Group Therapy
Healing in an environment alongside others who understand your struggle
Culturally Competent Individual Therapy for Members of Minority Cultures | Anxiety | Depression | Trauma | PTSD | Domestic Violence | & Those Looking For a Christian Perspective
Whether you are new to group therapy or therapy as a whole, you may be wondering what to expect. Maybe you’ve been to a support group before and are looking for more structure, or just something different
Group therapy offers the chance to share, support and educate not just therapist-to-client but peer to peer or among family members. You may want to create healing among a community caring unit after trauma or change, or may be just seeking the support of someone who’s been where you are and understands what you’re going through. There are a variety of group therapy options available to you and we want to help you find the best fit
Seeking support among others who have shared your experiences can be freeing, but it may also feel scary to take those first steps.
Our admissions coordinator can help you get connected to the right group and therapist for you!
Who Does Group Therapy Help And How Does It Work?
Solving your own problems doesn’t mean you go it alone. Group therapy is designed to create a support network rooted in healing and recovery for multiple clients. In these shared spaces, we seek to inform and support multiple people who share a similar experience or diagnosis
Alongside a trained therapist, multiple clients are encouraged to share their stories and seek solace and growth in their shared experiences. It’s also a powerful tool when used alongside traditional therapy to create a balanced healing effort with coping tools and a supportive environment
Our Current Groups
From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength
— Caesar Chavez
Using Psychoeducation: Knowledge is Power
Psychoeducation—It’s a big word for a powerfully simple concept. The more you know, the better equipped you are to process and overcome anything you face. This is the driving force behind psychoeducation: to teach
A family who learns together grows together. Understanding and tolerance often go hand in hand
Together with your therapist and your support network, we will learn problem solving and communication techniques to support healing within your struggle, not despite it. Working together to learn about the struggles you face and the tools you can use to overcome them is a powerful therapeutic experience
Psychoeducation can:
Improve family support
Foster understanding and compassion
Support recovery
Decrease risk of relapse
Healing through Faith:
Christian Group Therapy
Sharing your recovery space with others who seek to lean on their faith and spirituality to create healing in their lives is an effective way to approach therapy
Creating a community focused on a sense of recovery and faith together is an efficient system that proves for many to increase recovery, spiritual strength and connection to your loved ones. Expand your personal spirituality and renew your relationship with God, your community and your own heart
You do not have to feel like a good Christian to take up space in therapeutic groups aimed to align God with your mental health. Even if you’ve strayed from the church or feel unworthy of sharing space with others in pursuit of healing, you belong here
Recover your vision, hope and the space to grow through the stories of others in support and empowerment instead of shame and guilt
Congregating is a powerful way to bring your faith into your emotional wellness. We worship this way, and we can heal this way too
Not all meditation is yoga, but all yoga brings meditation
Both yoga and meditation have the potential to heal through the unification of body, mind and breath as a coping mechanism for the symptoms of your struggle.
*These groups are currently only offered in Spanish
Therapeutic Yoga
Through the practice and teachings of yoga, we can use our bodies as a tool to empower our minds. Linking breath with movement signals harmony for our hearts. Creating this healing connection between body, mind and spirit among others who are seeking that same harmony offers the chance to feed back support and energy to one another
Yoga is for every body in every shape, faith and state of being. The way you move your body will guide healing, stretching and relaxation through your whole self
Meditation
Meditation is the practice of using a mantra, position or affirmation to tap into your consciousness and create space to be without judgement. This is a quiet, inward process that can occur in tandem with yoga or as a practice on its own
To practice meditation that benefits your healing, you aren’t required to have an empty mind. You can’t be bad at meditating, nor can you do it wrong so long as you show up with the intention to commit to your mindful healing that removes external distractions for internal focus
Seeking Solace In Substance Abuse Recovery
When healing into recovery, there are a variety of group therapy options to help you feel hopeful and empowered in sustainable recovery. Through psychoeducation, skills development, and support of your peers in recovery, there is a myriad of options available to share in healing. In group therapy, we strive to create communal spaces with the guidance of a therapist who understands where you’ve been and wants to support you in growing toward your future
There is space for a myriad of needs like community and cultural concerns in life after substance abuse, relapse prevention, personal expression, and the processing of hurt toward amends. Together we can identify what’s most important to your recovery and ensure your therapeutic group and family unit have space to be involved in centering recovery in community instead of solitude