Please inquire for space availability. Groups meet weekly or biweekly in 6 weeks sessions. Group support is not a replacement for individual therapy. Groups are limited to 8 members and are held virtually. If you are interested, please email me at pinelightcounseling@gmail.com. If you are not a current client, a screening intake is required to discuss goals and discuss details. The intake session typically takes about 30 minutes and the fee is $60. If you or I decide this group may not be a good fit, I'm happy to provide a referral. Kir's Group Work:Kir has been leading processing groups of all kinds for 30 years, both independently as well as through nonprofits, human rights organizations, universities, and county governments. Topics, group focus, or demographics have included grief, refugees, women, teachers, healthcare professionals, war trauma, sex trafficking, houseless, anger, narrative medicine, art and art practices, and writing as a tool for processing, chronic illness, and mindfulness, meditation and stress management

• Lunchtime Grief & Loss Group for Parents & Caregivers: Every other Monday Noon-1, $50 and a 6 session commitment is required. This group is geared for parents and caregivers navigating a death in the immediate family. Grief can stem from a recent death close to us, or be lingering and unresolved from our past. It can be all consuming and isolating and nonlinear. As parents or caregivers, we're also managing the grief of kids and other family members, and all the daily life changes and secondary traumas. Compounding it, often people near us don't know how to support, and that can make things worse. Counseling and groups can provide support, insights, and space to process. Groups will include mindfulness coping strategies.

• Lunchtime Women's Processing Group: Every other Monday Noon-1 $50 and a 6 session commitment is required. Geared toward individuals identifying as women, this group is a safe space to explore and provide support for one another around issues such as stress, self esteem, anxiety, depression, stress management, trauma, feeling stuck, overwhelmed, and healthy relationships. We'll explore mindfulness coping tools, self care, writing to facilitate processing, and share our stories from the mundane everyday to the big life events or aspects of our history or sense of self we carry.

• Sunrise Mindfulness and Meditation Stress Management Processing Group: Wednesday mornings 7:45-8:45, $50 and a 6 week commitment is required. Stress and anxiety can manifest in a range of ways, affecting the nervous system, other aspects of our physiology, as well as our emotional state. At the same time, for some people these can be managed holistically and with a trauma-informed approach. A safe therapeutic healing space conducive to restoration and processing can help with symptom management, and be an effective and transformative form of self-care. Mindfulness, grounding exercises, and group meditation to promote overall wellness.

• Other groups:
• Grief & Loss Group for Individuals
• Women Survivors of Sex Trafficking
• Chronic Illness

Trainings and workshops occur throughout the year. Inquire for details, upcoming dates, and pricing.

• "No One Gets It" is a common sentiment among those experiencing a recent death of someone near to them. This 3-hour workshop is geared specifically for educators, and includes sensitivity training and learning how to talk with students (and their caregivers) about their grief, and ways to create a safe space in the classroom.
• Write Through It is a 3-hour writing workshop focused on owning your story and moving it forward. Incorporating elements of narrative therapy, this workshop will include essay writing, journaling, and poetry.
• I Can't Unsee It is a 3-hour narrative medicine writing workshop geared specifically for medical professionals. Narrative medicine is a dynamic field to help promote coping and processing among healthcare professionals using reflective writing and storytelling elements from their work.