Pete Walker Book Club

Zoom Meetings

We have 2 zoom meetings per week, Thursday and Sunday. They run on independent schedules but both use the same week-by-week content. Both are @8pm GMT.

Schedule

Please read the relevant 6-9 pages of the book for the weekly meeting to discuss it during the meeting. Google sheets schedule is here b.link/PWBC_Schedule E.g. For week-6 start reading on page 36 from the start of Section "Grieving as Emotional Intelligence" until the end of section "Gratitude and Good enough Parenting" on page 42. There are 3 sections and we have allotted 20 minutes discussion time for each of them. But the discussion moves around a lot so this is not a hard rule.

Prompts

We release weekly [http:\\b.link/PWBC_Prompts prompts] as discussion points related to the weekly reading. This is to help the discussion flow but you are welcome to discuss anything related to the weekly chapter and cPTSD.

Timezone

8pm London time is the following timezones. Please check your local timezone for changes such as daylight savings.

• 12:00 Pacific USA
• 13:00 Mountain USA
• 14:00 Central USA
• 15:00 East Coast USA
• 20:00 Dublin/London
• 21:00 Western Europe
• 22:00 Eastern Europe
• 07:00 Eastern Australia Time (the next day)

Zoom link

Link for both 8pm GMT meetings is b.link/PWBC_8pmGMT_Zoom_Meeting

Guidelines for Zoom meetings

Please familiarise yourself with the guidelines and preamble before your first zoom meeting. We will only read the guidelines when newcomers attend.

1. Please do not give unsolicited advice.
2. Please use "I" statements, as opposed to, "you" statements when speaking.
3. Please keep everything shared in the group STRICTLY confidential. No recordings are allowed.
4. Please keep discussion focused on cPTSD recovery, the book and the relevant reading for the week.
5. While we encourage everyone to share their experiences, please avoid trauma dumping. www.talkspace.com/blog/trauma-dumping/
6. The host will interject if 1 or more people dominate the conversation to the exclusion of others talking, this includes repeatedly interrupting people. This is for the safety of all members and to create a healing space.
7. This is not a mental health professional lead group. Please be aware that feedback, advice, things you hear are strictly the opinion of the person saying it. This group is not designed to be a substitute for professional mental health support. Anybody hosting or involved in this group is a volunteer.
8. We do not pre-vet people so please exercise caution when swapping contact details. If you do not feel safe please let the host or other group members know. We do not allow offender type personalities to join.
9. We do not tolerate abusive behaviour to other members.

Preamble for Zoom meetings

• This meeting lasts for 1h. It will start on time and end on time.
• It is only for people who identify as having cPTSD or suspect that they do.
• You do not have to be formally diagnosed to attend.
• You are welcome to either share or simply listen.
• You do not have to show yourself on camera or talk on mic, but if you feel comfortable you are welcome to say hello on camera or microphone and then turn it off for the remainder of the meeting.
• We will try to give everyone a chance to share so if the meeting is large we will break into breakout rooms. This will be assigned at random. There will be plenty of time for everyone to share.
• If any member takes up too much of the sharing time the host will wave the yellow card. Please wrap up if you see the yellow card. This isn’t to say stop talking immediately but to wind down, so that everyone who wants to, gets a chance to share.
• We encourage this to be a supportive community so feel free to use the reactions tab or comment in the chat.

Subreddit

For those who can't attend zoom meetings but want to discuss the book, there is a subreddit where you can post your comments on the relevant week of the book.