Healthy Minds Therapy offers a variety of groups for those who might benefit from processing life’s challenges with others experiencing similar issues.
Group therapy provides a more structured environment for accountability and a container for difficult conversations and emotions. The group process facilitates giving and receiving support in a safe environment with the opportunity to practice vulnerability and healthy boundaries.
If you have any general questions, please contact info@healthyminds-therapy.com.
Adult Eating Disorder Group
Are you looking for support and understanding in your journey towards recovery from an eating disorder?
Join our Adult Eating Disorder Group, where you will find a safe and non-judgmental space to share experiences, gain insights, and build connections with others going through similar challenges.
This group will be led by Nikki Lemke and Kirstin Nygaard-Daugherty, MA, LPC-R, NCC
The goal of this group is to provide valuable tools and strategies to help you develop a healthier relationship with food and yourself.
By participating in this group, you will benefit from:
Peer support:
- Connect with individuals who understand the unique struggles associated with eating disorders. Share your experiences, challenges, and successes in a supportive environment.
Guidance:
- Our group facilitators will guide the group discussions, provide evidence-based strategies and practical advice to help you overcome obstacles and foster positive change.
Community:
- Join a community of individuals who are dedicated to their recovery and are committed to supporting one another. Exchange resources, encouragement, and inspiration with like-minded individuals.
Group Details:
- When: Every Friday starting on October 6th, 2023
- Time: 6pm – 7pm
- Where: The HMT Alexandria Office
- Cost: $50 per session
Sign up by clicking the below link:
Queer and Trans Teen Support Group
This is an ongoing group and is held every other Thursday from 7 – 8 PM in our Alexandria office. The group starts on September 7th, 2023.
The purpose of this group is to provide a safe space for you to explore challenges related to identifying as queer in a heteronormative and cisnormative society. We will explore activities from The Queer & Transgender Resilience Workbook by Anneliese Singh and provide an opportunity for you to talk about whatever is on your mind.
Our group is open, so even though we start on September 7th, you are welcome to join at any time. We hope to see you soon!
Group facilitators:
- Kristen Ninosky, Resident in Counseling
- Reland Finch, LPC and Clinical Director
Experiential Therapy for Therapists
Who would benefit from this group? Professionals in the field of mental health:
- Mental and medical healthcare professionals
- Mental health, counseling, social work, and psychology students
- Pastoral counselors
- Professionals in allied healthcare fields
- Dance, art, and music therapists
- Life coaches
This group is offered in two modalities:
- A 16-week closed experiential group held virtually (2 hours every other week)
- In-person weekend in our Alexandria office
Group facilitator: Sibila Jahangiri, LPC-R
Purpose of this group:
- Provide a safe space for group members to work through their own life problems and
stuck points that sometimes manifest during client sessions. - Provide an opportunity for students, interns, and residents in the mental care field to gain
a personal experience in the role of a client even if they don’t have a diagnosable mental
health struggle. - Provide a stage to concretize or give dimension and space to the intrapsychic process.
Benefits of attending the group:
- Increase self-awareness and self-understanding.
- Increase ability to tolerate difficult emotions.
- Increase compassion for self and others.
- Increase understanding of personal limitations and improve the ability to communicate them.
- Reintegrate traumatic or unresolved experiences.
- Decrease the impact of imposter syndrome and increase confidence in personal abilities.
- Experiment with and master new behaviors.
- Increase ability to separate own experiences from the experiences of clients.
- Increase authenticity and spontaneity.
Therapeutic approaches:
Psychodrama, Transactional analysis, Internal Family Systems, and art techniques
Relationship Trauma Group
This group is an ongoing group and is held on Saturdays from 10am – 11:30am in our Alexandria office.
Group facilitator: Nikki Lemke, Resident in Counseling
The purpose of this group is to define, explore and process the components of relationship trauma and its effects on the individual. Exploring tactics used by high-conflict individuals, the Cycle of Abuse and experiences, as well as learning healthier boundaries and effective coping skills will be covered during group sessions.
This group will provide a working understanding of the tactics and dynamics that show up in emotionally abusive relationships. You will also be able to share your experiences with others like you which will help you feel less isolated.
CBT for Social Anxiety Group
This is a 12-week group that will meet virtually. At this time, this group is closed. However, you can join our waitlist for a future group offering!
The start date for the next session is pending at this time.
Group facilitator: Kristen Ninosky, Resident in Counseling.
Group members can expect to learn manageable skills to help experience less anxiety in social situations, create healthy thinking patterns, and ultimately build confidence in themselves.
After participating in the group experience, members will have a variety of tools to help them experience social settings such as meetings, public speaking, spending time with friends, etc. without experiencing significant anxiety.