Group Therapy

Benefits of group therapy:

Group therapy enables participants to ask:

-       Who am I, Why am I here, What's my life all about?

-       How do I navigate through improving my strategies to coping with life's challenges?

-       How can I be the best version of myself?

-       How can I put context to the things that happened to me in my life and improve my concept of myself?

-       Can I be vulnerable in a safe environment?  

-       How can I manage betrayals and disappointments in my life?

-       Why am I so angry and how can I cope with a more effective coping strategy?

-       How does shame and self-judgment impact my life?

-       How has the relationships with my parents and siblings impacted who I am as an adult in my roles as a father, partner, worker?

Men’s Group

  • The Men’s (general) Group can be defined as a gathering of men with common experiences and concerns who meet to provide emotional and moral support for one another. They encourage a sense of community, a source of empathetic understanding and provide an avenue for establishing social networks. Meetings will take place in person. This is an open enrollment group.

  • msnyderbarker@huronvalleyconsult.org

Women’s Group

  • The Women’s (general) Group can be defined as a gathering of women with common experiences and concerns who meet to provide emotional and moral support for one another. They encourage a sense of community, a source of empathetic understanding and provide an avenue for establishing social networks. Meetings will take place in person. This is an open enrollment group.

  • msnyderbarker@huronvalleyconsult.org

Agoraphobic/Social Anxiety Group

Stress Management for Leaders Group

  • Group psychotherapy approach to identifying, understanding, and treating stress/anxiety that is created, enabled, and activated by the rigors of working as a leader in today’s challenging work/professional environment. This group is tailored for leaders who face these rigors. While the group offers information on short- term and long -term consequences of stress, the facilitator, Alex Martinez, LMSW will provide education and practice on up-to-date stress management techniques.

  • amartinez@huronvalleyconsult.org

  • This group will focus primarily on managing panic attacks associated with leaving the house and being around people (large groups or small groups). The group will encourage a sense of community, a source of empathetic understanding and provide an avenue for establishing social networks. Meetings will take place virtually. This will be an open enrollment group with at the most 8-10 participants per group.

  • msnyderbarker@huronvalleyconsult.org