For a consultation, contact me at YHGTP.com.
Find out the benefits of online support therapy groups. You expressed interest in receiving psychological support for: Singles (social skills, secure attachment), Burnout Post Covid strategies, Cultural assimilation (for expats and immigrants), Stress reduction, Coping, Practicing general life skills building, Aging and stages of life, Parenting support and skills building, with family members and children, Emotional Support Animals, Yoga, Coaching, Grief, Pain management, and more / Etc.
Give yourself the gift of healing!
For a consultation, contact me at YHGTP.com.
Find out the benefits of online support therapy groups. You expressed interest in receiving psychological support for: Singles (social skills, secure attachment), Burnout Post Covid strategies, Cultural assimilation (for expats and immigrants), Stress reduction, Coping, Practicing general life skills building, Aging and stages of life, Parenting support and skills building, with family members and children, Emotional Support Animals, Yoga, Coaching, Grief, Pain management, and more / Etc.
Give yourself the gift of healing!
This is an online group to help new and not-so-new moms with parenthood struggles. The group provides a safe space to connect with other moms while making art. Don't worry--you don't have to be Van Gogh to do art therapy. In fact, you don't need to have any artistic skills at all. Art therapy is all about organizing your inner experience through creative expression, whatever the result looks like. Each group includes a meditation, art prompt based on the topic of the day (with a menu of 2-3 variations), and processing discussion.
Hosted by Ruthie Ayzenberg
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC, PMH-C, RYT500
Group meets in Los Altos, CA 94022
This is an online group to help new and not-so-new moms with parenthood struggles. The group provides a safe space to connect with other moms while making art. Don't worry--you don't have to be Van Gogh to do art therapy. In fact, you don't need to have any artistic skills at all. Art therapy is all about organizing your inner experience through creative expression, whatever the result looks like. Each group includes a meditation, art prompt based on the topic of the day (with a menu of 2-3 variations), and processing discussion.
A Path to Wellness: A Movement and Expressive Arts Workshop. Reconnect with yourself and your needs. Engage in movement inspired by the energy of the elements to ground yourself in your body. Reenvision your path to wellness. Create an art piece to keep you motivated and inspired. Connect with others in community.
A Path to Wellness: A Movement and Expressive Arts Workshop. Reconnect with yourself and your needs. Engage in movement inspired by the energy of the elements to ground yourself in your body. Reenvision your path to wellness. Create an art piece to keep you motivated and inspired. Connect with others in community.
Enter a space where honoring your own unconsciousness is allowed. Learn the possibility of remembering and recording your dreams, then amplifying them in a group process. Feel the joy and acknowledgment that these images and feelings come from you and you can write stories, make art, songs, or poems from your very own psyche. Share in the Dream Group with others their discoveries and support for each other as we participate in our own Dream Community.
Enter a space where honoring your own unconsciousness is allowed. Learn the possibility of remembering and recording your dreams, then amplifying them in a group process. Feel the joy and acknowledgment that these images and feelings come from you and you can write stories, make art, songs, or poems from your very own psyche. Share in the Dream Group with others their discoveries and support for each other as we participate in our own Dream Community.
Weekly consultation group for Christian therapists who are looking for support and community. Must be a licensed Marriage & Family therapist in California.
Weekly consultation group for Christian therapists who are looking for support and community. Must be a licensed Marriage & Family therapist in California.
September 23rd 2017 Saturday --SoulCollage® is a method of self-discovery through the creation and intuitive analysis of a deck of collaged cards. Through this creative expression practice, you will discover aspects of you that are hidden inside. This awareness will help you know yourself better and integrate the different selves. It will help you find the answers which you already have inside of you. Let SoulCollage® inspire and guide you to the life you want to live. Registration: http://www.fuhsd.org/ace or (408) 522-2700 Facilitated by Lucia Merino, LCSW
Hosted by Lucia Merino, LCSW (Bilingual Spanish/English)
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Group meets in Sunnyvale, CA 94087
September 23rd 2017 Saturday --SoulCollage® is a method of self-discovery through the creation and intuitive analysis of a deck of collaged cards. Through this creative expression practice, you will discover aspects of you that are hidden inside. This awareness will help you know yourself better and integrate the different selves. It will help you find the answers which you already have inside of you. Let SoulCollage® inspire and guide you to the life you want to live. Registration: http://www.fuhsd.org/ace or (408) 522-2700 Facilitated by Lucia Merino, LCSW
This is an in-person DBT skills group where tweens 10-13 learn fun and effective ways to handle big emotions while engaging in art projects. All genders welcome.
Hosted by Vivian D. Brown Johnson
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Group meets in San Jose, CA 95128
This is an in-person DBT skills group where tweens 10-13 learn fun and effective ways to handle big emotions while engaging in art projects. All genders welcome.
This in-person group, held at our San Jose office, offers teens (ages 13–18) a supportive space to build social and emotional skills through engaging, interactive activities. Participants will strengthen communication, express emotions more confidently, and develop greater self-awareness and resilience. The group also supports peer connection, perspective-taking, and navigating everyday stress and social challenges. Guided by a trained facilitator, teens can practice new skills, feel understood, and grow alongside others in a safe, encouraging environment.
Hosted by Teresa Yi Chen
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Group meets in San Jose, CA 95148
This in-person group, held at our San Jose office, offers teens (ages 13–18) a supportive space to build social and emotional skills through engaging, interactive activities. Participants will strengthen communication, express emotions more confidently, and develop greater self-awareness and resilience. The group also supports peer connection, perspective-taking, and navigating everyday stress and social challenges. Guided by a trained facilitator, teens can practice new skills, feel understood, and grow alongside others in a safe, encouraging environment.
Online Groups
As someone who identifies as bi/multiracial, bi/multicultural, or in some other way that doesn't quite fit these boxes, this group is an opportunity to come together with other multi-heritage folks to share experiences, be seen and heard, "take up space", and explore personal and collective identity using expressive arts therapy. The group meets online for 8 weeks. This is a safe and supportive space to unpack and explore the identity, community, isolation, and the complexity of mixed experience. Next group begins June 2024. Find more info at www.expressiveartstherapist.com/groups
Hosted by Jennie Powe Runde
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, REAT
Group meets in Oakland, CA 94609
I use expressive arts therapy, meaning we'll use visual art (drawing, collage), writing, and the body to explore your experience beyond just talk therapy.
As someone who identifies as bi/multiracial, bi/multicultural, or in some other way that doesn't quite fit these boxes, this group is an opportunity to come together with other multi-heritage folks to share experiences, be seen and heard, "take up space", and explore personal and collective identity using expressive arts therapy. The group meets online for 8 weeks. This is a safe and supportive space to unpack and explore the identity, community, isolation, and the complexity of mixed experience. Next group begins June 2024. Find more info at www.expressiveartstherapist.com/groups
Dealing with grief, trauma, depression or anxiety? Curious about using arts for healing, centering and self-discovery? In our Group we will: Rekindle your creativity and playfulness, learn tools to lower anxiety and build confidence, explore your personal stories through arts processes, create a safe community where we are nurtured and supported, find time to return to our equilibrium and rejuvenate through arts. Expressive Arts Therapy is an experiential form of psychotherapy, central to which is the belief that the process of art making can be healing in and of itself and is as important as the content it expresses.
Dealing with grief, trauma, depression or anxiety? Curious about using arts for healing, centering and self-discovery? In our Group we will: Rekindle your creativity and playfulness, learn tools to lower anxiety and build confidence, explore your personal stories through arts processes, create a safe community where we are nurtured and supported, find time to return to our equilibrium and rejuvenate through arts. Expressive Arts Therapy is an experiential form of psychotherapy, central to which is the belief that the process of art making can be healing in and of itself and is as important as the content it expresses.
This group is for you if: You know you are a creative person but can't seem to find the time, energy or motivation to engage in creativity • You feel you don't have a creative bone in your body but wish you did • You're feeling disconnected and your life is feeling uninspired • You want to reconnect to your vitality and zest for life. Art Journaling is a fun and powerful way to connect with your magical inner-child who is a deep source of energy, playfulness, and delight in life. Group begins: August 2026. Intake session is required.
This group is for you if: You know you are a creative person but can't seem to find the time, energy or motivation to engage in creativity • You feel you don't have a creative bone in your body but wish you did • You're feeling disconnected and your life is feeling uninspired • You want to reconnect to your vitality and zest for life. Art Journaling is a fun and powerful way to connect with your magical inner-child who is a deep source of energy, playfulness, and delight in life. Group begins: August 2026. Intake session is required.
Weekly for ages 15-17 ( younger if appropriate in case by case basis) girls who struggle with anxiety and perfectionism.
Weekly for ages 15-17 ( younger if appropriate in case by case basis) girls who struggle with anxiety and perfectionism.
Looking for parents interested in starting a new group for collaborative discussion and peer support. Let me know your child(ren)'s age and your availability! A time to listen, learn, and voice the challenges and the highlights of being a parent in the bay area.
Hosted by Ursula Jorgensen
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR-BC
Group meets in Belmont, CA 94002
We make space for the words and images that express both the struggle and the strength through talk & art therapies.
Looking for parents interested in starting a new group for collaborative discussion and peer support. Let me know your child(ren)'s age and your availability! A time to listen, learn, and voice the challenges and the highlights of being a parent in the bay area.
Teen art therapy group using positive psychology values in action character traits which we identify and represent visually in mandala format. involves creating art and processing in group. typically meets for 8-10 weeks.
Hosted by Faith Matter-Kratzer
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR
Group meets in Dixon, CA 95620
Teen art therapy group using positive psychology values in action character traits which we identify and represent visually in mandala format. involves creating art and processing in group. typically meets for 8-10 weeks.
Do you crave deeper and more meaningful connections? This connection-focused group will help you discover more about yourself in relation to others through expressive arts activities, experiential exercises, and relating to other group members. You will be invited to self-reflect upon what you experience with others in the group, to practice empathic listening skills, and to develop your capacity to share & relate on a deeper level. You will be invited to notice challenges that come up in the process within a safe space. You do not need to have any experience with the arts in order to participate.
Do you crave deeper and more meaningful connections? This connection-focused group will help you discover more about yourself in relation to others through expressive arts activities, experiential exercises, and relating to other group members. You will be invited to self-reflect upon what you experience with others in the group, to practice empathic listening skills, and to develop your capacity to share & relate on a deeper level. You will be invited to notice challenges that come up in the process within a safe space. You do not need to have any experience with the arts in order to participate.
4-6 week experiential art therapy group including various methods for self discovery and stress relief. Each week will be a different example of an expressive arts medium. This group is not intended to be for high risk clients. The goal is to inspire creativity, enhance communication skills, spread joy in a safe therapeutic environment,
Hosted by Dr. Lisa Hirsch
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MC, EdD, LPCC
Group meets in Petaluma, CA 94952
4-6 week experiential art therapy group including various methods for self discovery and stress relief. Each week will be a different example of an expressive arts medium. This group is not intended to be for high risk clients. The goal is to inspire creativity, enhance communication skills, spread joy in a safe therapeutic environment,
Being in community, either in an ongoing group, or in ritual space, is a powerful way to feel less alone in grief, and learn from the wisdom of others. Sometimes we feel totally alone in our struggle only to find that so many others in the circle feel the same way, too. People in our lives often serve as mirrors, reflecting to us the myriad facets of ourselves. Together, we learn skills, guided meditations, movement, and expressive arts activities, using the power of the collective to heal more quickly than doing so alone.
Hosted by Amy Hyun Swart
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT, RYT
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94102
Being in community, either in an ongoing group, or in ritual space, is a powerful way to feel less alone in grief, and learn from the wisdom of others. Sometimes we feel totally alone in our struggle only to find that so many others in the circle feel the same way, too. People in our lives often serve as mirrors, reflecting to us the myriad facets of ourselves. Together, we learn skills, guided meditations, movement, and expressive arts activities, using the power of the collective to heal more quickly than doing so alone.
A weekly group combining expressive arts, improvisation, and guided exercises to help you clarify your dreams, envision the life you want, and take playful, intentional steps toward making it real! Contact me for registration link!
Hosted by Claire Michele Neumann
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Group meets in Oakland, CA 94611
I use an eclectic approach, combining expressive arts (improv, drama, visual art), CBT, mindfulness, and follow a person-centered framework!
A weekly group combining expressive arts, improvisation, and guided exercises to help you clarify your dreams, envision the life you want, and take playful, intentional steps toward making it real! Contact me for registration link!
This is a one time in person 2.5 hour workshop on self-care in high maintenance relationships, as an intro to arts practice and group practice as self-care. The intention is to have a shared space to reflect and cultivate resources within yourself that may serve you and your relationship. You will be invited to connect with your inner steadiness and explore embodied responsibility as a pathway to self-care and cultivate connection with yourself. Arts applied may include poetic writing, dance/movement, textiles, or image-making. March 27. Email or call to register by March 17.
This is a one time in person 2.5 hour workshop on self-care in high maintenance relationships, as an intro to arts practice and group practice as self-care. The intention is to have a shared space to reflect and cultivate resources within yourself that may serve you and your relationship. You will be invited to connect with your inner steadiness and explore embodied responsibility as a pathway to self-care and cultivate connection with yourself. Arts applied may include poetic writing, dance/movement, textiles, or image-making. March 27. Email or call to register by March 17.
Overwhelming anxiety or depression getting you stuck? The arts present fresh perspectives and enhance our capacity for change. In this 2-hour expressive arts group, we investigate entrenched patterns with a creative stance. Each week, we attune to the senses and expand our understanding through improv, drawing, music, poetry, or storytelling. No artistic skills necessary! Three ways this group will help you -See that you are not alone: Learn how to slow down in your responses to stress. -Effect change in your relationships, work, and hobbies. -Engage with a healing community: Connect with creative wisdom to live your best life.
Hosted by Melissa Louise Craven
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, PMH-C
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94115
Overwhelming anxiety or depression getting you stuck? The arts present fresh perspectives and enhance our capacity for change. In this 2-hour expressive arts group, we investigate entrenched patterns with a creative stance. Each week, we attune to the senses and expand our understanding through improv, drawing, music, poetry, or storytelling. No artistic skills necessary! Three ways this group will help you -See that you are not alone: Learn how to slow down in your responses to stress. -Effect change in your relationships, work, and hobbies. -Engage with a healing community: Connect with creative wisdom to live your best life.
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Art Therapy Support Groups
How does art therapy work?
The process of making art allows people to express themselves. Art-making can take many forms, such as painting, collage, or sculpting. The therapist asks questions that the work elicits, such as how the person felt while creating their piece, or if any memories surfaced that they can discuss. The therapist will then work with the patient to process their experience, understand themselves better, and work toward change.
Does art therapy help with trauma?
Art therapy can be a valuable treatment option for those suffering from trauma. Traumatic experiences such as combat, rape, or childhood abuse can be so painful that articulating them can be too scary or painful; creating art allows people to express themselves without words, and tell their story in a different way. The physical nature of creating art can also help people feel rooted in the body, which may benefit those who feel disconnected from their body in the aftermath of trauma.
How long does art therapy last?
The duration of art therapy varies, but a common length for treatment is 10 to 15 weekly sessions. Some people may see improvement in just a few weeks, while others may choose to remain in therapy longer term. Patients should periodically discuss their goals with their therapist to make sure the two are aligned on process and progress.
What are the limitations of art therapy?
Art therapy is helpful for many people, but a limitation is that it doesn’t have as robust an evidence base as other forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy or acceptance and commitment therapy. The evidence on art therapy is mixed; some research demonstrates its benefits, while other research suggests that it has little impact on patients.