Group Therapy
"Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you can't live without, just as you dismantle the worlds you can't live within."
- Ruha Benjamin
While we're big believers in one-on-one therapy at Ask, there's nothing like sharing what are often private concerns in a comfortable, confidential, moderated space. Do you feel alone with turmoil, grief, or other big emotions?
Experience the power of safety from authentic and compassionate connection with others. Our groups are offered in response to issues we see across clients we work with. Come experience how you are truly not alone.
Reflect, relate, and connect about the issues you care about with like-minded people in a calming, comfortable space. Group therapy is both a unique complement to individual therapy and a lower-cost option to relate and grow your understanding of issues you share with other people.
HOW GROUP THERAPY CAN HELP
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Relate with others on things you thought you were entirely alone with
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Sharing strategies from individual therapy
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Experience corrective emotional experiences socially
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Release shame and old pain
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Self-forgiveness
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Increase compassion and self-compassion
FIND YOUR PEOPLE AND YOUR VOICE IN OUR THERAPY GROUPS
The following groups will be offered in 2024. As we decide on scheduling, please let us know what groups you are interested in and your availability.
Groups will be held in person at 1529 Danforth Avenue but can accommodate for virtual when needed.
Try something new that will get you out of your comfort zone and enjoy connecting with others in a safe relaxed setting- where growth happens.
WEEKLY DROP-IN ADHD GROUP
Thursdays from 7:15pm - 8:30pm
Beginning Thursday July 11, 2024
$20.00 each week
Facilitated by Emma Heutschi (RP, M.Ed.) and Dana Daniels (OCT, M.Ed.)
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ADHDers are inclusive, curious and above all hilarious! Connect with like-minded folks in our neurodivergent community.
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Whether you are late-diagnosed or suspecting, all are welcomed in these regular conversations around ADHD-related impacts.
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Share coping strategies and advice on how to manage time-blindness, task initiation, sleep hygiene, RSD, and more!
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Hope to see you there in our safe and welcoming space!
PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM SUPPORT
Mondays in August 2024
6pm - 7:30pm
GET IN TOUCH WITH KEISHA TO PRE- REGISTER
Facilitated by Dr. Keisha Greene
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Recognize the changes in hormones, relationships, identity, lifestyle and in routine that come with pregnancy and postpartum
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Create a safe and confidential space to candidly discuss the challenges that have been faced in the pregnancy period
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Create community for pregnant individuals to connect
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Build insight into how our mental health challenges are triggered
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Provide skills so that soon-to-be parents can manage when they are feeling emotionally dysregulated
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Provide strategies on how to prepare for the postpartum period
NAVIGATING GRIEF AND LIFE AFTER LOSS
CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS
Tuesday Evenings, starting June 4th
7pm - 8:15 pm
Register Now
Facilitated by Yvonne Cavanagh and Emma Heutschi
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Have you recently lost someone and feel isolated? Almost like you're stuck on an island?
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Safely and openly express and process your emotions in a death-denying culture- accept new realities without abandoning the memory of what you've lost
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Find practical strategies to manage difficult emotions, shift unhelpful beliefs and thought patterns, and foster self-compassion.
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Explore the potential for finding meaning, personal growth, and connection within the grief process, lessening the risk of complicated grief through sharing your experience
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Find an intentional, ongoing relationship with your loss
SOCIAL ANXIETY AND ADHD
Facilitated by Amanda Kazuba
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Do you have ADHD- late diagnosed or suspected? Do you feel misunderstood by others?
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Understand the pressure of masking and its link to social anxiety
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Recognize the gaps between your authentic self and your social "mask"
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Unlearn childhood pressure to change or internal feelings of judgement
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Learn to relate more authentically
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Anyone with social anxiety or neurodivergence is encouraged to join! This will be a validating, trauma-informed group where you will hopefully come away feeling greater belonging and acceptance of yourself and others.
TRAUMA SYMPTOMS - CHANGE IS POSSIBLE
Facilitated by experts on trauma
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Connect with others who are bravely working to manage the impacts of trauma
EXPLORING AUTISM & ADHD GROUP
5 WEEKS SPRING 2024- Complete!
5 WEEKS FALL 2024- Register Soon
Facilitated by Emma Heutschi (RP, M.Ed.) and Dana Daniels (OCT, M.Ed.)
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Celebrate the unique strengths and challenges that come with Autism Spectrum Disorder and its intersections with ADHD
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Space for caregivers, allies, loved ones, and those living with ASD
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Safe, calm environment to connect over shared experiences
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Learn from experts, others, and yourself