Oasis Participant Agreement

Confidentiality
Your weekly Oasis group is designed to be a safe place to share your challenges, your successes, and to talk openly about the concepts presented in the curriculum. It will remain a safe place only if the participants can trust that what is said in the group will not be shared with anyone outside the group. 

Sharing
There are many reasons some people hesitate to share their emotions and their experiences: shyness, fear of rejection, embarrassment, etc. While it is not a requirement that everyone share, most people will experience more healing when they allow others to come alongside them in their pain and grief. This can only happen if everyone opens up.

Attendance
Conflicts may arise from time to time that keep you from attending a session. However, participants are encouraged to make every effort to attend all of the sessions. Even if you feel that the topic for a given week doesn’t apply to you, you are part of the healing process for your entire group and your support of others may benefit you more than you realize. Please try to attend as much as possible. We ask that you commit to attending at least the first three sessions before making a decision to drop out of the program.

Dating
This is a time when you need to focus on personal healing. It is difficult to do this if you are distracted by the emotions involved in a new relationship. In addition, it’s critically important that we create an environment that protects participants from potentially harmful premature new relationships. Therefore, Oasis participants are strongly encouraged not to date during the program. If you are currently in a relationship, we ask that you consider suspending the relationship for the duration of Oasis. Dating other participants in the Oasis group is strictly prohibited.

Video Conferencing
We strongly suggest that you only communicate through a computer or device that you know is safe (e.g., a firewall, anti-virus software, password protected, not accessing the internet through a public wireless network). Participants will not record online groups from a computer, phone, or any other device.