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Making Connections - a manual for group facilitators
This manual is designed for use by gay and lesbian counsellors/group facilitators who are planning to offer groups to adult lesbian and gay clients.
It is particularly useful for work with clients who are socially isolated and experiencing personal difficulties making connections with others in the larger gay and lesbian community.
Making Connections was developed from our work with groups participating in a pilot project run by David Kelley Lesbian/Gay Counselling Program, Family Service Association of Toronto. Funding to deliver the groups was made possible by The Pride & Remembrance Association through the Pride & Remembrance Runs 1999 & 2000.
The groups were designed with a large urban setting in mind. Facilitators from other settings would need to adjust accordingly to meet their specific group needs. The manual is intended as a general model for this kind of group, and facilitators are encouraged to adapt the information and exercises offered here. Throughout the manual there are examples of specific experiences which occurred during the pilot project groups.
This document is intended for use and distribution
as needed. It can be reprinted or photocopied without permission,
using appropriate citation as a copyrighted document. Additional
sources for some of the Group Exercises are cited within the manual.
Download Making Connections .(PDF file, Acrobat
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To arrange for counselling, please call our Service Access Unit, Tel: 416.595.9618
