Ready to make CONTACT?
Looking for a queer-affirming group to explore relational dynamics, meet new edges and feel supported by community? Join us for CONTACT HIGH, a six-week journey exploring what’s alive in the here-and-now, in-between us. Dabaco Doldissen and Mathew Bergan are both PACFA accredited psychotherapists who specialise in supporting LGBTQ+ clients.
Listen to Dabaco & Mathew talk about CONTACT HIGH on their podcast
Click the link below to register your interest in the upcoming round starting 15th September 2025 and Dabaco & Matt will be in touch soon.
What is Contact High?
Introducing a new queer-centred Gestalt therapy group focused on cultivating real presence, authentic connection, and embodied awareness.
This is more than a support group, it’s a dynamic practice space where we explore the richness of what’s alive in the here-and-now, together. Through Gestalt therapy exercises, somatic awareness, and group interaction, we begin to heal from disconnection and step into wholeness.
Whether you’re healing from burnout, navigating queer identity, seeking community connection, or just longing for deeper emotional intimacy, this space is for you.
What is Group Therapy?
Group therapy offers people a way to be in connection with others, by exploring set themes, as well as what’s alive in the room between the participants, in the here and now, through ones lived experience.
Who it's for?
LGBTQIA+ individuals seeking connection and new ways to explore queer identity and belonging.
Format:
6x Monday evenings 6:30pm - 8pm
In-person: Rainbow Room, Sydney Pride Centre, Newtown
Cost: Sliding scale options available $280 - $200
CONTACT HIGH
CONTACT HIGH
Our next 6 week program dates:
OPENING SESSION: 6:30pm - 8pm Monday 15 Sep 2025
6:30pm - 8pm Monday 22 Sep 2025
6:30pm - 8pm Monday 29 Sep 2025
6:30pm - 8pm Mon 06 Oct 2025
6:30pm - 8pm Mon 13 Oct 2025
CLOSING SESSION: 6:30pm - 8pm Mon 20 Oct 2025
Week One
· Personal Introductions
· What is group therapy?
· Group agreements
· Group safety
· Grounding exercises
· Discussion on what queer means to you?
Week Two
· How to honour and foster chosen family.
· Self-protection verses personal safety?
· What is queer shame - how to recognise, process and move beyond it.
Week Three
· Self-minimisation and people pleasing.
· Negative self-talk and internalised homophobia.
· Queer divergence and belonging
Week Four
· Mindfulness practices which promote self-healing, self-love and radical acceptance.
· New pathways to authentic connection with others and the planet.
Week Five
· New paradigms of belonging
· Exploring new frontiers outside of heteronormativity.
Week Six
· How to give back to community
· Personal Reflections
· Conclusion
