Samantha Motto, Professional Counselor
After completing eating disorder treatment and entering into recovery, individuals tend to isolate themselves due to shame, guilt, and the protectiveness of their habits. Because so much in daily life can be triggering for survivors of eating disorders, online support groups can help those in recovery cope and find community as they heal.
This group will specialize in offering peer-to-peer guidance, empathy, and emotional support to people who have completed the 8-week Body Image Group Therapy.
Any Questions: centertorebr.cbi@gmail.com
Virtual Participation Only
Jonathon Baillie, LPC
This is a process-oriented, adult (18+), coed outpatient-level substance abuse treatment group. It is considered a lower level of care and is appropriate for people who have mild to moderate substance abuse disorder. Addiction impacts all areas of one's life, therefore treatment needs to address one's life in a holistic way that includes biological, psychological, social, spiritual, intellectual and emotional aspects.
Specifically, this group's focus includes but is not limited to, self exploration, assessing one's substance use, identifying underlying issues feeding into substance abuse, building self-awareness, identifying, planning and implementing actions for change, building and maintaining a life of recovery, etc.
Virtual Participation Only
Stacy Buonomo, LCSW and Patricia Moorehead, LCSW
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is evidence-based and derived from cognitive therapy. As a form of group counseling, the DBT Skills Group offers psychoeducational benefits, providing the opportunity for small groups of individuals to share common concerns, explore personal issues, learn new skills, and receive support under the guidance of group leaders.
Group members are given tools throughout the 12 weeks to understand and create a life worth living through reducing maladaptive behaviors and increasing adaptive functioning. Manage intense emotions, be more in the present, increase self-awareness, learn more effective ways to communicate, increase potential for healthier and successful relationships, and decrease destructive behaviors. This group is a psychoeducational group that follows a set agenda where information is taught on a weekly basis with homework and skills practice week to week.
Skills to be covered:
Virtual Participation Only
Brian Rainey, Professional Counselor and Nora Mueller, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Do you suffer from insomnia? Are you frustrated by your sleep disturbance? Are you tired of being tired?
Trouble sleeping can be very debilitating, stressful, and can even worsen other psychiatric and medical issues. There is a large body of research supporting Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia as an efficacious intervention for sleep problems.
Join our Beyond Counting Sheep: Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia group to learn about the factors that regulate sleep and learn to implement both behavioral and cognitive strategies to improve your sleep. It will require time and effort to re-train your brain to be a good sleeper, but it is possible!
Virtual Participation Only
Casey Harvey, LCSW and Samantha Motto, NC
This group is a closed, 8-week body image focused psychoeducation and process group utilizing the modalities of ACT and strengths-based therapies, as well as texts by Aubrey Gordon, Sonya Renee Taylor, and Roxane Gay. The group will encourage an understanding of body image grounded in also furthering our understanding of the role of racial and gender identities in our everyday lives and experiences of our bodies. Our goals for participants in this group is to confront and reduce body image stress, increase understanding of the impact of diet culture on body image, and increase participants' abilities to approach their own bodies with empathy and understanding.
By participating in this group, patients are eligible for free ongoing body image support at CBI through our Eating and Body Recovery Support Group.
Virtual Participation Only
Amelia Shuppy, Professional Counselor and CBI Intern Emilie Stock
Self-compassion simply means treating ourselves with care and understanding. Learning skills that foster self-compassion can help us navigate daily stressors of our jobs, families, and relationships. Through this group, we will learn how to offer ourselves kindness, support, and encouragement in places where we may often show critique or judgment. Being in a group setting also helps to support one of the key units of mindful self compassion, which is that of common humanity, as we will learn to hear others’ stories of pain and suffering in a safe, therapeutic environment.
Virtual Participation Only
Stephen "Drew" Lighthiser, MS, NCC, Professional Counselor
Are you or a loved one dealing with grief? The experience of grief, either from losing a loved one or adjusting to a new way of life, can often lead to complications in one’s interpersonal, social, or occupational world. Join us at CBI for a virtual grief group that will meet weekly, Mondays from 6pm to 7:30pm, for 8 weeks as we move through William Worden’s four tasks of grief. These tasks include accepting the reality of the loss, acknowledging and processing pain, adjusting to life, reinvesting in the future after the loss, as well as creating space for the deceased or the past in your emotional life moving forward in a safe and supportive environment.
Virtual Participation Only
with Nicholas Lange, MA, NCC, Professional Counselor and Maria Castellon, CBI Intern
The transition from high school to college can feel like one of the most difficult things you have ever experienced. Not only are you now an adult, but there are also new waves of academic, social, financial, cultural, geographical, and institutional challenges. This would be difficult for anyone, regardless of their age! The challenges faced in personal and academic settings during this transition can significantly impact students' mental health and well-being.
This educational peer-support group is for college students, including both undergraduate and graduate students, who are experiencing difficulty adjusting to college life. In this group, you will receive support from others who are going through similar experiences. Discussions will include education on transitions and adjustment, mental health concerns, coping skills, self-esteem, and more!
Virtual Participation Only
with Dr. Lindsey Breznik, Ph.D., & Stephanie Procter, M.Ed
Had enough of the battles with your child? Have you run out of ideas to deal with misbehavior? Have you ever thought there must be a better way? There is! Join us to learn a research-based game plan for handling challenging behaviors (like tantrums, not listening, aggression) that will improve your child’s behavior and reduce your stress!
Virtual Participation Only
