LOS ANGELES — Pineapple Support will host a free support group and webinar to help adult performers build and nurture strong, supportive relationships with their parents and other family members.
The free Parent and Performer Support Group will run Sundays for six weeks, July 12 to August 16, from 3 to 4 p.m. (PDT). For more information, click here.
A Pineapple rep described the group as "an educational and mild process group that focuses on relational ties in the family. This group will cover the various emotions around the performer discussing or revealing their career choice to their parents and the parents’ reaction to the information and how to communicate and listen in a healthy way as a family and how to accept and support each other."
The free webinar is titled "Challenges of Family Members of Adult Entertainers" and is scheduled for July 21 at 12 noon (PDT).
The session is designed for "adult entertainers and their family members to discuss the unique challenges to their relationships, which sometimes lead to conflict, estrangement and harmful interconnection," said the rep. "This webinar addresses many of these challenges with the goal of providing greater understanding and tools to develop healthy methods of interaction."
Click here to register and for additional details.
Leya Tanit, founder of Pineapple Support, chose the month of July to focus on "providing support to performers to help improve their relationships with their parents or other family members."
"We are encouraging performers to contribute by sending us videos or writing about their experience with parents and family members discovering they are in the industry, which we will share on our social media platforms," Tanit continued.
Those who wish to participate should email contact@pineapplesupport.org for details.
Pineapple Support was founded in 2018. The organization, a registered nonprofit in the United States and a registered charity in the United Kingdom, has connected over 1,000 adult performers to mental health services, including free and low-cost therapy, counseling and emotional support.
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