Spirituality Support Groups in Albany County, NY

? Working from yoga-based meditation, clearing breath practices and gentle movements, we will engage in mindful movements & dialogue to access deeper listening & healing. With presence we engage in an innovative, mind-body and integration system that draws upon the social arts. Generating healthy awareness and new insight, embodying creativity, and more confidence for loving actions, you will find easeful release and growth in whatever relationship you choose to focus on.
Hosted by Allie Middleton
JD, LCSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Albany, NY 12210
I am an integrative mind-body practitioner and yoga therapist. Somatic coaching and creative embodied presence practices are my specialties as a compassionate healer. Together we reach into your calm center to welcome and transform stress from life's natural challenges. With new practices you open to creative ways to learn, heal, and perform. As we center with mindful breathing and simple movements you will safely ground, honor and respect what wants to be released. Together we move through places you are stuck and regain a playful approach to becoming who you truly are. All work is in sacred space to establish confidence and care.
(518) 631-3578 View (518) 631-3578
We provide on-going maintenance class to help support on-going healing, posttraumatic growth, and enhance performance.
Hosted by Wounded Healers Institute
PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Albany, NY 12210
From our research, we offer the Path of the Wounded Healer for those who are looking for ongoing support, mental wellness, and spiritual care. Through the lens of Positive Psychology and Recovery, we support healing through bodywork, regulation, and psychedelic cannabis as plant medicine. We are a co-op of healers that provide services like somatic-based approaches like Polarity Therapy, Brainspotting, BEMER, Neuro/biofeedback, Reiki, and Cranio-Sacral sessions. We are a spiritual health spa/gym where anyone can exercise their minds, heal through Mindfulness, get accountability for self-care, and individual support.
(518) 757-9734 View (518) 757-9734
This is a cannabis based group that supports maintenance healing for all who can pass the cannabis test
Hosted by Wounded Healers Institute
PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Albany, NY 12210
From our research, we offer the Path of the Wounded Healer for those who are looking for ongoing support, mental wellness, and spiritual care. Through the lens of Positive Psychology and Recovery, we support healing through bodywork, regulation, and psychedelic cannabis as plant medicine. We are a co-op of healers that provide services like somatic-based approaches like Polarity Therapy, Brainspotting, BEMER, Neuro/biofeedback, Reiki, and Cranio-Sacral sessions. We are a spiritual health spa/gym where anyone can exercise their minds, heal through Mindfulness, get accountability for self-care, and individual support.
(518) 757-9734 View (518) 757-9734
This is a public event open to all who would like to invigorate a relationship to themself and others. Intimacy is a learned skill like yoga or playing a musical instrument. Regular attention and in-depth exercises strengthen your ability to bring energy and openness to your life every day. Through dialogue and body-based practices you will enhance your capacity for deep listening. These tantra-based practices can be simple but yield profound results. Equally powerful for couples and solos and is great preparation for future connections.
Hosted by Kim Ploussard
Counselor, LMHC, SEP, DARTT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Slingerlands, NY 12159
I specialize in marital and relationship counseling. If you are tired of having the same fight, feel disconnected to your partner, or would like to find ways to enhance your relationship, you will benefit from my approach. I help couples make repair by supporting each person to be more authentic in their relationships. I have a unique style that is supportive in a way that is also direct and challenging. Couples learn how to move through difficult issues and expand their comfort zones. Through this process, couples achieve greater closeness with each other while maintaining their own identity.
(518) 290-0918 View (518) 290-0918

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Spirituality Support Groups

What should I expect from therapy that incorporates a focus on spirituality?

Spirituality can mean different things to different individuals, depending on their experiences, beliefs, and life histories. Some individuals focus on strengthening their belief system, while others experience spirituality in secular ways, such as through meditation, yoga, or by spending time in nature. Clients can expect a therapist to help guide and grow their spirituality through any of these techniques, encouraging the individual to cope with the challenges they face and develop strategies to build resilience and purpose to improve their outlook in life.

What are the most common treatments that include spirituality?

There are several treatments that incorporate spirituality. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) helps a person examine and reframe their negative thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focuses on emotional acceptance and psychological flexibility. Existential therapy is most often used to address anxiety, depression, grief, loneliness, apathy, despair, questions of identity, and feelings of purposelessness and existential dread. Transpersonal therapy focuses on a client’s spirituality and meaning in life and may incorporate techniques including meditation, visualization, hypnotherapy, dream analysis, and or breathwork.

Can therapy incorporating spirituality help atheistic or agnostic individuals?

Yes. For non-believers, spirituality can offer benefits including a greater sense of connection to others and to the natural world. An interest in spirituality may also spur individuals to pursue mindfulness practices, or to contemplate their purpose in life and how to achieve it.

How effective is spirituality as a therapeutic remedy?

​​Research suggests spirituality is generally beneficial for individuals. It is correlated with better health habits, such as less substance use, and an improved capacity to cope with stress and other mental health challenges. Increased spirituality can lead individuals to become more empathic and less materialistic, as well.