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r-a-g-e workshops for women
Refocusing Anger for Growth & Empowerment
Introduction
One of
the pages in the Information Centre of this website gives information about
Anger Management resources available from other organisations in the
This
page gives details of the r-a-g-e workshops for women which are run by Corinne. As I come
into contact with many more women than men in my healing work, I felt it would
be helpful to have a separate page about this Anger Management resource for
women.
The
information below has been reproduced from the r-a-g-e website. Contact details
for r-a-g-e are given at the end of the page.
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YOU'RE IN FOR A GREAT
ADVENTURE....
Anger is a natural, healthy emotion so why is
feeling angry sometimes such a challenge for a woman?
A r-a-g-e workshop goes
beyond the territory most anger management groups and courses provide. The
thinking behind Anger Management suggests that somehow it is wrong to feel
angry and that it is a dangerous emotion and should be controlled, whereas
r-a-g-e workshops for women highlights the advantages and strengths in tapping
into the power of anger and refocusing that energy into positive action.
WHY A GROUP FOR WOMEN ONLY?
When
we look beyond the personal and consider the power dynamics between men and
women throughout history and in the world at large, it comes as no surprise to
find that women have a lot to feel angry about. We can feel safer exploring our
unique feminine experiences in depth in a space without men present but most of
all women together have much more fun!
How would it be if we learnt to see our anger as a
helpful, life giving emotion that can flow freely and give us energy to move
forward creatively with our lives?
Anger is simply an emotion, yet it is often
confused with aggressive behaviour, but they are not the same. Once we
understand that aggression is a learned behaviour and is neither the only, nor
the most effective way of expressing anger, we can start to make choices about
how we respond when we feel angry.
Suppressing anger takes a lot of energy and women
tend to do this more than men. Women are often taught from an early age that
expressing anger is both unfeminine and unwelcome so our opportunities to
experiment with anger are limited and often met by a negative response. We know
we have a right to express ourselves and for our voices to be heard. By getting
to know our anger better and finding strength in this healthy emotion, we can
become more accepting of all of our selves which is the first step in being
accepted by others and reigniting our capacity to grow.
We all need relationships, yet the fear of losing
them or upsetting someone close to us can hold us back from saying what we
mean. By not communicating honestly, we can end up staying in situations that
are damaging us or increasing our frustration. Alternatively we may turn the
pain we feel back on ourselves or onto others in a harmful way and find that
our health is affected or relationships become difficult to sustain.
Once we can learn to identify our needs and express these clearly and directly
we can regain our confidence in effectively resolving conflicts and setting our
personal boundaries. This in turn empowers us to exercise choice in who we wish
to be in relationship with and learn to maintain only healthy, nurturing
relationships and have the strength to leave behind those that limit our
potential.
CORINNE INVITES YOU TO
- Move beyond fear and
feel the excitement in meeting your anger
- Uncover the forgotten
messages that anger has for you
- Increase your self
esteem and confidence as you experience the rewards of
channelling your anger into achieving goals of your choice - Learn the skills of
effective communication and practice them together
- Share your experiences
with other women and learn from each other in a safe space
- Learn to set boundaries
and reclaim your power
- Put the pieces of the
jigsaw together and find that you are not alone
- Grow into ourselves as
women and make choices as to how we want to express
ourselves creatively, joyfully and powerfully
WHAT'S ON OFFER?
Anger is an energy – our vital
life force. If this energy is wasted on suppressing our anger, or in dealing
with the fallout following a failed attempt to express ourselves and be heard,
we feel drained.
Through understanding and making friends with our anger, this energy is then
released. We feel more alive and ready to reach our true potential.
That’s the theory so how do we get there?
INTRODUCTORY
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY & SUNDAY - £75
This is an interactive,
experiential workshop that will focus on getting in touch with our anger and
learning skills in both anger release and effective communication. The weekend
includes:
- energetic
bodywork
- creative
imagination
- visualisation
- role play
- practice
The most important ingredient is the safe, supportive, containing space that we
will build together in which we can begin to trust each other, give ourselves
permission to take risks and discover deeper layers of ourselves together.
There are a maximum of 10 participants so that there is time for everyone to
receive some individual attention.
Weekend Workshops are held on Saturdays and Sundays, 10am-5pm in Paddington,
INDIVIDUAL
SESSIONS
Sometimes
all that is needed is some time and space to talk about our experiences one to
one. Meeting with a therapist can be helpful in addressing many issues and can
be particularly effective with anger which on occasions can be so overwhelming
that we are left with a feeling of powerlessness. In a meeting with Corinne you
can work together on finding a more objective perspective and begin to
understand what might be going on. In every situation there are a variety of
choices that can be made and by gaining some clarity about what we want and how
we might begin to get our needs met, we can return to a place of confidence and
balance where our anger is no longer an unruly force that can take us over and
instead becomes a resource to inform and guide us.
- Appointments
can be made during the day and evenings by arrangement. The charge is £40
- If you are
interested in arranging either a one-off or a series of individual
sessions with Corinne, please use the booking form on the r-a-g-e website
to make contact and she will call you.
ADVANCED WEEKEND WORKSHOPS SAT &
SUN - TWO DAYS - £75
This weekend is for those women
who have attended the Introductory weekend and want to go further and deeper
with our anger work. We will revisit some of the exercises from the
Introduction, providing an opportunity to take risks in the safety of familiar
territory and move beyond our usual limits. There will be plenty of time for
practice and consolidation of skills, and participants will be encouraged to
bring current, real-life conflicts and issues which we will work with together.
Advanced Weekend Workshops are held on Saturdays and Sundays, 10am- 5pm in Paddington,
DROP-IN EVENINGS - MONTHLY SUPPORT
GROUP - £10 per session
The evening sessions are
somewhere to come to for support, to reconnect with others, to continue working
on the things that are important to you and remind yourself of the progress you
are making with the skills you are putting into practice in your life. This
group is open to everyone who has attended a r-a-g-e workshop or individual session and you can come along as often as
you like.
Drop in Evenings are held on Tuesdays once a month from 8pm - 10pm in
CONTACT DETAILS
For
further information please visit r-a-g-e http://www.r-a-g-e.co.uk/. Corinne’s e-mail
address is info@r-a-g-e.co.uk.
Date
of posting : 30th August 2008
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