Woman & Aging Process Group
When: Friday mornings, 10:30-12:00, starting July 11, 2025
Time: 10:30-12:00
Where: via Google Meet
Who: Women aged 70 and older
Suggested donation: $10-20 per weekly session. No one turned away for lack of funds.
To join contact: tamara@liberationinstitute.org
Come and join other 70-year and older women to celebrate and grapple with the joys and struggles of becoming an elder woman in this time and place. We will begin by reading together and discussing chapter by chapter Ashton Applewhite’s book This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism to get to know each other and move into the conversations. The intention, however, is for the group to be a process group, meaning that it is specifically designed to provide a safe container in which members can share their experiences with one another; receive support from each other; learn, grieve, celebrate, and grow together; all while focusing on the challenges and opportunities that aging is creating for each member and for their families and loved ones. My training is in parts work and Jungian psychology, so I am available to support participants with dream analysis, with calling in and dancing with various archetypes for women in later life, and with working with different parts of the self, insofar as these things may be helpful or relevant.
To ask questions or reserve your spot, email Tamara at tamara@liberationinstitute.org
Facilitators:
Bio: Tamara Yates, who is 54, was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse, when she was in her 30s of the reality that getting old was actually going to happen to her. Since then, she has had access to a part of herself who is deeply curious about and respectful toward the process of aging. Tamara has worked as a facilitator of Voice Dialogue, a parts-work modality, for over a decade. She is currently pursuing a master’s in counseling psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute and is a professional counseling trainee at Liberation Institute. She loves to get her hands in the soil as a gardener and enjoys dancing. She lives in Corvallis with her husband and their sweet golden retriever, Finn. Tamara is supervised by Shelly Stratton, LCSW 7252.
