Group Therapy is usually comprised of 4 to 8 group members who are all working on a common issue. It provides an opportunity to connect with others who are experiencing similar conflicts, while working together to support each other as individual growth and insight is achieved. Prior group therapy foci have included body image and eating disorder groups, emotional skill building groups, parents as partners, and relationship skills groups.

Group Therapy ranges from 75-90 minute weekly sessions. Please inquire for current schedule and availability.

Current Group Schedule:

Shame Resilience & Body Image Group for Binge Eating,
Compulsive Over-Eating/Emotional Eating

Start Date: Monday July 6th 2015 thru Monday August 24th 2015

Time: 7:45pm-9:15pm

Fee: $600

This 8-week group provides a confidential, supportive environment for individuals who wish to address patterns of disordered eating, issues of body image & relationship to self and others. This group helps build in the Gentle Voice to create more empathy and self-compassion. This groups helps address the feelings of shame and fear common in eating disorders, but particularly evident in clients with binging & compulsive eating behaviors. This group is based on the work of Dr. Brene Brown a clinical researcher who has spent the last 12 years studying vulnerability, courage, worry & shame.

The group is based on Dr. Brown's 10 principles of WholeHearted Living:

Letting go of what people think, and cultivating Authenticity
Letting go of perfectionism, and cultivating Self-Compassion
Letting go of numbing and powerlessness, and cultivating Resilient Spirit
Letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark, and cultivating Gratitude and Joy
Letting go of need for certainty, and cultivating Intuition and Trusting Faith
Letting go of comparison, and cultivating Creativity
Letting go of exhaustion and productivity as self-worth, and cultivating Play and Rest
Letting go of anxiety as a lifestyle, and cultivating Calm and Stillness
Letting go of self-doubt and “supposed to,” and cultivating Meaningful Work
Letting go of being cool and “always in control,” and cultivating Laughter, Song and Dance

Upper West Side location, convenient to all public transportation.

Make Friends With Food! Meal Group

*Spaces are extremely limited. Early registration is encouraged*

Mexican Fiesta Dinner
Wednesday June 24th, 2015
6:00-8:30pm
Make fresh veggies delicious and exciting to cook with while creating a quick & easy weeknight meal

Saturday Brunch
Saturday July 25th, 2015
11:00am-1:30pm
Conquer the weekend brunch date once and for all by learning how to negotiate your nutritional needs in a social situation

Italian Family-Style Dinner
Saturday August 8th, 2015
6:00pm-8:30pm
This family-style meal will offer the opportunity to practice portioning around risky/trigger/challenge foods and engage your mindful eating skills

Fee: $175 per session

These collaborative cook & dine experiences are co-led by a therapist, nutritionist and a chef. These groups will help clients make friends with food by participating in meal preparation, and de-mystify the cooking process in an effort to take the fear out of food! Whether you are working to address fear/challenge/risky foods, or need help learning how to add food variety to your meals, this group will satisfy! The group will then dine together for a therapeutic meal session to process the experience. All cook & dine sessions will include:

Hands on practice in the kitchen
Mindful Eating Meditation
Meal pre/post process session
Help decrease anxiety around food
Address destructive thought patterns & behaviors in real time
Challenge food rules & rituals
Increase comfort around social-food events
Active support to encourage connection with hunger, fullness, and satiety
Friendly, warm, and caring staff
Take home recipe card & mindful eating meditation card to continue to practice your new skills at home

Center Your Self: 6 Weeks Toward Gaining Control of Food & Feelings

Start Date: Friday May 22nd 2015 thru Friday June 26th 2015

GROUP IS FULL & NOW CLOSED

This 6-week group provides a confidential, supportive environment for individuals who wish to address patterns of disordered eating, issues of body image & relationship to self and others. Combining psychoeducational and psychodynamic techniques, the group will provide methods to understand and reduce the preoccupying habits, thoughts and behaviors regarding food and body, which serve to disconnect from emotional & physical experiences.

We utilize mindfulness, behavioral techniques, and dynamic group process to connect individuals with their feelings and body and develop regulatory capacities while providing a context for understanding the meanings and functions of their patterns of disordered eating, body image & relationship to self and others.

The experiential nature of the group creates opportunities for self-awareness, identification of triggers, and differentiation between authentic vs. emotion driven hunger. Group process will be used to develop & integrate alternate skills and strategies for tolerating emotions as related to all forms of disordered eating. This group is appropriate for individuals wishing to supplement current or prior treatment as well as those just beginning their exploration of the meaning/role food & body play in their life.

For additional information on current groups please click here to visit the UWS Therapy Collaborative and to register!