Group Offerings (All Telemedicine)
All groups are occurring virtually for the foreseeable future
Recovering From Religious Trauma (Krispin Mayfield, LPC)
Starts: October 2, 2023
Schedule: Mondays 5-6pm
Adults ages 18+
Insurance accepted
This group is for those who’ve found that religious experience has caused:
- Anxiety about making the “wrong” decisions
- Feelings of worthlessness
- Shame about sexuality and/or gender identity
- Difficulty making decisions for yourself
- Tension or conflict with family members over religious views
- Rigid or all-or-nothing thinking
- Difficulty experiencing pleasure or feeling “allowed” to have fun
- Intrusive thoughts about afterlife, end times, or other themes.
- Struggles in finding community after leaving a faith community
This group will focus on:
- Deciding your own values and feeling in control of your own life
- Stepping out of shame
- Engaging in self-compassion
- Managing relationships with loved ones who are still religious
- Recovering from childhood indoctrination
- Building flexible thinking
- Recognizing and challenging intrusive thoughts
- Reflecting on the negative impacts of being neurodivergent in many religious settings
- Recognizing and changing negative beliefs about self
ADHD Friendly Mindfulness and Meditation (Heather Tollander, PsyD)
Schedule: Tuesdays 11-11:45am
*8 week commitment required*
Adults ages 18+
Insurance accepted
Topics/about the group:
- Help calm your nervous system in the presence of others. We learn from each other. We follow the supportive structure of a trauma informed body scan, group check in, and discussion of techniques to calm your nervous system.
- Learn other mindfulness and meditation practices, as well as develop consistent mindfulness practice
Group Guidelines:
- No discussion of specific trauma content, self harm, suicidal ideation, or eating disordered behavior in group
ADHD Strategies and Skills (Krispin Mayfield, LPC)
Schedule: Mondays at 1pm and 2pm
Ongoing; participants can come as needed
Adults ages 18+
Insurance accepted
Topics/about the group:
- Participants share particular challenges that come up when living with ADHD.
- Participants share support and skills with one another, based on what group members bring to the group to talk about (how to manage deadlines, organization tips, being in a relationship impacted by ADHD, how to engage in self-care when self-care requires executive functioning).
Learning About Autism & Autistic Traits (Krispin Mayfield, LPC)
Schedule: Tuesdays at 11am
Adults ages 18+ who identify with traits of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Insurance accepted
Topics:
- Learn more about ADHD/ASD, how it impacts relationships and skills to help them work together as a team to address how ADHD/ASD impacts their relationship.
- Creating consistent structure/plans together
- Understanding ADHD/ASD symptoms
- Improving communication between partners
- Sensory Differences
- Special Interests
- Interpersonal Challenges
- Need for sameness/consistency
- Integrity, perfectionism & all/nothing thinking
- Stimming
- Autistic meltdowns
- Autistic Burnout
- Persistent Demand Avoidance
- Double Empathy
- Masking
- Accomodations/Advocacy
ADHD Home Management (Lindsay Heydenrych, PsyD)
Schedule: Wednesdays, 3-4pm
Adults 18+
Insurance accepted
Topics:
- Aim to help with home organization, decluttering, working on and finishing home projects
Women and ADHD Process and Support Group (Lindsay Heydenrych, PsyD)
Schedule: Wednesdays 12-1pm
Adult Women* (*inclusive of all interested persons)
Insurance accepted
Topics: (flexible per group interest)
- Relationships/Communication, Role of Emotional Labor & Time Management, Emotion Dysregulation, Relaxation & Self-care, Setting Boundaries, Parenting, Stigma and shame, etc.
DBT Skills Group (Andrew Knowles, PsyD Psychologist Resident)
Schedule: Thursdays 10am-11:30am
Adults 18+
Insurances accepted: OHP/Care Oregon/Health Share and cash pay
For individuals with a desire to reduce impulsivity and increase emotional awareness.
Topics/Activities:
- Psychoeducation on DBT skills and emotion regulation
- Mindfulness of emotions: activities specific to our emotional experiences to gain more awareness and acceptance of emotions and the purpose they serve.
- Small homework activities that apply the above skills in the everyday life.
- Processing with the group everyday experiences and how we can apply the skills.
- Small break-out rooms to process individually as above.
- Ending with a supportive engagement activity to invoke group culture and cohesiveness and to renew participants after work done in group before leaving.
Structured ADHD Coping Skills (Daniel Moshofsky, PsyD)
Schedule Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30pm (next round starts 8/22); Wednesdays at 11am (next starts round 7/26)
*8 week commitment required*
Insurance accepted
Topics:
- Session 1 – Acceptance and Awareness
- Session 2 – Setting Yourself Up For Success (Sleep, Diet, Exercise, Etc.)
- Session 3 – Mood and Motivation
- Session 4 – Prioritizing and To-Do Lists
- Session 5 – Time Management: Making Tasks Manageable
- Session 6 – Time Management: TIme Awareness and Scheduling
- Session 7 – Project Planning and Follow Through
- Session 8 – Home/Work Organization and Patient Specific Questions
Adult ADHD Diagnosis Ages 21+ (Rebecca Kinman, Clinical Social Work Associate)
Schedule: Mondays 11am-12pm
*6 week commitment required*
Adults 21+ with first ADHD Diagnosis in adulthood; All genders/identities welcome
Insurance: OHP/Healthshare/Care Oregon or cash pay ($50 per session)
Topics:
- Grief/loss
- Adjustment to diagnosis
- Relationships
- Accommodations at work/home
- Integration of childhood experiences
- ADHD skills
- Emotion Regulation
- Psychoeducation about ADHD
- Co-occurring disorders
- Parenting
All About Boundaries (Rebecca Kinman, Clinical Social Work Associate)
Schedule: Mondays 11:00am- 12:00pm
*6 week commitment required*
Adults 21+
Insurance: OHP/Healthshare/ Care Oregon or cash pay ($50 per session)
Topics (Based on the “Set Boundaries Workbook” by Nedra Tawwab, MSW, LCSW)
- Defining personal boundaries and needs that motivate them
- Communicating boundaries
- Identifying when boundaries are unhealthy and how to work on them
- Boundaries with self, partners, family, work, children, etc.
- Practical exercises to try at home
- Breakout rooms for processing more personal topics
- Purchase of workbook strongly recommended ($13.00 on Amazon)
*This is a BIPOC and LGBTQIIA+ -affirming space*
Anger; a 6-week Virtual Series (Rebecca Kinman, Clinical Social Work Associate)
Mondays 12:00pm
*6 week commitment required*
Adults ages 21+ of All Genders
Insurance: OHP/Healthshare/ Care Oregon or cash pay ($50 per session)
Topics: (Based on the book: The Surprising Purpose of Anger, Beyond Anger Management: Finding the Gift By Marshall B. Rosenberg · 2005)
- Learn the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Model
- Steps for Addressing Anger
- Misconceptions about anger
- Identifying triggers vs. causes of anger
- Identifying needs of oneself and of others
- Breakout rooms for practicing the NVC strategies with each other
Academics for the Neurodivergent Brain: A Virtual Study-Skills Support Group (Rebecca Kinman, Clinical Social Work Associate)
Next session starts Monday, Sep 11, 2023
Schedule: Mondays from 11AM-12:00 PM
*6 week commitment required*
Adults: 18+ Enrolled (or thinking about enrolling in) college, trade school, or other class/program.
Those who identify as neurodivergent.*
Insurance: OHP/Healthshare/ Care Oregon or cash pay ($50 per session)
Topics:
- Peer-provided tips and skills on studying, writing papers, time management, prioritizing, etc. accountability, etc.
- Mindfulness
- Break-out rooms/Accountability and “Body-Doubling.”
*Neurodivergent is a non-medical umbrella term that describes people with variation in their mental functions, and can include conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or other neurological or developmental conditions such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).