Wednesday, October 26, 2011

What New Services Would You Like To See? Join the Conversation!

In response to insight and requests from clients we are exploring adding two new workshops to our curriculum:  Anger Management, and Healthy Sexuality.

Many of our clients confess to struggling with anger issues and they are looking for solutions. Course participants also share on a regular basis stories of how their choices regarding their sexuality have impacted their lives painfully. Consequences have included unexpected pregnancies, being cheated on or abandoned, having their heart broken when a significant relationship involving their sexuality came to an end, or contracting a disease.

What makes us excited about offering these courses is that we have the knowledge and training to be able to equip participants with Anger Reduction training which would not focus on how to manage your anger, but on how to address it at its roots so that it begins to go away.

We also have the ability to create a Healthy Sexuality workshop that focuses on the value of the individuals and empowers them with the facts about their bodies and internal emotional workings that truly equips them to make informed decisions about their sexuality. This content is not covered in health class!

In order to provide the best service to you, whether a current client or a potential future client, we are looking for your feedback and insight. Please take the time to provide your comments below with answers to any or all of the following questions:

  1. If Open Door Development were to offer Anger Reduction ("Management") training and a Healthy Sexuality workshop would either of these services hold interest for you?
  2. What information would you like to see covered in the curriculum? What questions would you like to see answered?
  3. What is the ideal time frame or length of training that would best fit your schedule when you are looking for any kind of training? 1 hour? 3 hours? Full day? Multiple days?
  4. Knowing that Open Door Development exists "To build strong teams and healthy communities", are there any other courses or workshops that you would like to see offered that we do not currently advertise?

If you are unfamiliar with all of our program options please visit our website at www.opendoordevelopment.ca! Thank you for your time and insight. You are a part of helping Open Door Development grow!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi, concerning the Anger Management Course. Would it contain info that would provide strategies for someone living with, or answering to, a person whose first response is typically blame or anger? NJ

Lindsay Walton, Lead Facilitator said...

Originally the intent of the course was to help those experiencing anger as their first internal response (and first external response) to their circumstances. However, one person's anger has the ability to deeply impact a broad spectrum of people (family, friends, co-workers, etc) and we address how to respond to angry individuals in other workshops we offer. That content would be very appropriate as a part of this workshop. We are now adjusting the anger management course content and description to make this relevant training for both those who are angry and those who are affected by that anger. Thank you very much for your insight!