Targeting LGBTQIA Issues Within Child and Adult Connections with Carmen Jimenez-Pride

A child may be a member or have curiosity about the LGBTQIA community and this discovery may halt, or even destroy the narrative parents have unknowingly placed on the child. This workshop will focus on maintaining the connection between the LGBTQIA child and family with IFS and Sandtray Therapy. The importance of encouraging healthy dialogue through therapeutic interventions can be the core of establishing and renewing stable family structures. Parents have been writing the narrative of their child(ren) lives sometimes even prior to the positive pregnancy test or confirmed placement of the child in their homes or lives. Each parent attempts to imprint their versions of healthy and happy on their child’s future, which is demonstrated through their parenting techniques and demonstration of parts. Some parents may discover their child is a member of the LGBTQIA, or have curiosities about the community, and this discovery may halt, or even destroy that narrative parents have unknowingly placed on the child(ren). This is a critical time for all members of the family unit, and it is important to help parents understand and acknowledge how the prewritten narratives and extreme feelings of grief, loss, and fear can affect their parenting techniques and internal systems. This session will discuss how legacy and cultural burdens can impact family dynamics.