Workshops & Groups: Information & support around gender transitions

Going through gender transition is a process that has an impact not only on the person directly involved, but also those emotionally connected – family members, partners, friends. This workshop offers both voices: that of a transitioning individual and that of a ‘witnessing parent’. By applying assumptions of systemic family approaches the facilitators intend to inspire, educate and explore the possibility that even the most difficult life events can be an opportunity to strengthen our relationships.

Gender transitioning is currently viewed through the lens of medical assessments and physical changes. The question worth exploring is – when the body transitions, what happens to the soul? Does it automatically follow or does it ‘have its own ideas’?

Plato considered the soul to have 3 parts: logos (mind), thymos (emotion) and eros (desire). This workshop will explore if and how gender transitioning may affect these integral parts, and help discover and create narratives allowing us to explore this aspect of gender transitions.

Gender transitioning is currently viewed through the lens of medical assessments and physical changes. The question worth exploring is – when the body transitions, what happens to the soul? Does it automatically follow or does it ‘have its own ideas’?

Sharing circles is an opportunity for anybody going through or contemplating gender transition to explore this subject from the perspective of “soul”, “spirituality”, “consciousness”. We believe that sharing our views, experiences, ideas for new narratives is necessary to fill in the missing dimension of this all-encompassing transformation process.