Making Friends

Making Friends

Come join us at Living Well Psychotherapy for an event all about making friends!

Practice meeting people and building confidence in connecting with others in a safe space, through small group interaction. Gain skills and comfort through real-time interactions. Process experiences through group conversation moving at a comfortable pace.

Who This is For: Adults who want to practice connecting with others. This group is especially geared towards those with social anxiety and/or neuro-divergent.

Event Agenda:

• Check-in and facilitator introduction (no large group introductions or sharing!)
• Small group breakouts where people will practice interacting and answering questions that will help build connections. At the end of the breakout, you will be encouraged to share what you enjoyed about meeting and learning about that person.
• Depending on time, the groups will switch to allow for additional practice and connection.
• After the breakouts, we will close briefly as a group. Anyone who wants to share feedback or experiences with the group is welcome to.
• People are welcome to stay and chat or exchange information after.

About the Small Groups:

The small groups will be predetermined and personalized based on the information provided to the facilitator in advance.

What you may get from the event:

• Confidence in connecting with others
• Practice reading expressions and micro-expressions
• Time spent connecting with someone
• Increase in self-insight in the friendship-making process
• Positive feedback from peers on your strengths in connecting

About the Faciliaitor:

Laura Tracz-Gelis is a nationally certified, Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master of Education in Clinical Mental Health. She works with adults, adolescents, and children, with special focus on women who have Autism. Often she facilitates developing deeper connections with others, uncovering the impacts of societal norms, and building the confidence to be authentic.

Her approach mixes holistic and evidenced-based approaches including Internal Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Existential Therapy. The interventions she uses are trauma-informed and have a mindful foundation.

Host or Publisher Living Well Psychotherapy