2017: Understanding My Spouse’s Need for Friendships

Spouses

Session Description: Some struggle to understand their spouse’s need for friendships. Same-gender friendships are vital for all people. Learn more about their need to connect and how you can help them cultivate meaningful and healthy friendships with others while...

2017: Rebuilding Trust in Marriage

Couples, Spouses

Session Description: How can you rebuild your relationship when trust has been violated? We’ll share stories and best practices for opening lines of communication and restoring trust to strained relationships. Your marriage can return to being a source of strength and...

2018: Assertiveness Skills for Women

Spouses, SSA Women

Session Description: LDS cultural narratives of women’s suffering, self-sacrifice, and selflessness can hinder women’s ability to be assertive and lead them to subjugate their feelings, thoughts, needs, and wants for the sake of others. This presentation will outline...

2018: Self-Care 101 For Spouses

Spouses

Session Description: As a spouse, what are your responsibilities? Often couples forget one of the most important foundations of a healthy relationship: self care! If a spouse is not taking care of himself/herself, it can be difficult to be present for their loved one....

2018: Bridging the Desire Gap: Dealing with Differences in Sexual Desire

Couples, Spouses

Session Description: What do you do when you want to and he or she doesn’t, or you don’t and he or she does? Having differences in desire is pretty common among all couples. As you learn to identify the intricacies and inhibitors of your sexual wiring differences,...

2018: Why I Choose to Stay

Spouses

Session Description: Marriage to someone who experiences same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria is not an easy path. Have you ever thought that not many can relate to or understand what you’re experiencing or feeling in your marriage? That no one else understands?...

2018: Panel: Tools for Thriving in a Mixed-Orientation Marriage

Couples, Spouses, SSA Men, SSA Women

Session Description: With so few people who seem to really understand the issues surrounding gender identity, it can difficult to find support. This panel will discuss the complexities of creating a support network including topics of communicating to others what you...

2020: Navigating Through Betrayal Trauma in Marriage

Couples, Spouses

Session Description: This session will address questions such as “How could God let this happen?” “How do I heal and have emotional safety while my partner continues to struggle?” “What is the difference between forgiveness and...

2020: Spouses Facilitated Discussion: Closed Door Session

Spouses

Session Description: What challenges have you faced as the spouse of a man who experiences same sex attraction? How are you getting your needs met? join us for an open and honest conversation about the issues unique to women married to men with SSA. Target...

2019: Working Through Trauma in Marriage and Relationships – Balancing Compassion with Self-Care

Spouses

Session Description: As members of the LDS church we are taught the importance of forgiving and showing compassion to others and yet we also have emotional needs that cry out for attention. By focusing on self-care, establishing healthy boundaries, and holding space...