Supporting Video Seminars

Niki explores the first stages of her 7-Stage Model of Co-Creating an Open Relationship (imagining, discussing and contracting).

Alex uses queer theory and ideas from GSRD Therapy to consider how to disrupt monomorativity.

Niki offers a brief overview of mononormativity and social justice from an intersectional feminist lens.

Niki introduces past and current relationship diversity throughout the world in two video seminars.

Alex explores holding a decolonising lens when working with open and polyamorous relationships.

Alex talks about the Minority Stress model and its application to working with O & P relationships.

Alex considers the presence of hierarchy in O & P relationships, addressing the challenges as well as the inevitability of relationship hierarchy.

Niki addresses stage 4 of her 7-stage Model (experimenting).

Niki talks about compersion and addresses the myths associated with it.

Niki addresses this important relationship experience and emotion from a perspective that supports clients in open and polyamorous relationships.

Niki considered how an existential approach to therapy could consider relationship diversity.

Niki describes her ideas of The 3 D’s (discomfort, disruption and damage).

Niki addresses some of the key ways that families are involved in O & P relationships

Niki addresses stage 5 of her 7-stage Model (feedback).

Niki discusses the unique challenges faced by polyamorous families in contemporary Western cultures.

Niki highlights the key aspects of break-ups and transitions in open and polyamorous relationships.

Niki introduces stage 6 & 7 of her 7-stage Model (fine-tuning and stabilising).

Niki introduces Jorge Ferrer’s concepts of novogamy and moving beyond the binary of monogamy and polyamory.