This supportive group focuses on exploring childhood trauma, (intergenerational) family dynamics, and current symptoms and functioning with a focus on coping and healing in the present. Effects on interpersonal relationships will also be examined, including: developing trust; identifying warning signs/assessing safety; vulnerability & barriers to it; and establishing healthy boundaries. PTSD and related symptoms may also be addressed.

Reach out for consultation to see if this group is a good fit for your needs.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (commonly known as DBT) was developed by Marsha Linehan as a treatment for symptoms commonly associated with personality disorders. While it is proven to be effective treatment for this population, it is also helpful for anyone w/overlapping struggles in their daily lives.

DBT helps people to improve in the areas of mentalization, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance.

Mentalization is the ability to reflect on the mental states of oneself and others as separate from each other, as well as the ability to recognize them as separate from objective reality. More specifically, it can help people to identify what thoughts and feelings they are having, how they are leading to interpretations of various events and circumstances, and how this may differ from person to person. Honing this skill can help to improve communication and interpersonal relationships as well as self-understanding. Mentalization also helps people to connect their thoughts and feelings with physical sensations in their bodies in order to be able to better regulate themselves in distressing situations.

Interpersonal effectiveness skills help people to assess their goals and needs in relationships, determine what their rights are, and to communicate in an assertive and respectful manner. Anyone who struggles with determining what boundaries are appropriate, or how to set and enforce them, can benefit from interpersonal effectiveness training. Similarly, some people find themselves frequently in tumultuous, high-conflict relationships and would like to have more interpersonal peace. Others may avoid conflict at all costs, at the expense of getting their own needs met. Interpersonal effectiveness training is helpful for people at both ends of the spectrum, and everyone in between.

Emotion regulation and distress tolerance are necessary skills for all people to learn and practice. This can be particularly helpful for people who feel their emotions intensely, who feel like their emotions are in control of their actions, or who sometimes react impulsively or destructively to big feelings, and then have to deal with the repercussions later.

This structured group is for adults and meets weekly. Please reach out to determine if it would be a good fit for your needs.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (commonly known as DBT) was developed by Marsha Linehan as a treatment for symptoms commonly associated with personality disorders. While it is proven to be effective treatment for this population, it is also helpful for anyone w/overlapping struggles in their daily lives.

DBT helps people to improve in the areas of mentalization, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance.

Mentalization is the ability to reflect on the mental states of oneself and others as separate from each other, as well as the ability to recognize them as separate from objective reality. More specifically, it can help people to identify what thoughts and feelings they are having, how they are leading to interpretations of various events and circumstances, and how this may differ from person to person. Honing this skill can help to improve communication and interpersonal relationships as well as self-understanding. Mentalization also helps people to connect their thoughts and feelings with physical sensations in their bodies in order to be able to better regulate themselves in distressing situations.

Interpersonal effectiveness skills help people to assess their goals and needs in relationships, determine what their rights are, and to communicate in an assertive and respectful manner. Anyone who struggles with determining what boundaries are appropriate, or how to set and enforce them, can benefit from interpersonal effectiveness training. Similarly, some people find themselves frequently in tumultuous, high-conflict relationships and would like to have more interpersonal peace. Others may avoid conflict at all costs, at the expense of getting their own needs met. Interpersonal effectiveness training is helpful for people at both ends of the spectrum, and everyone in between.

Emotion regulation and distress tolerance are necessary skills for all people to learn and practice. This can be particularly helpful for people who feel their emotions intensely, who feel like their emotions are in control of their actions, or who sometimes react impulsively or destructively to big feelings, and then have to deal with the repercussions later.

This structured group is for teenagers and meets weekly. Please reach out to determine if it would be a good fit for your needs.

This support group is a safe space for ex-members of fundamentalist religions to explore their formative experiences, family dynamics, feelings of loss, trauma, and the various ways their specific experiences w/their religion affect current functioning, relationships, and worldview.

This group is for adults and meets weekly. Please reach out to learn more and determine if it would be a good fit for your needs.

This is a process group for adults who are estranged from their family or specific family members, whether by choice or circumstance.

Group will focus on: reasons surrounding estrangement; family history & intergenerational patterns (including patterns of rupture, estrangement, abandonment, trauma, & loss); coping & mourning the loss of family member(s) who are absent but living; setting & maintaining healthy boundaries; rebuilding; and, when desired, revisiting decision of estrangement and assessing whether or not to attempt reconciliation.

If the estrangement is between adult child and parent(s), this group is intended for the adult child, not the parental figure(s). There is a separate group for parents who are estranged from their children that would be a better fit.

Call for consultation to learn more.

This is a process group for adults who are estranged from their family or specific family members, whether by choice or circumstance.

Group will focus on: reasons surrounding estrangement; family history & intergenerational patterns (including patterns of rupture, estrangement, abandonment, trauma, & loss); coping & mourning the loss of family member(s) who are absent but living; setting & maintaining healthy boundaries; rebuilding; and, when desired, revisiting decision of estrangement and assessing whether or not to attempt reconciliation.

If the estrangement is between adult child and parent(s), this group is intended for the parent, not the adult child. There is a separate group for adult children who are estranged from their parents that would be a better fit for them.

Call for consultation to learn more.

This group for adults explores aspects of identity and relationships. Do you struggle with self-expression, social anxiety, depression, or interpersonal relationships? Would you like to practice relating to others and experimenting with different communication styles in a safe space? Are you interested in getting to know yourself on a deeper level, facilitated in part by honest feedback from your peers? Do you want to better understand your impact on others and the ways in which you are perceived? Do you want to bolster self-confidence or improve your ability to navigate patterns of conflict? If so, call or email to learn more.

This group for teens explores aspects of identity and relationships. Do you struggle with self-expression, social anxiety, depression, or interpersonal relationships? Would you like to practice relating to others and experimenting with different communication styles in a safe space? Are you interested in getting to know yourself on a deeper level, facilitated in part by honest feedback from your peers? Do you want to better understand your impact on others and the ways in which you are perceived? Do you want to bolster self-confidence or improve your ability to navigate patterns of conflict? If so, call or email to learn more.