Supporting LGBTQ+ Families: Drop in Support Group
In this support group for LGBTQ+ families, led by C.A.S.E. training specialist Tony Hynes and C.A.S.E. therapist Regi Corbie, LCMFT you will have the opportunity to talk about the challenges you and your family may be going through, while receiving support from professionals with lived experience in LGBTQ+ households.
WHEN: 7:00PM - 8:30PM on the third Thursday of each month *First meeting on 10/24/24
WHERE: Zoom
COST: FREE!
Supporting LGBTQ+ Families: Drop in Support Group
Having the opportunity to be surrounded by those who understand your families journey is a vital experience. In this support group for LGBTQ+ families, led by C.A.S.E. training specialist Tony Hynes and C.A.S.E. therapist Regi Corbie, LCMFT you will have the opportunity to talk about the challenges you and your family may be going through, while receiving support from professionals with lived experience in LGBTQ+ households. There is sometimes a lack of understanding for the intersecting experiences LGBTQ+ families face. Such families require environments that honor those experiences, as well as spaces that provide opportunities to connect with individuals from similar family types. C.A.S.E. looks forward to providing that space for your family and to seeing you soon!
ABOUT THE FACILIATORS:
Tony Hynes, a former foster youth and adoptee, was adopted by a same sex couple in the mid 1990’s. He writes about his experiences growing up as both an interracial adoptee and as a child growing up in a same sex headed household in his memoir “The Son With Two Moms.” Today, Tony is an advocate for families like his, having served on the Board of Directors for organizations that serve to highlight adoptive families from diverse upbringings, and working with individual families in both pre and post adoptive placements. A thought leader in the field of adoption, Tony has been invited to be a speaker at conferences on adoption and foster care throughout the nation, especially those involving interracial placements. Tony completed his Masters thesis in Sociology on the psychology of children within the same sex headed household in 2013, and in the fall of 2017 was awarded a full scholarship to begin his PhD studies in Language, Literacy, and Culture at the Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, where he has begun work on his dissertation, which focuses on social connectedness among interracial adoptees. In his time as Training Specialist at C.A.S.E., Tony has designed innovative training curriculums that help families and professionals respond to evaluation and assessment tools that encapsulate holistic pictures of adoptees and foster youth.
Regi Corbie, LCMFT serves clients via telehealth throughout the state of Maryland. Regi received his undergraduate degree in Electronic Media & Film from Towson University. He earned his master’s degree in Couple & Family Therapy from the University of Maryland, College Park. Regi has provided individual, couple, and family therapy to youth and adults. Regi’s experience includes working with clients of varying family and couple relationship structures, and he specializes in working with LGBTQIA+ youth and adults. Maintaining a culturally competent and trauma-informed lens is imperative to Regi’s work with his clients, as he believes the intersectionality of our identities can play a significant role in our experiences and view of self. Regi works collaboratively with his clients and uses a strength-based approach as well.
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