Group Therapy
Please reach out to booking@talknyc1.com for group therapy!
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY (DBT) GROUP
Date/Time: Mondays from 4:30pm-5:30pm - open for new members!
Therapist: Amy Villanueva - Please reach out to BOTH amy@talknyc1.com and booking@talknyc1.com
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a broad-based cognitive-behavior treatment designed to treat a broad range of symptoms and concerns. DBT is a skills-based, evidence-based treatment that emphasizes creating a life worth living to support developing a sense of self-agency in one’s life. The overall goal of DBT skills training is to help individuals change behavioral, emotional, thinking, and interpersonal patterns associated with problems in living. Skills group is structured in four (4) behavioral skill sets: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. The entire group lasts a total of 33- 35 weeks, with each complete module lasting a total of 10 to 13 weeks.
GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT GROUP
Date/Time: Mondays from 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Therapist: Samuel Washington, LMHC Please reach out to BOTH: samuel@talknyc1.com and booking@talknyc1.com
Grief and bereavement refer to the emotional and psychological response to significant loss and the process of mourning and adjustment following the loss of a loved one. This group will offer a safe, non-judgmental space for participants to share their thoughts, emotions and struggles following significant loss. This group helps participants:
Normalize the intense impact of grief
Grapple with changes in identity, roles, and relationships
Discover and develop inner and outer resources and learn coping strategies
Learn about self-acceptance, self-care, self-compassion, and resilience
Create meaning and purpose in life without the presence of their loved one
Avoid isolation and shame in a culture that avoids mourning
This will be a closed enrollment group with a new group beginning every 10 weeks
CBT GROUP (AGES 18+)
Date/Time: Tuesdays from 12:00pm-1:00pm- open for new members!
Therapist: Alyssa McKeever- Please reach out to BOTH: alyssa@letstalknyc1.com and booking@talknyc1.com
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a practical, evidence-based, short-term form of psychotherapy. It helps individuals to develop skills and strategies for becoming and staying healthy. CBT helps people to examine how they make sense of what is happening around them and how these perceptions affect the way they feel.
In CBT, clients learn to identify, question, and change the thoughts, attitudes and beliefs related to the emotional and behavioral reactions that cause them difficulty.
By monitoring and recording thoughts during upsetting situations, people learn how they think can contribute to emotional problems such as depression and anxiety.
The entire group lasts a total of 12 weeks, with each complete module lasting a total of 4-6 weeks. Group focuses on a mixture of skill development, discussion, and real time use of the skills taught during group.
This group is geared towards treating clinical depression, but CBT has been also proven to treat:
bipolar disorder
eating disorders
generalized anxiety disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder
panic disorder
posttraumatic stress disorder
schizophrenia and psychosis
specific phobias
substance use disorders
MINDFULLNESS-BASED COGNITIVE THEARPY GROUP (MBCT) (AGES 18+)
Date/Time: Tuesdays from 4:00pm - 5:00pm - open for new members!
Therapist: Stephanie Hartman - Please reach out to BOTH: stephanie@letstalknyc1.com and booking@talknyc1.com
MBCT combines training in mindfulness meditation practices with principles from cognitive behavioral therapy. The heart of this work lies in becoming acquainted with the modes of mind that often characterize and contribute to mood disorders, while simultaneously learning to develop a new relationship to them. The program consists of 8 weeks.
Research suggests that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can be effective in helping individuals who have experienced multiple episodes of depression.
While it was originally developed to treat depression, it has also been shown to be effective for other uses including:
Anxiety Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Depression associated with medical illnesses
Low Mood
Unhappiness
Depression-relapse prevention
Treatment-resistant depression
TRAUMA-BASED GROUP FOR WOMEN (25+)
Date/Time: Wednesday from 7:00pm to 8:00pm - open for new members!
Therapist: Natisha Joseph - Please reach out to BOTH natisha@talknyc1.com and booking@talknyc1.com
The decision to address challenges in our lives is never an easy one. The emotional demand needed in order to heal especially surrounding trauma is deep, painful and conflictual. This trauma-based group will be a safe space where clients can come to explore, share(voluntarily) and heal from traumatic experiences. This group with equip and provide participants with some of the following ( and more):
· Psycho education of different forms of trauma (i.e. childhood; sexual; relationships)
· Coping mechanisms
· Empowerment
· Utilizes different forms of psychotherapy to motivate and assist in cognitive reconstruction of self
A new group will begin every 8 weeks.
TRAUMA-BASED GROUP FOR WOMEN (25+)
Date/Time: Wednesdays from 8:00pm to 9:00pm - open for new members!
Therapist: Natisha Joseph - Please reach out to BOTH natisha@talknyc1.com and booking@talknyc1.com
The decision to address challenges in our lives is never an easy one. The emotional demand needed in order to heal especially surrounding trauma is deep, painful and conflictual. This trauma-based group will be a safe space where clients can come to explore, share(voluntarily) and heal from traumatic experiences. This group with equip and provide participants with some of the following ( and more):
· Psycho education of different forms of trauma (i.e. childhood; sexual; relationships)
· Coping mechanisms
· Empowerment
· Utilizes different forms of psychotherapy to motivate and assist in cognitive reconstruction of self
A new group will begin every 8 weeks.
CBT GROUP (AGES 18+)
Date/Time: Thursdays from 2:00pm-3:00pm - open for new members!
Therapist: Alyssa McKeever- Please reach out to BOTH: alyssa@letstalknyc1.com and booking@talknyc1.com
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a practical, evidence-based, short-term form of psychotherapy. It helps individuals to develop skills and strategies for becoming and staying healthy. CBT helps people to examine how they make sense of what is happening around them and how these perceptions affect the way they feel.
In CBT, clients learn to identify, question and change the thoughts, attitudes and beliefs related to the emotional and behavioral reactions that cause them difficulty. By setting goals, making lifestyle changes, increasing positive activities, face your fears, contain worry, and problem solve; a person can embrace a life worth living.
The entire group lasts a total of 10 weeks. Group focuses on a mixture of skill development, discussion, and real time use of the skills taught during group. This group module is geared towards treating generalized anxiety disorder, low mood, depression, panic, or worry.