Support and connection

Exploring our relationship with food and our bodies

We live in a world which is not kind, respectful or empowering towards women’s* bodies. As a result, we learn to hunger for the elusive, perfect body and the ideal diet. This dream shapes our entire lives; the way we eat, the way we dress, the way we move, our self esteem and mental health, our relationships, our jobs, our leisure time. We can put so much of our lives on hold.

It doesn’t have to be this way…

This is a group for women who are willing to be in a supportive, gently challenging and committed fortnightly group to explore and better understand their relationship with food and their bodies. Therefore, each session we will dive deep into the truths that we hide from others and maybe even from ourselves in our every day lives. We will unpick our relationship with food in detail, with curiosity and compassion, to better understand ourselves and the challenges we deal with every day.

If you struggle with your eating. If you overeat (binge, think about food all the time, use food as a treat, comfort, punishment, drug…), throw up, starve yourself, overdo it all the time, live in an eternal cycle of good and bad days, all or nothing… This group is for you.

Being part of this group means committing to two terms of fortnightly sessions, and above all you will be saying yes to playing with new possibilities, experimenting and taking action yourself in between sessions.

The group meets fortnightly on Wednesday evenings at the Homa Therapy Practice and is limited to 6 participants.

* The group is open to anyone who identifies and lives as a woman.

Time: 7 – 9pm
Cost: £100 per month (there are no sessions in April and August)

For dates and more information, contact Audrey.boss@gmail.com

BEING A MAN*

A Men’s Group with Ben Gold

• Who am I?
• What do I want?
• How do I want to be in the world?
• What does it mean to be a man in today’s world?
• What does masculinity mean to me?
• What’s my role as man in relationships?
• What does it mean to create and hold boundaries?
• How do others see me?
• How do I impact the people I interact with?
• What does it mean to trust?
• How do I make decisions?
• Am I good enough?

If you are interested in exploring and engaging in these questions, this group is for you. Above all, this is an ongoing group for men who are committed to experiencing, developing and expressing themselves.

Participation in this kind of group reflects how we make and maintain relationships, whilst also building the trust necessary to reveal and explore our individual struggles, qualities, wishes and aspirations. We work with a variety of issues and themes which develop from the requirements and ideas of the participants and the group leader.

Some frequently recurring themes are confidence, sex and sexuality, masculinity, body image, family relationships, social anxiety, fear, eating, anger, asking for what we want, money, critical voices, depression and patterns of behaviour.

The group is supportive, gently challenging and often fun. We meet ten full days each year and the group is limited to 8 men

The Group meets at Homa on Sundays from 10am – 4.30pm

* This group is open to anyone who identifies and lives as a man.

An Ongoing Parenting Group with Ben Gold

Parenting is probably the most challenging job we do in our lives, a job for which there is no training other than our apprenticeship in our family of origin. This parenting group offers the opportunity to explore and enhance our relationship with our children, to deepen our connection to their wisdom and uniqueness and to affirm and develop the skills which we have as parents.

Above all, being part of this ongoing parenting group will empower you to be the parent that you want to be, by giving you tools and drawing on all the skills you already have, to raise confident, self-motivated and cooperative children and to be a confident and loving parent.

In addition there will be  time to check in and talk about the things you are finding challenging about being a parent, to bring your questions, worries and frustrations as well as your celebrations. On the full days we will explore different aspects of parenting through practical exercises and activities.

As parents it can be so helpful to have a place where we share our experiences of parenting without fear of being judged or criticised. The group is supportive, gently challenging and often fun.

Regular themes include:

• Setting and holding boundaries
• Managing differences in parenting styles
• Helping your children express their feelings
• Raising confident young people
• Sibling rivalry
• Being a step parent
• Communicating with teenagers
• What to do when you’ve been triggered
• How not to turn into our parents

The group is limited to six people. Each term, we will meet virtually for 5 evening Zoom sessions from 7- 8.30pm and one day in person on a Saturday from 10.30am – 4.30pm.