Do you feel dissatisfied with your body size? Have you attempted to fight this discomfort through diets, food restriction, exercising past your body's limits, or what may feel like overeating? This group intends to help build community, break down diet culture's rules, and find acceptance in our bodies exactly as they are! Health at Every Size aligned group, open for LGBTQ/Queer, BIPOC, and ALL body sizes (6 participants). Cost is $200 or $180 if paid in full and runs on 1/10/22, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, and 2/7. Co-facilitated by Maryann Bavisotto, LMSW and Rachael Mark, LCSW.
Hosted by Maryann Bavisotto
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Amherst, NY 14226
Many of us feel like we don't belong, carry burdens from past traumas, and struggle to balance caring for ourselves with having a fulfilling life. My approach will help you respond to intense emotions and memories with more curiosity and speak to the parts of you that feel self-critical, alienated, and alone in a more compassionate and nurturing voice. We will explore your unmet needs and help you express yourself with more vulnerability, confidence, and authenticity. You will discover that the person most equipped to help with your own healing is you, and you are never truly alone.
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Grief is a journey, and we're here to help you along the way. Join our grief and loss therapy group and connect with others who understand. Together, we'll navigate the challenges of loss and find strength in community and connection. Our group is open to everyone who has experienced the pain of loss, whether it’s through death, divorce, or other life changing events. We welcome you wherever you are in your journey. ---- Accepting most major insurances. Affordable out of pocket options available. Spots are limited. Contact us to reserve today!
Hosted by Olivia Geary
MHC-P
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kenmore, NY 14217
Currently accepting new clients! I am a mental health counselor with a limited permit to practice in New York. I have additional training in grief and trauma-informed care and experience in several settings including a psychiatric and rehabilitation hospital, a Buffalo charter school, and agencies. My focus is with adults, families, and couples utilizing an eclectic therapeutic approach in order to successfully meet the needs of a plethora of different and unique presenting issues. I obtained my M.S. from Canisius College and B.A in psychology from Buffalo State University. I am also a member of the American Counseling Association.
Self-esteem reflects a person's overall subjective emotional evaluation of his/her own worth. Individuals that have low self-esteem are not able to enjoy their full quality of life, often comparing themselves to others, worry about being judged and experience difficulty making decisions. Through therapy and developing positive supports people can improve their self-worth. I have designed a 6 week cognitive behavioral based self-esteem women's group. Participants will work on the following: developing core beliefs, challenging negative thoughts, gratitude exercises, importance of self-care & identifying triggers. Take the first step to improving your life!
Hosted by Erin M. Moss Mental Health Counseling
Counselor, BA, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Buffalo, NY 14210
I am a licensed mental health counselor. I have worked intensely with children and adults for over 10 years. I conduct individual, family and group therapy sessions. Throughout my career I have provided therapy for children and adult victims of abuse, young adults in the college setting, teens and adults in the criminal justice system, individuals and families in intensive in-home therapy.
Every woman's process is as unique as there are people in the world. The growth, the torment, the curiosity, the unwavering love for the unknown turns immediately into real life. Visually process your journey from "then until now." Use this self-care group to learn to be present and honor the wonderful woman who became a wonderful mother.
Hosted by Teresa L Weston
Art Therapist, MS, LCAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Group meets in North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Creatively facilitating a safe and therapeutic environment for youth and adults, with a focus on adolescents. Working though trauma; using Art Therapy, EMDR and talk therapy, both online and in person. Art Therapy and EMDR are highly effective ways of expression for many who have experienced trauma and have mental health concerns. I believe that building rapport and trust is one of the most important parts of the therapeutic relationship.
Using the Enneagram to understand and communicate with each other better in order to create a more loving and lasting relationship.
Hosted by Wendy B. Pegan, LMHC, PC
Counselor, LMHC, NCC, CCMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in East Amherst, NY 14051
Should I stay or should I go? Sometimes stress gets in the way of the life we planned. Getting stuck is never fun...whether it is you, your partner, your children or your job. We become anxious about what to do next because we fear making a mistake. We know that we have to do something because doing nothing makes it worse, not better! Sometimes we simply need some guidance in how to move forward...sometimes help in letting go. I have been helping struggling couples, individuals and families for 30 years. Let me help you.
Hosted by Robert Miljour
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, NP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Buffalo, NY 14219
Studies show that support groups improve quality of life and survivorship for patients and caregivers with cancer. My group offers vital face-to-face connections with others in a safe, confidential surrounding. My group is here to support you during this difficult journey. I offer a safe and caring environment for you to: to meet with others who are experiencing similar challenges, to explore and share feelings about your situation, to discuss problems and stress arising from the illness and treatment, to learn about resources and treatment options, and ways to manage side effects to share humor, meaning, and hope.
Hosted by Angela Marasco
Mental Health Counselor, MSEd, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in East Amherst, NY 14051
Are you having difficulty managing symptoms that are affecting different aspects of your life? Are you having difficulty coping with some aspect of living with cancer, your cancer treatment or life following cancer treatment? Are you taking care of a loved one or friend that is diagnosed with cancer? If you are, Surviving Together Mental Health Counseling may be the best fit for you. Together we will navigate the experience as patient or caregiver from diagnosis to survivorship. Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.
Do you feel overwhelmed by your emotions? Do you say things or react and then feel regret? Is it hard to cope with emotions? Are you experiencing drama in your relationships? If you answered yes to one of these questions, I guarantee you that you are not alone. Attend the DBT group to learn ways to effectively manage emotions; improve your relationships; and help you reach your goals in life. Group teaches skills of mindfulness, distress tolerance, & emotion regulation. 90 minute group meets weekly/10 wks. No FALL 2024 group being offered. Next group series -TBD
Hosted by Michelle Olandese
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
Group meets in Williamsville, NY 14221
Counseling is an effective way to help us navigate and cope with the expected and unexpected; increase our self-awareness and understanding; heal and get unstuck; and let go and move forward. As an individual, who like everyone else, experiences life's ups and downs and who engages in personal growth and self-care, I know through my personal and professional experiences that people, like you, can make changes; heal and recover; and improve and embrace your life.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your emotions? Struggling to maintain healthy relationships? You’re not alone. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills can help you manage emotions, improve relationships, and enhance your overall well-being. This group is open to all individuals seeking to enhance their emotional and relational well-being. No prior experience with DBT is required. ---- Accepting most major insurances. Affordable out of pocket options available. Spots are limited. Contact us to reserve today!
Hosted by Lisa Marek
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kenmore, NY 14217
Currently accepting new clients! I am a licensed mental health counselor in New York. I am trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and have additional training in Grief and Loss, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to treat anxiety and depression. I believe good mental health is equally as important as good physical health. I am enthusiastic about helping people to achieve and maintain balance in their lives. Primary to my approach is a good therapeutic alliance between myself and the people I provide therapy to. I try to meet you where you are at, by listening and seeking to understand your needs and desires.
Radical Self-Love (RSL) is an interactive workshop that helps us build relationships with ourselves and each other through a back to basics approach toward healing in a holistic way. We practice around the New Moon every month to honor the natural universal flow of the cosmos and bringing ancient Ancestor wisdom into ourselves.
Hosted by Dayatra Amber Hassan
MS, MHC, CHW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Buffalo, NY 14209
Suffer from Depression, Anxiety, or other stressors? our wellness depends on the balance between the mind, body and spirit. We are functioning through life's demands on automatic pilot without addressing the imbalance we feel in our daily lives. Stress is the leading cause of disease and early death and managing stress is a huge challenge in our society full of nonstop blizzard of "things to do". Take charge of your life by prioritizing your own health and wellbeing; exercise, eat better, and be kind to yourself. Invest in your own healing so that you can improve your quality of life and extend the time you have with loved ones.
Queen City Counseling offers personalized therapy in which individuals can build insight and develop skills to thrive.
Hosted by Amber Elsenbeck
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Buffalo, NY 14221
Hello, I'm Amber. Are you struggling within yourself and your relationships? Experiencing burnout, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, or feeling lost? I am here to provide you with the space necessary to heal and will work alongside you to help you find your way back to your true self, healthier relationships, and a happier life. I will work with you to understand and cope with life. Together, we will re-develop your confidence and re-discover your strengths, values, identity, and meaning. My goal is to create a safe, empathetic space where you can explore and heal in effort to live the life you deserve.
Starting this January!....We come into this world as our true selves and come up against so many challenges and situations which encourage us to shift who we are, to cover up, to become smaller. Somewhere along the way, our authentic voice gets so quiet, we almost can't hear it anymore. This is your opportunity to let it be loud, to hear its message of who you are and how you want to take up space in the future through the creation of an altered book. This is a 6 week group for ages 17+ that starts January 7th
Hosted by Anna W McCarthy
Creative Arts Therapist, LCAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Hey there, my name is Anna. Have you been looking for a new approach to therapy? As an art therapist, I can help you slow down, explore and express yourself creatively (no artistic experience necessary), and be witness as you rediscover your brilliant, insightful and authentic self. Whether you choose to use art in our sessions or not, I am here to hold space for your big emotions, encourage you to express them, witness your growth, and celebrate in your wins. I will help you get back in touch with yourself, where all your answers are.
Our Goals: to educate through practical insight and firsthand experience but also through professionals in various fields. Empower people, share information, act as role models for each other, and to provide a safe place to talk about personal issues, experiences, struggles and thoughts. A peer generated emotional support group, led by a mental health specialist, for those diagnosed with cancer. We share common problems and experiences associated with this fight. We support each other by allowing open talk with people who understand what the obstacles are.
Hosted by Angela Marasco
Mental Health Counselor, MSEd, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Are you having difficulty managing symptoms that are affecting different aspects of your life? Are you having difficulty coping with some aspect of living with cancer, your cancer treatment or life following cancer treatment? Are you taking care of a loved one or friend that is diagnosed with cancer? If you are, Surviving Together Mental Health Counseling may be the best fit for you. Together we will navigate the experience as patient or caregiver from diagnosis to survivorship. Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.
If you are a therapist, especially one in private practice, you know how isolated you can feel at times. My colleague and I wanted to start a group to offer connection and support to ourselves and others with the added bonus of including creativity and artistic self expression into the mix as well, thus Creative Connections was born. Each session, we will create artwork based on a challenge that we would like to get some support or feedback around. Group participants will then have time to share their artwork and engage in discussion around their identified area of concern.
Hosted by Anna W McCarthy
Creative Arts Therapist, LCAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Hey there, my name is Anna. Have you been looking for a new approach to therapy? As an art therapist, I can help you slow down, explore and express yourself creatively (no artistic experience necessary), and be witness as you rediscover your brilliant, insightful and authentic self. Whether you choose to use art in our sessions or not, I am here to hold space for your big emotions, encourage you to express them, witness your growth, and celebrate in your wins. I will help you get back in touch with yourself, where all your answers are.
Blackbird Counseling is a mental health and addiction private practice in Western New York. This counseling service offers safe telehealth sessions to individuals, couples, and families that are looking for supportive therapy. The goal of Blackbird Counseling is to help patients focus their goals while developing a safe place, build a trusting rapport, and connect to resources, all while utilizing a variety of evidenced based practices.
Hosted by Erin Fritz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CASAC
Verified Verified
Group meets in North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Enduring your own mental health and addiction can be exhausting, and loving someone with these issues can leave us feeling powerless. No matter the journey you are facing, you do not have to face it alone. Overcoming your mental health, addiction or finding control within chaos is an option with the proper support, skills, and evidenced based therapies.
Hosted by City Gate Life Recovery Center, Inc
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
Group meets in Buffalo, NY 14222
***NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO COVID-19*** Trauma survivors frequently struggle with sharing their traumatic experiences for many reasons. Religious trauma survivors can experience many symptoms including isolation, fear that no one will believe them, shame, and struggling with their spirituality. This group provides a place where religious trauma survivors can feel less alone. Clients will learn about the symptoms of PTSD and how they impact their functioning and relationships. We discuss using and developing personal social, emotional and thinking intelligence skills, along with acceptance, effort, optimism, and understanding to help survivors process and integrate their trauma into their current life focusing on realizing resilience.
Hosted by Karen Klementowski
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Buffalo, NY 14209
Everyone faces difficulties in life. These difficulties can be experienced as disappointment, challenge, adversity, or trauma. People cope with their struggles the best that they can with the resources they have available. When these difficult situations cause a person to have problems functioning, attaining their goals, or feeling satisfied with their life it can be helpful to work with a professional mental health therapist. This can help by having someone to talk with about their difficulties, especially if it is something traumatic that they struggle to share with other people in their life.
***NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO COVID-19*** Partners of people with PTSD can struggle to understand their loved one's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. This group provides psychoeducation about the symptoms of PTSD and how these symptoms affect interpersonal relationships. It will be emphasized that a person cannot change another person, but understanding the symptoms of PTSD can facilitate the group member's ability to cope with their partner's PTSD symptoms. Group members learn and discuss the resilience skills of social, emotional, and thinking intelligences, along with acceptance, effort, optimism, and understanding in terms of the partner with PTSD and the partner attending the group.
Hosted by Karen Klementowski
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Buffalo, NY 14209
Everyone faces difficulties in life. These difficulties can be experienced as disappointment, challenge, adversity, or trauma. People cope with their struggles the best that they can with the resources they have available. When these difficult situations cause a person to have problems functioning, attaining their goals, or feeling satisfied with their life it can be helpful to work with a professional mental health therapist. This can help by having someone to talk with about their difficulties, especially if it is something traumatic that they struggle to share with other people in their life.
Therapist lead process group for men recovering from compulsive sexual behavior (sex/love addiction) with an acknowledgment that acting out behavior has harm horizontal relationships, but also vertical relationship with Higher Power and Authentic Self.
Hosted by City Gate Life Recovery Center, Inc
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
Group meets in Buffalo, NY 14222
City Gate Life Recovery Center is a private agency with several therapists on staff. We deal primarily in relationship issues, substance/alcohol dependence and sexual addiction. At City Gate, men and women are guided through the stages of change, and can heal from past trauma. Evidence-based practice is utilized in a welcoming, confidential environment. If interested in pursuing your recovery and healing journey, please complete intake questionnaire at citygatelrc.com
Talking about sex is uncomfortable! But what do you do when your partner is struggling with pornography and/or a sex addiction? For partners, the topic of sex often becomes a source of pain, shame and isolation. Partners frequently ask, "Who can I talk to?" and "Who can understand what I'm going through?" "Not Alone" is a place where women can share with each other about the trauma, grief and loss of intimate betrayal. It is specifically designed to provide a safe space for women who are impacted by their partner's struggle to find community, hope and empowerment.
Hosted by City Gate Life Recovery Center, Inc
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
Group meets in Tonawanda, NY 14150
City Gate Life Recovery Center is a private agency with several therapists on staff. We deal primarily in relationship issues, substance/alcohol dependence and sexual addiction. At City Gate, men and women are guided through the stages of change, and can heal from past trauma. Evidence-based practice is utilized in a welcoming, confidential environment. If interested in pursuing your recovery and healing journey, please complete intake questionnaire at citygatelrc.com
