Sometimes healing happens best alongside others who understand. Explore answers to common questions about group therapy — what it looks like, who it's for, and how to get started.
Book a SessionDuring the first hour of the group, clients are encouraged to share their efforts to use DBT skills over the past week. No one is forced to share, though you might find that you benefit more from the group if you're courageous enough to share. You will receive empathy, validation, support, encouragement, and coaching from peers and the group facilitator. The second hour of the group is devoted to learning a new skill using DBT handouts (found in the PDF you will receive). You will be asked to practice the skill over the next week using a worksheet (also found in the PDF). No one will be shamed for not completing worksheets, though keep in mind that you will not get much out of the group if you don't practice the skills you're learning. Some people (who loathe worksheets) benefit from practicing skills and journaling about their experiences.
Please contact the group facilitator listed below if you have specific questions about DBT or the group itself. If you have other questions, please contact scheduling. FYI, the cost is listed as $30 per group session because most insurances do not cover group therapy, and if they do, the copay is usually around $30 anyway. However, Medicaid does pay for groups with no copay!
Group counseling is like having your own personal support squad. It’s a safe space where people with shared challenges come together to talk, learn, and grow—guided by a licensed therapist who helps keep the conversation supportive and meaningful.
The main goal is connection and growth. In group therapy, you learn you’re not alone, gain fresh perspectives, and build coping skills that actually stick. It’s about healing together—because sometimes, strength grows best in community.
Think of them as the “good vibes only” guidelines: keep what’s shared confidential, listen with empathy, show up for yourself and others, and give everyone space to speak. Respect and honesty are the foundation of every breakthrough.
"I like adventures, and I'm going to find some." by Louisa May Alcott
I have witnessed the magic of therapy and the unwavering resilience of humans.
When you wake up in the morning, and lift your head off of the pillow, you have all you need." - Anonymous
The most challenging part of counseling is taking that first step.
My goal is to empower you to reconnect with your authentic self, navigate life's challenges, and cultivate a life of meaning and purpose.
Therapy is about having a good "fit" between you and your therapist. It’s important to feel comfortable, understood, and supported in order to make real progress.
“Not everything needs to be in full bloom to be meaningful. Growth often looks like stillness.”
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Together, we’ll take every step of your journey, side by side, through every twist and turn ahead.
Feeling overwhelmed and hopeless, unsure of where to start or how to move forward?
I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it” -Maya Angelou
Establishing a connection is the first step in establishing a relationship.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve my clients and help them achieve their goals every day!
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Healing is not becoming the person you were before, but becoming who you are meant to be now.”
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” ― Brene Brown
Don't give up what you want the most for what you want now.
You deserve to feel heard, understood, and genuinely supported as you navigate life's challenges. You don't have to go through it alone.
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel".
Let's continue your journey together and achieve great things.
"Storms make trees take deeper roots." - Dolly Parton
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” -CTB
“We think we need answers, but what we really need is room. Room to change our minds. Room to be surprised by joy again. Certainty is tidy, but it leaves no space for wonder.” - The Tiny Joy Project
Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. -Albus Dumbledore
"There is hope even when your brain tells you there isn't" - John Green
This is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as I wept. Think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year; they will teach you that people too, must wilt, fall, root, rise, in order to bloom. -Rupi Kaur
"""Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."" -Maria Robinson"
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"Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found" Lao Tzu
Healing sometimes requires vulnerability, and vulnerability requires an act of courage.
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
"But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you've told yourself about who you are so that you aren't trapped by them." — Lori Gottlieb
You are embarking on an essential journey of growth and healing!
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It is through overcoming our struggles that we discover strength.
Improving lives and creating a better future for everyone!
Taking the first step is always the hardest, but it’s the one that sets everything else in motion.
There is always light. If only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it.
“Mental health care is not one-size-fits-all. I believe in evidence-based treatment, meaningful connection, and empowering each person to become an active partner in their healing.”
Nature is authentic, unfiltered, and free from judgment, offering a space where everything exists as it is, in perfect harmony.
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"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." — Carl Rogers
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"- Maya Angelou
Each of us carries unique, intrinsic value that is irreplaceable.
"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end" - John Lennon
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." ~ Albert Einstein
My primary goal when providing care is to ensure every client feels heard.
"When we love the earth, we are able to love ourselves more fully." -Bell Hooks
You are not alone. Whatever you’re going through, there are people who care about you and want to help. You matter, and your feelings are valid.
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Mindfulness and accountability are the keys to unraveling the best version of self.
"To live authentically means embracing both your strengths and your limitations and allowing others to see both."
What challenges will you overcome in your journey? Whether it's pushing past current fears or trauma, reaching new goals, or finding your true potential, the possibilities are endless.
Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others. - Harriet Goldhor Lerner
“Your vulnerability is a strength, not a weakness.” “Tu vulnerabilidad es una fortaleza, no una debilidad.”
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. — Maya Angelou
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."- Carl Rogers
"To heal is to touch with love that which was previously touched by fear." -- Stephen Levine
“An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” G.K. Chesterton
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"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." - Viktor E. Frankl
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are. -Brene Brown
"What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe." - bell hooks
Victory awaits on the other side—keep pushing forward to reach your goals!
You are not alone. I'm here with you during your healing journey!
"Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light." - Brene Brown
"One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do." Aaron T. Beck
"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." Helen Keller
"It's okay if our future is uncertain. I think we're just meant to do our best with what's in front of us today"
To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble. - Bill Watterson
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”— Helen Keller
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You've been graced for confusion, hard things, death, suffering, denial, and betrayal, and you will find strength when you are weak & beauty in every burden. - Rich Tolbert Jr.
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." - Maya Angelou
"Out of difficulties grow miracles" - Jean de La Bruyère
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - MA
"If you only carry one thing throughout your life, let it be hope."
It is important to me that you feel comfortable in every way, whether it’s sharing your thoughts, asking questions, or simply being yourself.
"The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self." ~ Fred Rogers
Who I was yesterday may not be who I am today, and who I am today may not be who I will become tomorrow.
Imperfection is required for a joyful life - KC Davis.
"We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed." -Carl Rogers
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” - Carl R. Rogers
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."— Carl Rogers
"Be patient. I am a work in progress." Benjamin Leverentz
"Light shines into darkness, and darkness will never overcome it!"
“Your focus determines your reality.” - Qui-Gon Jinn
Hearing that you're loved and that you're enough has the power to replace the negative voices with the feeling of belonging and being worthy of happiness, laughter, and love.
I strongly believe in the importance of the "therapeutic relationship" and the role it plays in fostering growth and healing.
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ― Carl Jung
"The soul is dyed by the colours of its thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius
"There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet." - Matt Haig
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” - Dr. Seuss
"Let us not become weary in doing good,for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." -Galatians 6:9
“Trauma is not what happens to you but what happens inside you” - Gabor Mate
"Give in to unpleasantness and pain just as to pleasure. Do not restrict your awareness." Claudio Naranjo
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." Carl Rogers
