In group therapy, we will address issues of the whole person, from the inside out, recognizing you as a complex individual with many intersecting qualities and needs which blend together and affect and influence one another. This holistic approach means every part of your experience as a human will be examined, and you will be able to explore your whole self within a safe and supportive community with others also doing this same work.

The power of people sharing experiences, especially of positivity and healing is a real force! Just recently, a study conducted by University College London “found that during theatre performances, theatregoers’ heart beats synchronise and beat at the same time, which has been shown to lead to people bonding more.” When you are in pain or experiencing chronic illness, you often feel alone on an island. Group therapy is a powerful means of connection and growth unlike other forms of individual treatment.

CURRENT GROUPS

Empowered Wellness Group for Chronic Pain and illness

Group therapy not only offers skills, but offers a place to receive support from others who understand what you’re going though with chronic pain and illness.

Here, you will gain new skills, learning how to make simple lifestyle changes to improve function and enjoyment, also digging into deeper issues of identity, meaning and purpose, adapting to create a full life above and around pain and debilitation.

Chronic illness of course impacts our body, but often the greatest challenges lie in how chronic conditions affect our emotions, our identity, our relationships, our access to a quality of life when our bodies can no longer do what we relied on them to do. We also develop an increasingly disharmonious and resentful relationship with our bodies, so work in group will touch on everything we go through in learning to live a meaningful life with chronic pain and illness.

Skills are based on 8 Domains of Wellness, including:

Mental, Emotional, Physical, Financial, Vocational, Spiritual, Social, and Environmental Wellness

• Based in a bio-psycho-social approach, group includes:

• fun and interactive exercises, real life examples and strategies,

• CBT, DBT, ACT, MBSR, MI,

• Parts Work, Somatic and Embodied Practices, Mindful Self-Compassion

(Alphabet Soup! click the acronyms above for more detail an what these methods are)

• psychoeducation about the mind-body connection,

• realistic approaches to healthy lifestyle habits,

as well as group emotional processing to help you feel connected, supported, and hopeful that you can take back control of your pain and your life!

This group is held all online, and is a support and process group. It is an open group (meaning no beginning or end - start or stop whenever you like), but is limited to 8 participants at a time.

Groups currently running:

Women’s Group: Tuesdays at 11am MT (3 current openings as of 10/21/26)

Men’s Group: Wednesdays at 11am MT (8 current openings as of 10/21/26)

Empowerment for All: Thursdays at 11am MT (8 current openings as of 10/21/26)

Please fill out this Group Counseling Interest Form and Vickie will get back with you to schedule a Consultation soon!

Befriending the Body Group

Befriending the Body is a chronic pain and illness group focused on helping adults with chronic health conditions develop a gentler relationship with their bodies and learn practical skills and tools to manage stress. The next round of this online (Zoom) group is tentatively planned for December 2026.

This is a supportive, inclusive and affirming group with a foundation of compassion, validation, and respect for each individual as they are and with their own unique lived experiences, identities, perspectives, insights, strengths, and challenges.

Each group cohort is limited to 8 participants and runs for 8 weeks. Additional groups will be added, so if you are unable to start for the listed group, please contact Vickie to be added to waitlist for the next cohort!

Please fill out this Group Counseling Interest Form and Vickie will get back with you to schedule a Consultation soon!

Friends and Family Group

for Caregivers and Loved Ones of Those with Chronic Pain and Illness

Friends and Family is an ongoing group offering support to those who are living with and caring for loved ones with chronic pain and illness.

When chronic illness arises, it has a ripple effect that shifts relationships and impacts the lives of the people closest to us. There has been a resounding need voiced by those living with chronic conditions to have their loved ones understand the complexity of what it is to endure live-changing diagnoses, debilitating symptoms, and the emotional and existential suffering that often go with them.

Friends and family of those with chronic illness are often feeling disconnected, confused, frustrated, afraid, alone, and even helpless. This group is designed to create a safe space to be seen and heard in your experience as someone also affected by your loved one’s condition, and to offer you skills and tools to manage your stress while caring for your loved one.

You are trying your best, but sometimes you may not know what to say or how to help, and often those in pain aren’t able to communicate through the haze of pain, brain fog, depression, stress, and fatigue. This group will offer you a pathway to improved connection, compassion, and support to and from others who understand what you are going through.

This is a supportive, inclusive and affirming group with a foundation of compassion, validation, and respect for each individual as they are and with their own unique lived experiences, identities, perspectives, insights, strengths, and challenges. You are not alone, and you deserve to be held and supported, too.

Please fill out this Group Counseling Interest Form and Vickie will get back with you to schedule a Consultation soon!

Athletes Unite and Reignite

for Athletes Recovering from Sports Injury

If you are an athlete sidelined with a sports injury, this group is a place for you to get support from other athletes, learn skills and tools to master the mental aspects of physical recovery, attend to the emotional wounds that come with injury, including frustration, hopelessness, traumatic stress of the event that caused the injury, and underlying negative beliefs and doubts about healing and recovery.

Wherever you are in your recovery journey, this group will offer you an opportunity to dig in and ignite your healing as well as offer support and encouragement to peers going through the same challenges.

Please fill out this Group Counseling Interest Form and Vickie will get back with you to schedule a Consultation soon!