Upcoming Winter 2025 Groups!

Upcoming Groups at a Glance!

January-April 2025

RELIGIOUS TRAUMA CLASS AND SUPPORT CIRCLE

(in person: Mt. Juliet. 10:00-11:00 Sunday mornings for 5 weeks 2/2-3/2) Registration closes 1/30

ESTRANGEMENT & LIVING LOSS GRIEF GROUP

(In person: Mt. Juliet. Tues nights 2/18-3/18) Registration closes 2/28. 

PARENTING SUPPORT CIRCLE

(in person: Mt. Juliet, Mondays at noon 1/27-2/17)

(Virtual: Mondays 6:00-7:00)

Registration closes 1/25.



Note: Support Circles do not take the place of therapy, either individual or group. They are designed to be community builders: they are educational while also connecting you to those with similar experiences, with whom ongoing connection is encouraged. Please see our Partners if what you are looking for is private therapy.

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FAQ's

CREATIVITY

We are all about creativity in forming our Circles. We borrow and blend tools from the Arts in education and from Experiential Therapy, which is defined by Psychology Today as the use of "expressive tools and activities—such as role-playing or acting, props, arts and crafts, music, animal care, guided imagery, or various forms of recreation" to help clients better identify emotions. . 

Our Circles

A look into what we have to offer.

"Grief is any loss of an imagined future"

 Living Loss Support Group

   Most of us have dealt with the grief that comes with Non-death losses, but many of us haven't recognized it as Grief. These could be a friendship, a pregnancy, a career, your health or the health of a child, or your church, or your entire faith. It could be a physical or emotional estrangement from a friend or parent, or an unexpected demanding caregiver role that isolates you from support, etc. The grief we experience from these losses is made complicated by society's lack of awareness that this is in itself a grief, AND it often has a domino effect causing many other losses. For example, a job loss can cause you to lose your work community, your friendships, your identity, your financial security, your home, your feeling of self-worth, etc. In these groups we will discuss patterns we may be using to deal with loss. We will share our stories, identify secondary losses, and work towards growth and healing in a community as we validate and share each other's grief.  

Religious Harm & Trauma Support Group

Most people don't know that those who experience religious harm and religious trauma can have similar symptoms as those with Complex Trauma (CPTSD) because they impact the nervous system and developmental and neurological wiring in similar ways. In our Fall Religious Trauma support group, you will have the opportunity to share and hold space for others in the religious harm community, gain insights from mental health professionals about how embodied fundamentalism makes healing from religious trauma particularly difficult, and learn coping skills that are based on the belief that deconstruction is not the same thing as healing. Join us for this unique approach to dealing with the grief that accompanies being hurt by the places you went for healing.

F E A T U R E S

Schedule at a glance