— Group Therapy —
We offer in-person and virtual groups that consist of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), navigating connection with those who experience psychosis and extreme states, as well as a process group for activists.
— Dialectical Behavior Therapy —
Hybrid: Starting on September 24th — in-person on Thursdays from 4pm to 5:30pm with Lisa Lefkowitz & Malik Salam; every fourth group will meet virtually.
In-person: Wednesdays at 7:45pm with Jordan Dunn. Reserved for people who have completed a previous DBT group.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) integrates Eastern philosophical principles with Western behavioral psychology, in order to help individuals find balance between at times opposing ideas, such as acceptance and change, emotion and reason, being and doing. In practice, DBT groups focus on skill building and increasing insight. Specifically, each group begins with a Mindfulness practice and then delves variously into other topics such as tolerating distress, regulating emotions, and improving interpersonal communication. Group participants are invited to work on particular areas of their life they’d like to improve, develop skills to apply to those areas, and discuss and support each other through the difficulties inherent in change.
Our groups are open, which means we welcome referrals on an on-going basis and will continue to accept new members over the course of the duration of the group. We invite new participants to join at the beginning of a new module which typically starts every four-six weeks and to commit to the group for a full cycle through all modules, approximately six months.
The full fee for each 90-minute group is $150 with a sliding scale fee option, based on financial need. Please contact the clinic, or either of the group facilitators directly, for more information.
— In Connection - Relating to Psychosis and Extreme States —
With Jacob Prescott & Siena Froment.
Starting on September 24th — more details will be available soon.
Being in connection with someone experiencing psychosis or extreme states can be an isolating and distressing experience. Stigma can prevent us from reaching out for support and limit the possibility for change. This group is time to center experience and see what emerges. To talk about the suffering that exists between us — individually and collectively — as well as a path forward.
Using a dialogic and psychodynamic approach, this group places a strong emphasis on understanding oneself in connection to a loved one experiencing psychosis and extreme states. In learning to navigate the impact of the past, present, and future, group members will work toward practicing agency within their social network and beyond.
If you are interested, know someone who might be, or have questions about whether this group could be a good fit, please contact siena@constellationsnyc.com.
— Constellations Open Group —
Coming into contact with psychiatric systems can be an experience that leads to stigma and isolation. But what are commonly perceived as symptoms can be understood as forms of knowledge. This is a group to cultivate that knowledge — to discuss values and beliefs, fear and paranoia, seeing and hearing and noticing things that others do not — and to talk about what has happened, what can happen after, and anything else.
If you are interested in attending, please contact Siena Froment.
In-person on Monday, from 7:15pm - 8:30pm.
— Showing Up - Commitment, Conflict, and Burnout: A Process Group for Activists —
In-person: with Aaina Lakha, LMSW & Jordan Dunn, PhD.
More details will be available soon.
Activist work is not only engaging and inspiring, but it also asks us to carry more than we can handle alone: urgency, conflict, exhaustion, and sometimes a drift into hopelessness. This in-person weekly psychoanalytic process group offers a rare opportunity to step out of crisis-mode and be deeply listened to, to give voice to the emotional labor that never appears in strategy documents, and to examine the often-unspoken personal and interpersonal dynamics behind our organizing.
Together, we will pay attention to how these dynamics unfold in real time, including aspects such as: power struggles, the pressure to hold it all together, the impact of identity and social context, gendered caretaking expectations, the tension between collective responsibility and personal limits, and the cycles of conflict that can derail campaigns and relationships.
We will also consider what “health” means in settings where the usual language of self-care feels politically or culturally misattuned. The goal of this group isn’t to “fix” conflict or burnout but to understand what drives them – and to equip you to show up more authentically and sustainably, wherever the work takes you next.
This group can support organizers across a broad range of contexts including (but not limited to) mutual aid networks, sanctuary work, unions, left-wing political organizations, electoral campaigns, and community-based organizations.
If you are interested, know someone who might be, or have questions about whether this group could be a good fit, please reach out at activistprocessgroup@gmail.com. The facilitators can share more about what to expect and how the group can support ongoing organizing work.