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Group Therapy
All of our in-person therapy groups take place at our office in Rochester, NY. Virtual groups are available to anyone living in New York State.
Advanced DBT Group
This group integrates skills from all DBT modules to generate strategies for future skills use, problem solving, and effective planning. Sessions include member-led discussions and a deeper look at how DBT skills can address difficulties related to shame, abandonment, and managing loneliness. Participants must complete a DBT Skills Group prior to attending this group or have significant and current working knowledge of DBT skills. This group meets virtually.
Wednesdays, 6:00-7:15pm
With Hannah Grajko, LMSW
Thursdays, 6:15-7:30pm
With Lorrie Johnson, LCSW
DBT Skills Group
DBT skills training is a weekly group, run like a class, which teaches skills across four main topics: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance skills. Clients are required to complete homework assignments in which they practice the skills taught during the weekly lesson. While the Mindfulness for Trauma Group is recommended prior to joining this group, it is not required. This group meets virtually.
Thursdays, 5:15-6:15pm
With Hannah Grajko, LMSW & Lorrie Johnson, LCSW
DBT for Trauma Group
This group combines principles and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with psychoeducation about trauma and the trauma brain. It’s designed to help clients learn coping skills while also moving toward an understanding that intrusive thoughts, suppressed or intensified emotional responses, and defense mechanisms all develop as part of a journey of survival. Completion of the Mindfulness for Trauma Group is required prior to joining this group. Participants must also be connected with an individual therapist to join. This group meets virtually.
Mondays, 5:30-6:30pm
With Lorrie Johnson, LCSW
Mindfulness for Trauma Group
Looking through the lens of trauma and PTSD, this DBT-informed mindfulness group aims to help clients improve awareness, practice acceptance, and find their way to the present moment. Participants gain education about trauma, why mindfulness can be challenging for the trauma brain, and also why mindfulness can be helpful to trauma healing. This group is a necessary prerequisite to our DBT for Trauma Group. This group meets virtually.
Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm
With Hannah Grajko, LMSW
Religious Trauma Group
This group offers space for people who want to heal from past religious or spiritual trauma, abuse and/or adverse experiences. Participants are invited to share their story, and connect with others who have had similar experiences in an environment of safety and support. Participants will explore how these past experiences have impacted the way they move through the world, their relationships (with themselves and others), and their beliefs and values. Participants must be connected with an individual therapist to join.
Thursdays, 5:30-6:30pm
With Stephanie Berry, LMSW
Sexual Violence Support Group
This group is offered to women who have experienced intimate relationship violence, sexual abuse, rape, or sexual assault. It provides education about sexual violence as well as emotional support from others who have had similar experiences. Participants must be connected with an individual therapist to join. This group is a necessary prerequisite to our Advanced Sexual Violence Support Group. This group meets virtually.
Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30pm
With Kaylene Graffitti, LCSW
Advanced Sexual Violence Support Group
This group is a continuation of the Sexual Violence Support Group. It is offered to women who have experienced intimate relationship violence, sexual abuse, rape, or sexual assault. Participants must have completed the Sexual Violence Support Group prior to joining this group and be recommended by the facilitator. Participants must be connected with an individual therapist to join. This group meets virtually.
Day and Time: TBA
With Kaylene Graffitti, LCSW
Traumatic Grief Group
This group offers a holistic perspective on loss while exploring the deep connection between grief and trauma. It offers support for people working through loss of a significant person or other major loss. The group provides a supportive environment and space to be heard and connect, while learning coping skills and stress management techniques to help move through the grieving process. This group meets virtually.
Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00pm
With Natasha Dezonie, LMSW