Getting Started / Coping Skills

Psychoeducational group aimed at teaching methods that people can use in everyday life to cope with challenging emotional experiences. Will teach creative ways to practice and regularly use deep breathing, Mindfulness/Visualization, Tapping, and Grounding and is ideal for anyone who is just getting started on their mental health journey or who would like to refresh some of the skills they have learned previously (in new and creative ways).

New and Expecting Mothers

Participants will have the opportunity to share and support one another with the transition to motherhood.
Some topics include:

• processing experiences, including the fears and joys of motherhood

• cultivating skills, such as how to adjust to your “new normal”

• building a routine that works for your family

• learning self-care skills to help you thrive

Women's Issues

Focuses on issues pertinent to women including self-esteem, relationships, friendships, mental health issues, and societal expectations of women. Provides the opportunity to support one another's journey toward a meaningful life in which each person can feel a sense of confidence and hopefulness about their present and future selves.

Executive Functioning - Adults & Adolescents

This group is ideal for individuals striving to improve executive functioning skills, such as attention, problem solving, working memory, and flexibility. In this group, participants will learn creative strategies to improve executive functioning and have the opportunity to practice these skills with the support of the group facilitator and other group members.

OCD Support

Ideal for individuals seeking support around obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors as you will come to realize you are not alone.  This is primarily a support group with brief psychoeducation provided during sessions.

Chronic Illness Support

Individuals living with chronic illness will benefit from processing struggles of daily life with others navigating similar challenges. This group will also benefit individuals experiencing challenges navigating the healthcare system.

Grief and Loss Support

This group is ideal for adults grieving the death and/or loss of a loved one, a job, a relationship, financial security or other significant loss. Group members will support one another as they learn about grief and process their emotions surrounding their circumstances of loss.

DBT Basics - Adults and Adolescents

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) aims to teach people to live in the moment, effectively manage stress, set healthy boundaries, regulate emotions, and improve interpersonal relationships. This psychoeducational group is appropriate for individuals striving to learn specific behavioral and communication skills to manage emotions and life circumstances.

Supporting Parents Through the Teen Years

It can be difficult watching your children gain more independence, have new interpersonal relationships, experience emotional difficulties, navigate social media, and/or make choices with which you do not agree.  This group will provide the opportunity to process these issues with other parents, learn skills to effectively communicate with your teen, and discuss developmentally appropriate teenage behavior.

Young Adults: Transitioning to Independence

This group is for young adults who are taking steps to become increasingly independent in one or more ways from their family of origin.  We will examine how family of origin values and relationships influence us and identify ways people aim to seek independence.  Discussions will occur around values, beliefs, and ways to take healthy steps toward independence.