Group therapy is conducted in many different formats and has various benefits. Click below to learn more about how groups may operate.
Behavior is learned through observation, trial-and-error, and personal interactions. Because behaviors are shaped through direct experience, in-the-moment opportunities are important to understand, practice, develop, and generalize new skills.
Therapy groups provide psychoeducational information, in-vivo experiences, and processing opportunities. Group members are supported by active coaching, affirmation, and inclusive practices that foster personal insight, growth, and lasting behavior change.
An intake session to participate in group therapy is required for clients who have not already completed an intake specifically for a group. Membership composition is a key factor to help foster a cohesive group dynamic for everyone involved.
Social Skills: Developing Attitudes and Behaviors that Foster and Sustain Positive Relationships
This group helps members develop social skills to support better relationships, and to be more cooperative and adaptable at home, in school, and in the community.
Executive Functioning: Growing the Capacity to be Organized, Responsible, and On Track
This group focuses on filling the gaps and supporting the development of executive functioning skills including the ability to plan, prioritize, persist, focus, control emotions, manage time, and be organized and flexible.
Managing Anxiety and Depression
Today’s youth have more pressures than ever before. Many believe they must exceed performance standards in nearly every aspect of their lives. Increasingly higher expectations can result in stress, anxiety, fear of failure, perfectionism, and depression.
Teen Talk: Developing Tools to Successfully Manage Stress, Anxiety, Emotions, Friends, School, and Daily Life
Teens deal with a lot. Balancing schoolwork, sports, activities, jobs and relationships all while hearing messages about what to think, say, wear, and do can feel overwhelming, confusing, and create emotional vulnerablities.
Building Confidence and Improving Self-Esteem
Promoting healthy self-esteem is emphasized in this group to help members feel positive regard for themselves, accept weaknesses, celebrate strengths, and believe they are as valuable and important as others.
Emotional and Behavioral Regulation Skills
Self-regulation skills are necessary life skills. A group for children and another for teens helps kids learn to exercise control, develop emotional awareness, foster meaningful friendships, become more accountable, and be more mindful and in charge of their choices.
Becoming Who You Are: Exploring Gender, Sexual, and Identity Development
This group provides a safe place to help foster the development of a healthy LGBTQ+ identity, with no pressure, expectations, or judgement as members navigate their own path at their own pace.
Mastering Friendship: Overcoming Loneliness by Creating Strong, Lasting, Give-and-Take Relationships
Some kids lack friends and don't have a stable peer group. This group helps participants determine why they feel so secluded and how to overcome their experiences by building the skills to find, maintain, and grow healthy relationships with peers.
Managing ADHD: Improving Focus, Attention, and Distracting Behaviors
Understanding ADHD and the common behaviors associated with ADHD creates opportunties for greater self control. This group helps participants identify their ADHD triggers and halt behavioral accelerations.
Transitioning and Succeeding in College: Keeping It Together while Adapting to New Demands
Navigating the college years is an exciting right of passage filled with emotional ups and downs, and big expectations. It has become increasingly difficult to figure out how to navigate college experience with the pandemic and changes in how colleges operate.
Supporting Women Leaders Navigating Career and Life
Women are rising in executive leadership ranks, but some of the longstanding issues of isolation, imposter syndrome, and trying to balance career and a home or social life still exist. This group provides women with much-needed support and mentorship.
Parenting Strategies to Support, Advocate, and Help Your Child Thrive
Parenting a child with unique needs can sometimes feel exhausting, overwhelming, stressful, and isolating. This group connects parents with each another to share frustrations and wins, and to learn strategies to help improve your child's functioning.