WEEKEND RETREATS
A safe space for parents and partners to find respite, connection, education, and healing.
Retreats provide a holistic therapeutic experience to accelerate your process of healing. You’ll be supported by Linda K. and a team of professional clinicians and experiential therapists who will help you examine and resolve emotional issues while engaging in restorative activities that leave you feeling refreshed and hopeful about the future.
Retreats provide a holistic therapeutic experience to accelerate your process of healing. You’ll be supported by Linda K. and a team of professional clinicians and experiential therapists who will help you examine and resolve emotional issues while engaging in restorative activities that leave you feeling refreshed and hopeful about the future.
Unburden yourself of the fear, shock, anger, guilt, sadness, shame, and uncertainty by processing your emotions in a safe space without criticism or judgment.
Learn emotion regulation strategies that will help you keep your life on track when things feel out of control.
Understand and extinguish the antagonistic thoughts that are preventing you from affirming your loved one’s identity.
Feel better equipped to support your loved one by deepening your gender education and learning about helpful resources.
Overcome your sense of isolation by exchanging opinions, outlooks and experiences with others who face similar circumstances.
Restore your vitality by partaking in pleasurable therapeutic experiences that support physical, emotional, and spiritual renewal.
Unburden yourself of the fear, shock, anger, guilt, sadness, shame, and uncertainty by processing your emotions in a safe space without criticism or judgment.
Learn emotion regulation strategies that will help you keep your life on track when things feel out of control.
Understand and extinguish the antagonistic thoughts that are preventing you from affirming your loved one’s identity.
Feel better equipped to support your loved one by deepening your gender education and learning about helpful resources.
Overcome your sense of isolation by exchanging opinions, outlooks and experiences with others who face similar circumstances.
Restore your vitality by partaking in pleasurable therapeutic experiences that support physical, emotional, and spiritual renewal.
"Self Care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel."
~ Eleanor Brown
Upcoming Retreats
Upcoming Retreats
For Parents
The Parent Retreat offers parents an opportunity to evolve their beliefs and work through the difficult emotions they encounter when embracing their child’s gender-diverse identity so that they can become an affirming ally to their child. Parents engage in experiential therapies, 1:1 coaching, process groups, and restorative practices.
Upcoming Retreats:
Late September 2023
Late October 2023
For Partners
The Partner Retreat offers an opportunity for partners of gender diverse individuals to process their emotions, deepen their understanding of identity, release shame, and step into pride so that they can become an affirming ally to their beloved. Individuals will engage in experiential therapies, 1:1 coaching, process groups, and restorative practices.
Upcoming Retreats:
October 2023
November 2023
For Parents
The Parent Retreat offers parents an opportunity to evolve their beliefs and work through the difficult emotions they encounter when embracing their child’s gender-diverse identity so that they can become an affirming ally to their child. Parents engage in experiential therapies, 1:1 coaching, process groups, and restorative practices.
Upcoming Retreats:
Late September 2023
Late October 2023
For Partners
The Partner Retreat offers an opportunity for partners of gender diverse individuals to process their emotions, deepen their understanding of identity, release shame, and step into pride so that they can become an affirming ally to their beloved. Individuals will engage in experiential therapies, 1:1 coaching, process groups, and restorative practices.
Upcoming Retreats:
October 2023
November 2023
All retreats take place in beautiful, coastal southern California from Friday through Sunday.
More information coming soon!
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What To Expect
Linda's retreats are designed to encourage attendees to learn about themselves through a variety of therapeutic modalities and environments. You will experience opportunities to gain insights and nurture healing by participating in the following activities:
PROCESS GROUPS
Therapists create a safe space for sharing and supporting which enables participants to receive wisdom from one another and be drawn together on a foundation of shared experiences that reduces feelings of aloneness and shame that often accompanies the culturally induced stigma of gender diverse identities.
EXPERIENTIAL THERAPIES
Processing strong feelings and releasing difficult emotions and memories is supported through a variety of activities that engage the mind and body together. These include dance therapy, art therapy, and music therapy.
1:1 COACHING
An opportunity to examine the unique dynamics that are contributing to your discomfort and relational issues. Learn new techniques and strategies to help you feel closer to your gender diverse loved one, and more comfortable with the changes that are unfolding.
RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
Accentuating a holistic approach to emotional health, retreats will offer participants an array of activities designed to relax, restore, and revitalize the body, mind, and heart. Embracing the natural lush landscape of Orange County, attendees will have opportunities to hike, spend time outdoors, receive revitalizing massage services, and rest.
Sample Schedule
Retreat-specific information will be provided once registration is open, including a more detailed sampling of the daily schedule.
You can expect your three-day respite to include the following:
Day 1:
Meet & Greet
Welcome Group
Intro to Mindfulness
Intro to Meaning Making
Day 2:
Morning & Evening Meditation
Morning & Afternoon Process Group
Emotion Workshop
Experiential Therapy
Free time for Self-Care Activity
Day 3:
Morning Meditation
Process Group
Experiential Therapy
Free time for Self-Care Activity
Closing Ceremony
Sample Schedule
Retreat-specific information will be provided once registration is open, including a more detailed sampling of the daily schedule.
You can expect your three-day respite to include the following:
Day 1:
Meet & Greet
Welcome Group
Intro to Mindfulness
Intro to Meaning Making
Day 2:
Morning & Evening Meditation
Morning & Afternoon Process Group
Emotion Workshop
Experiential Therapy
Free time for Self-Care Activity
Day 3:
Morning Meditation
Process Group
Experiential Therapy
Free time for Self-Care Activity
Closing Ceremony
About Retreat Staff
Our retreat staff is composed of licensed psychotherapists and psychologists who are trained in gender-affirmative psychotherapy and work with transgender and gender-diverse clients and families in their private practices. All of our staff members are passionate about this work and recognize that gender-diverse individuals are healthier and happier when their loved ones understand them and can be supportive of their identity journey. Our treatment providers also understand the challenges parents and partners face and the difficult emotions and thoughts that they need to process. Our team works together to conceive and implement personally tailored experiences for each attendee.
Shea Hultquist, LMFT (they/them)
License #135697
Shea Hultquist is a licensed marriage and family therapist and runs The Unfolding Therapy Practice in Orange County. They received their master’s degree in counseling from California State University Fullerton with an award for academic excellence and completed their undergraduate work at Cornell University, earning a BA in Biology.
Their therapeutic training includes working under the supervision of Linda K. Reeves at Beach Cities LGBT Therapy, and at The LGBTQ Center Orange County, and Open Door Center for Integrative Healing.
In addition to their clinical work, they lecture and facilitate workshops with Orange County and Los Angeles area PFLAG groups, school districts, and in clinical settings.
Shea's own experience as a non-binary queer parent inspires them to support parents in ways they wished their own parents had been supported when they came out. Shea is the parent of three teens/young adults in Orange County and loves hockey, taking their dogs to the dog park, and Star Wars.
Linda K. Reeves, LMFT (she/her)
License #100195
Linda received her master’s degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles with, a specialization in LGBTQ+ Affirmative Psychotherapy, and completed her clinical training at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. She earned her undergraduate degree in Journalism from San Diego State University. To better serve the unique challenges of gender-diverse individuals, Linda is WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) GEI Certified as a gender specialist.
Linda is also an Adjunct Professor at Antioch University and a board member and co-founder of the PFLAG Manhattan Beach / South Bay chapter. Linda speaks at conventions and provides educational workshops on affirmative LGBTQ+ practices to businesses, civic organizations, and clinicians. Linda is also writing a book for parents of transgender and gender non-binary loved ones. Linda recently moved from Manhattan Beach, CA to South Orange County, CA, where she lives with her fiancé and enjoys hiking, mountain bike riding, swimming, tennis, and cooking.
Linda K. Reeves is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) in the state of California, license #100195. Linda is also a World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) Certified Gender Specialist (GEI). Copyright © 2023 Linda K. Reeves Privacy Policy
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Linda K. Reeves is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) in the state of California, license #100195. Linda is also a World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) Certified Gender Specialist (GEI). Copyright © 2023 Linda K. Reeves Privacy Policy
Let’s keep in touch! Get my latest tips, resources, retreat dates, and news.