Support Groups
Pineapple Support has partnered with industry therapists to provide adult industry performers with a range of online support groups.
Performers Of Color Support Group – Healing from Race-Based Traumatic Stress
This 6-week support group will address the damages caused by racial trauma due to exposure from institutional racism, discrimination, harassment, community violence and related news/social media.
Jamila Dawson will lead the discussion of the impact of this traumatic stress on behaviour, relationships, coping and parenting as well as strategies that promote self-regulation, safety, sense of empowerment, self-worth, self-determination and emotional confidence of Black Americans.
6 week drop-in course starting on Wednesday 10th June from 8.00-9.00pm EST
New applicants accepted still being accepted.
Course provided by Jamila Dawson
Queering Sex Work: Navigating the Industry within the LGBTQ+ Community
This six-week support group for LGBTQ+ industry professionals will explore and discuss your role as a sex worker within your sexual identity, examine the various roles people have to “perform” in life & work, moving with societal changes like COVID19, and maintaining self-care for yourself physically, financially, and in relationships.
Co-led by LGBTQ+ and Trauma therapists with experience serving the adult industry.
6 week course starting on Wednesday 24th June from 12.00-1.00pm EST
Course provided by Andrew Pari & Julie Schiffman
Parent/Performer Support group
The month of July focuses on support on the parent/performer relationship. This group is an educational and mild process group that focuses on the relational tie in the family. In this group we will discuss the various emotions around the performer discussing or revealing their career choice to their parents and the parents’ reaction to the information. How to communicate and listen in a healthy way as a family and how to accept/support each other.
Topics include:
– What does sharing your career look like as the performer and as the parent?
– The grief process
– Healthy communication
– Sharing excitement and dreams
6 week course starting on Sunday 12th July from 6.00-7.00pm EST
Course provided by Nicki Line
Trauma’s Shadow: A trauma specific support group for adult performers
In this collaborative group we will explore the many layers of trauma and its impact on every facet of well-being. We will provide the basics of trauma neurobiology and tools for understanding the nuances of the symptoms, while also creating strategies for healing and integration of all the parts of you.
6 week course starting on Friday 7th August from 6.00-7.00pm EST
Course provided by Angie Gunn
Grief & Loss Support Group
This is a group meant to cover the heart of loss. Grief and loss cover the range of tragedy, community strife, oppression, loss of a notable person or pet, trauma, and other ranges of suffering. We meet to learn about grief, come to accept ourselves as a valid, grieving individual, and learn tools to cope with the reality of loss.
6 week course starting on Wednesday 2nd September from 3.00-4.00pm EST
Course provided by Rachael Wells
Male Online Support Group
This support group is a place for men to speak openly and honestly about the unique challenges they face, in and out of the adult entertainment world. We will focus on self-esteem, relationships, career, and goals for being a better man. Together we can develop personal empowerment and growth.
6 week course starting on Monday 2nd November from 3.00-4.00pm EST
Course provided by Steven Mollura
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Develop your DBT distress tolerance skills while on lockdown!
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing lots of people to experience distress. This might be because of fear of getting sick, or it could be financial stress or the impact of being in closer than usual quarters with the folks that we live with. Whatever the reason that you’re distressed, dialectical behaviour therapy can help to equip you with the skills to cope. This course is all about finding ways to reduce your distress – using your body as well as your brain. It helps you to develop your capacity to manage distress better.
The fact is, we can struggle to manage intense emotions in our day to day lives when we can’t cope with difficult interpersonal interactions, overwhelming events or invalidation from loved ones, medics and employers. We can end up in crisis, and that can cause us to behave in ways that cause us shame or create practical problems in our lives. While we are often not responsible for causing the initial events, we still have to deal with our reactions to the situation, our emotions and behaviour. This course equips you with DBT skills to manage distressing situations without derailing your life or relationships.
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7 week course starting on Tuesday 14th April from 12.30-2.30 EST
Course provided by Sophia Graham from Love Uncommon
Recovery Education and Support Group
The Recovery Education and Support is an online group led by Nicki Line, a licensed mental health counselor. The purpose of this is group is to provide education about addiction and a safe space for those struggling with addiction in any form to find support. The recovery journey is not an easy one and this group will provide a sanctuary for those in need of understanding, education, and support.
The group will be held online in the Zoom platform, an invite will be sent via email for you to join the secure platform.
6 week support group.
Groups will start on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 6pm eastern standard time.
Adult Performer Process Group – Los Angeles
The group will include performers that are approved through Pineapple Support. The group will be a safe and confidential space that will serve to allow clients to feel seen and supported by others with similar life experience as well as provide support, empathy and referrals when needed.
8 week, in person, Adult Performer Process group held on Mondays at 12pm PST in West Hollywood.
Courses start February 3rd 2020
Sex Worker Well-being Support Group with Connective Therapy Services
Join us for a weekly conversation facilitated by a sex therapist and sex worker, focused on the complex needs of those in the field. The conversation will be collaborative and interactive, addressing trauma, relationships, emotions, and navigating personal well-being and work sustainability. This group is for womxn/ femmes in the industry, and is inclusive of all types of sex work. Thanks to the support of Pineapple Support, we are able to offer this group for free! It is a closed group; we will accept the first 10 appropriate applicants and the group will then be consistent members each week.
7 week Performer Well-being support group held on Mondays at 2pm EST and 11am PST.
Courses start December 2nd 2019
Emotion Regulation – DBT Course with Sophia Graham
Out of control emotions can make it hard to maintain friendships, romantic relationships and can even jeopardise our careers. Many of us never learned the skills we need to cope with difficult emotions, and that makes it impossible to deal effectively with stressful or distressing situations that inevitably come up in our lives. This course teaches participants how to recognise, understand and regulate emotions so that they have more choices about how to manage day to day stressors and distressing events.
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8 week DBT course held on Tuesdays at 12pm EST and 9am EST.
Courses start October 1st 2019
Blue Pearl Therapy Sexual Trauma Support Group
Blue Pearl Therapy is a sex-worker-aware, stigma-free therapeutic practice that provides both online and offline therapy and coaching. Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker and gerontologist providing therapeutic services related to PTSD, depression and anxiety for over fifteen years. Read More on our Blog
5 week support group held on Wednesdays at 2pm EST.
Blue Pearl Therapy Grief and Loss Support Group
Blue Pearl Therapy is a sex-worker-aware, stigma-free therapeutic practice that provides both online and offline therapy and coaching. Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker and gerontologist providing therapeutic services related to PTSD, depression and anxiety for over fifteen years.
4 week support group held on Wednesdays at 8pm EST.
