out? Many of us have felt them: anxiety, fear of rejection and even physical violence on the part of the LGBT person, and for the listener confusion, shock, anger, concern, acceptance, pride, and love.

John Sovec, a therapist with almost 20 years specializing in adolescent psychology and LGBT issues, will provide us with some effective tools to manage the experience in September’s special workshop.

To allow plenty of time for this interactive program, our usual format will be slightly modified. John will begin the workshop at 7:30 after a brief introduction and his presentation, which includes lots of discussion, will end formally at 9:00 pm. Participants will have the opportunity to continue talking informally in one of our usual support groups until closing time at 9:45.

This is a special event for parents, straight allies, and LGBT persons alike. Whether you’re planning to come out tomorrow or have been out for 20 years this experience has a lot to offer.

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