Exploring Your Sexual Story

Women’s Group

“The group aims to foster greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, compassion, hope – and the ability to move closer to sexual narratives in search of reflection, healing, and connection.”

This group uses 2 counseling models:
Polyvagal Theory & Internal Family Systems,
both with theological integration

  • Begins Wednesday, April 23

  • 8 Sessions at Redeemer Counseling Offices

  • 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

  • $50/session with limited scholarships available + intake fee. Clients pay for all 8 sessions whether they attend or not, like a college course.

  • At Redeemer Counseling, sessions qualify as an HSA or FSA expense.

Group Description

This 8-week group for women aims to help each member more deeply understand herself and her sexual story. Group members will explore how their sexual stories are shaped by past experiences, internalized beliefs (about themselves, God, and others), and physiological responses. The group aims to foster greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, compassion, hope, and the ability to move closer to sexual narratives in search of reflection, healing, and connection. 

Through the lens of Polyvagal Theory (PVT), we’ll focus on how the autonomic nervous system responds to stress and seek to establish a deeper sense of safety and connection to the body. Through the framework of Internal Family Systems (IFS), we’ll explore internal parts of ourselves, both protective and burdened, and seek to move towards integration and healing. As God designed us as sexual beings and wrote our sexual stories before we were born, Biblical principles will also be integral to the curriculum. Members will be provided with at-home meditations and exercises to use between sessions.

Meet Group Facilitator Megan Butler
Mental Health Counselor

Megan works with adults and couples in the areas of anxiety, depression, grief and loss, family dynamics, relational conflict and repair, sexual integration, intimacy issues, trauma, and sexual trauma. She aims to help normalize conversations and education about sex and sexuality, and to explore these topics through the lens of faith. 

Megan completed a Master of Arts in Christian Counseling from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She also has a Master’s degree in Education from Pace University. Megan believes that the therapy space should be filled with warmth, curiosity – and the safety required to consider taking the risks that go along with change.

GROUP GOALS

  • Members will experience an increased connection in the relationship between their sexuality and sexual stories with their faith.

  • They will have increased comfort and safety being vulnerable with God about their bodies, sex, and sexuality.

  • Their internal beliefs and emotions about sex and sexuality will shift.

  • Members will experience growth in how they understand God’s view of sex and sexuality.