All of our group counseling programs are based on principles and techniques of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, the most well researched and effective psychotherapy to date. The group curriculum includes at least all of the following:
- power point presentations
- sessions to build cohesiveness and trust among group members
- individual binders with handouts and work sheets
- therapeutic homework
- exercises and activities
- Depression
- Social Anxiety
- Bi-polar
- Generalized Anxiety
- Panic
- Interpersonal
Information on other groups:
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
This is a supportive skills group therapy for people experiencing problems regulating their emotions, difficulty handling interpersonal situations, feelings of emptiness, thoughts of suicide, or urges to self-harm or use. Download a PDF brochure with more information about this popular group.
Building Self-Esteem
This is a 9 session group experience designed to provide the necessary knowledge and skills to develop healthy self-esteem. Topics covered are how low self-esteem develops from a cognitive behavioral perspective. Participants will learn to create and maintain healthy self-esteem by learning how to change negative core beliefs and rules and expectations. The program is organized into sessions that are designed to be worked through in sequence.
What, me worry!?! Overcoming Anxiety
This is an 11 session program designed to provide skills and strategies for managing chronic worry and generalized anxiety disorder. Sessions include: a general overview, what causes GAD, what maintains it, treatments, identifying negative core beliefs that contribute to anxiety, creating positive beliefs, challenging beliefs, letting go, accepting uncertainty, problem solving, relaxation and mindfulness and self management.
Mindfulness
This is a 15+ session program focusing on mindfulness: a simple way of relating to our experiences, which can have profound impacts on painful, negative experiences we encounter. Focusing on mindfulness includes stopping our minds, paying particular attention, becoming aware of present moment realities, not judging whatever is happening as good or bad, a slow gentle "coming to grips" with who we are, bringing us closer to difficulties without becoming caught up in them, being present to our experiences however distressing or upsetting, and setting in and accepting our current experiences in a relaxed, alert, open-hearted way. This gives us a safe place "platform" from which we can just observe while steadying us and grounding us. Mindfulness also creates a "holding" environment for us to collect our thoughts, feelings and emotions, and helps us to remain detached in a "healthy" way. Mindfulness is simply keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality, not what you wish was going on and making decisions using our "wise" mind.
Back from the Blues: Coping with Depression
This is a 9 session program based on a cognitive behavioral understanding of depression. Topics covered are behavior strategies, thinking-feeling connection, ABC analysis, unhelpful thinking styles, disputing negative thoughts, creating balanced thought and healthy core beliefs and on going self management.
Improving Your Assertiveness
In this 10 session program attendees will learn to reduce depression, anxiety and improve self esteem by learning to be assertive. Clients will change self defeating thinking and use behavioral experiments to learn how to behave more assertively. Clients will learn that it is their thinking that prevents them from being assertive.
Getting Along and Keeping Your Cool
This is an 5 week skill based group program which allows young people to learn and practice the skills needed for aggression control, anger management and personal relationship skills.
Group counseling fees
Group counseling is an affordable alternative to individual counseling. The cost for group counseling is only $25.00 per session with a $35.00 one-time fee for materials. Groups are offered on a fee-for-service basis. A minimum of five people are required for a group to begin. See more information on our fees page.