Creating a welcoming environment and providing a healing presence are important contours in offering clinical therapy to members of the LGBTQ+ community. This program will explore various ways to engage LGBTQ+ clients through recognizing the marginalization and trauma that have accompanied the reality of their sexual and gender identities. An informational component, meaning-making exercises, and a ritual will be included in this program and will be facilitated within the landscape of Nature.  We will be starting at CMHC Building 3 Group Room, and then will move to Goucher College for an experiential activity.

Gordon Creamer, creator of the Mission Bridge, currently serves as Program Director at Well For The

Journey, a spiritual wellness center in Lutherville, MD. He has also been involved in healthcare

programming and operations since 2001 at various Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, and Hospice

communities. He earned an MA in Spiritual & Pastoral Care from Loyola University and an MA in

Theology from the Ecumenical Institute of St. Mary’s Seminary & University. He is currently a candidate

for the Doctor of Ministry Program at the Ecumenical Institute.

Gordon has facilitated numerous retreats and workshops that focus on creating opportunities for

participants to explore and enhance their spirituality and well-being through various media. Uplifting the

journey of adults, individuals with memory impairment and members of the LGBTQ+ community is a

passion for him. In the last several years, he has fostered support groups and programs for caregivers

and those who are grieving losses. Also a trained end-of-life doula, spiritual companion/director, and Reiki

Practitioner, Gordon welcomes all in discovering the spiritual life as a means of healing, growing and

thriving.