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King CountyKitsap CountyMason CountyPierce CountySan Juan CountySkagit CountySnohomish CountyThurston County and  Whatcom County WA Washington State

 Support, Therapy and Treatment Groups    [see index, below]

Mental health counseling                                                    
Group Therapy       Classes
Therapy Group
          
Retreats      Meditation     adolescent      Group     child
Client Workshops
         Group Counseling

Group Psychotherapy      Conference                                Woman's

young            Alcohol and            drug     

     Men's Therapy Group                                        Women's Group Therapy
                          Support Group
                 Couples Group

     Counseling Group      class           Therapy Group
class           female
           therapeutic group work

addiction               Coaching Group           class

Counseling Support Group      man                hypnosis
     woman            
                                  Treatment Group
           male                         Marriage Relationship Weekend Workshop

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Index of Therapy Groups

 
[ Island County ]

  new service area

[ Jefferson County ]

  new service area

[ King County ]

  Abuse--see: Parental or Partner Abuse (history of), below.

  Adolescent's Chemical Dependency Group (Bellevue)

  Children's Grief Group  (boys or girls aged 8 to 12 years old)

  Chemical Dependency Hypnosis Group (Men & Women)

  Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors (Women)

  Chronic Illness Therapy Group

  Co-Ed Personal Development Group (Men & Women) 

  Coping Skills Group (Men & Women)  Come with a problem, leave with a plan.

  Couples Intimacy Group (2 day weekend workshop)

  Girls Teenage Group  (adolescent girls group therapy)

  Grief Group for the loss or death of a loved one

  Love Relationships Co-Ed Group for Singles

  Men in Transition Group  [making significant life changes]

  Men's Group  [Achieving Intimacy and Emotional Integrity]

  Parental or Partner Abuse (adults recovering from history of abuse)

  Parenting -- Motivational Approach to Parenting (MAP)

  Relapse Prevention Groups  (Co-ed, Women, Family)

  Relationship Group for Men and Women 

  Smoking Cessation Hypnosis Group (Men and Women)

   Weight Loss Hypnosis Group (Men and Women)

  Women Healing from Sexual Abuse --South King County

  Women in Transition -- ongoing process groups

  Women's Personal Growth & Relationships Group

  Women's Self-Esteem Group --Redmond, WA.

  Women: Young Woman's Therapy and Support Group

 
[ Kitsap County ]

  new service area

[ Mason County ]

  new service area

[ Pierce County ]

  new service area

   [ San Juan County ]

  new service area

[ Skagit County ]

  new service area

[ Snohomish County ]

  Breaking Up a Relationship or Friendship--Edmonds WA

   Co-Ed Process Group (Men & Women) 

   Healthy Relationships--Improving Relationship Skills--Co-Ed Group, Edmonds WA.

[ Thurston County ]

  new service area

  [ Whatcom County ]

  Bellingham WA

 

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Joyful Intimacy”
Couples / Marriage Weekend Workshop

David McFarlane, PhD, MDiv. and Terry Woodland-McFarlane, MBA

Join us for a transformative weekend workshop to improve your relationship through personal growth and couple skill development. We will create a safe and respectful environment to learn about relationships and practice communication that can reduce conflict and develop greater enjoyment of each other. We limit the weekend to seven couples to support your individual and group learning needs. Our approach uses the science and spirituality of relationship therapy to help couples improve their skills at self-awareness, intimacy, and mutual support. We meet for two full days in a very comfortable and relaxed setting in Renton, Washington, a few minutes south of Seattle. [Hotel accommodations are available within a 10 minute drive.] Cost: $500/couple.

2008 Weekend Workshops are scheduled for the following dates: June 21-22, July 12-13, September 13-14, October 11-12, November 8-9, December 6-7.

Contact Dr. David McFarlane, (425) 687-9600, to reserve your place in the the weekend workshop that is best for the two of you.  [Attention Microsoft employees: call us about your Employee Assistance Program.]

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Women's Self Esteem Group

In this 12-week program, you will learn how you can overcome low self esteem using practical techniques and interactive group exercises in a safe, facilitated group setting.  You will share with and support each other as you practice new ways of thinking about yourself.  Gain valuable self knowledge as you learn to recognize and cope with the triggers that regularly undermine your self esteem.

Do You...

This Group will help you...

  Have difficulty saying no?

  Excessively seek to please others?

  Have a tendency to rescue others?

  Struggle with perfectionism?

  Fear confrontation?

  Lack normal assertiveness?

  Overly aggressive communication style?

  Uncomfortable asking for what you want or need?

  Worry less about what others think.

  Have the courage to speak your mind.

  Take mistakes, disappointments or criticism less personally

  Stop fearing rejection

  Choose better relationships

  Face the world on equal footing

  Feel confident about choosing your own path

  Feel more comfortable speaking up in groups

Offered by: Anne Marlantes, MA.  When:  Wednesday nights from 7:15 to 8:45 PM.  Where: Redmond Office Park, 16771 NE 80th Street, Suite 212, Redmond, WA 98052.  Sessions begin April 16th and run for 12 weeks.  This is a closed group with a specific curriculum; therefore, you must be willing to commit to the 12 week program.  Fee: $40 per week.  Note: Group size is limited and an initial (no charge) screening appointment is required.

Contact:  Call Anne Marlantes (425) 233-2439 for more information or to schedule your complimentary screening appointment.

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Healthy Relationships - Improving Relationship Skills
Edmonds, Washington

Healthy Relationships: A 12 week experiential group for improving relationship skills for intimacy and healing.

This group is for individuals who value their significant relationships, but find themselves in unproductive and often painful patterns.  When effective skills are used in committed relationships, however, healing and intimacy can transform old patterns into new levels of understanding and support.

Approach is educational and interactive.  Participants will gain skills in how to identify and work with potential problem areas such as differences in communication styles, ways in which we impact one another, boundary issues, and mismatched agendas.  The challenges of personal issues can also be addressed such as depression, anxiety, trauma from childhood abuse and/or neglect, adult traumas, loss, anger, shame, and low self esteem.  In a safe, facilitated group setting, participants learn to listen to others and express themselves in new ways that enhance empathy, reciprocity, personal meaningfulness, and healing of old wounds.

Cost: $40 per group. 30 minute pre-group screening session is $20.

Clinic location: 115 3rd Avenue N, Edmonds (Downtown near the ferry terminal)
Contact: Harland Curtis, MS, LMHC at (425) 771-6025 or (206) 306-9030
 

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Southcenter--Singles
Getting More Out of Life
While
Avoiding Unhealthy Relationship Problems
  

(an ongoing and continuous relationship group
south of Seattle in the Tukwila - Southcenter area.)

Relationship counseling in this weekly therapy group for men and women, 20 years old or older, will provide the tools, skills, and experience that will help you create intimate personal and love relationships in your life. 

With professional guidance and in the safety and warmth of caring others you will heal the frustrations, loneliness and insecurities that come from unsatisfactory dating relationships, bad abusive or sexual relationships, lack of relationship compatibility, hurtful relationship break ups, rebound relationships, internet relationships, difficulty with communications in your relationships, building trust in relationships, handling sex and relationships, attachment or commitment anxiety, fears of conflict and lack of assertiveness, or other relationship issues and problems.

Members will discover blind spots, try on new behaviors and develop new insights while creating health relationships with peers who share similar goals.  You will soon find the strengthened sense of self, experience of belonging and an expanded vision of what is possible in your future.  Emerge with new levels of confidence, connection and a stronger sense of control in your relations with others.

When: Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 PM.  Cost: $50 per group.

Contact: for a brochure or to talk to the group facilitator, Helen Hopper, LICSW, call (206) 723-8912.

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Young Women's Therapy & Support Group

A sharing, caring, support and therapy group for young women between the ages of 17 and 24 years old who are struggling with any life issue: family conflict, depression, anxiety, stress, ADD/ADHD, school or college problems, drug and alcohol concerns and dating or relationship problems.  Weekly group Monday 5:30 to 6:45 PM.

Location: 4026 NE 55th Street, Suite D, Seattle, Washington 98105.
Cost: $40 per group
.

Contact: Danielle Dufault, MA: (206) 390-1407 or co-facilitator,
Michael Galloway, MEd, LMHC: (206) 526-7945.

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Coping Skills Workshop
A One-Time Workshop Offered Each Month

An offering for normal people feeling challenged by real problems of living.  Who should attend?--any person with a real life problem that has them feeling overwhelmed or stuck.  Get help for your problem in a problem solving group.

Join author and therapist George DuWors in Bellevue, Washington, for a one-day workshop.  Systematically apply the "SPARROW" model of coping to real challenges and stressful situations.  Cost of workshop: $30.  Come in with a problem and leave with a plan.

Call (425) 213-2657 to add your name to the list for the next monthly group.

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history of abuse
History of Parental or Spousal/Partner Abuse--Verbal, Psychological and/or Physical Abuse--Therapy Group

Circle of Healing from Abuse

Circle of Healing is designed as an intensive weekly program of healing for people who have lived for years with an abusive parent or partner or both.  The focus is on healing from relationships that were primarily verbally abusive, but may also have included other forms of abuse.

Circle of Healing is a comprehensive programs including the physical and psychological aspects of well-being, designed to help you feel more centered be more fully present, and be more strongly connected to your essential nature.  Low self esteem and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are two key issues that are addressed.

Circle of Healing is six months long.  In order to experience this level of healing, specific skills need to be learned and cultivated.  It takes time to process the abuse and its connections to current issues.  If you spent years or decades living with abuse, you need to allow yourself time to heal.  In addition to learning new skills, group involvement provides emotional support and reduces your feelings of isolation.  Everyone gets their own support team.  Cost $50 per week.

Contact Noreen Wedman, MS: (206) 428-8512, to schedule your 90 minute orientation and assessment interview.  Groups are currently scheduled to begin in January 2008 and in July 2008.    Or send an email.

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Two Therapy Groups

  Women in Transition    -OR-
 
Co-Ed Process Group
  (for both men & women)

"Core Energetics" is a body-oriented psychotherapy that heals old images & blocks and ends problematic life patterns, freeing up our energy--our joy. Group work gives us the opportunity to explore and create the connections we all long for. The Women In Transition group is for persons experiencing or hoping to create changes in their lives. In the on-going co-ed process group members set their goals and work on issues that come up week by week.

Groups meet weekly on Tuesday 7:00 to 8:30 OR Thursday 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm.  Cost: $40 per group.  A screening appointment is required prior to joining a group.  Location: Northgate area.

Contact Aylee Welch, LICSW, at (206) 910-9766 for more information or to get on the waiting list for the next available group.  Or send an email.

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Chronic Illness Therapy Group

Come together with others living with chronic physical illness in an understanding and supportive environment in this newly-formed group.  Expand your self-awareness and deepen your connection to others while exploring issues such as chronic pain, self-care, isolation, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, changes in self-image and relationships.

Cost: $30 per session. Location: Eastlake area of Seattle (near the University Bridge). Starts: Sunday January 27, 2008. Meets weekly, Sunday afternoons 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.

Contact: Shira Wilson-Gross, MA: (206) 769-6584. Visit my website for more information, or call to schedule a required screening / orientation session to join.

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Relationships--"Breaking Up is Hard to Do!"

A therapy group for those who are going through a break-up and would like to learn useful tools for moving forward.  Discussion of relationship problems, low self esteem, loss and grief, and other changes in your life.  Group meets weekly.  Cost $30 per group.

Location: Edmonds Washington in Snohomish County.

Contact Kaji Martinez: (206) 715-0714

 


Grief Group -- Transformational Grief

A weekly group for those who are struggling from the loss or death of a loved one.

Group facilitated by Marian Maynard, MA, LMFT, Certificate of Completion in Grief Counseling and Thanatology.

Who should attend?  Those who still feel the pain and deep sense of loss, experience feelings of guilt or responsibility, or are otherwise deeply troubled by the death of a father, mother, brother, sister, daughter, son, friend or other loved one.  Cost:  $35 per person per group.

Contact Marian Maynard: (206) 789-1881 for more information or to reserve your place in the next group.  Or send an email.

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MAP -- Motivational Approach for Parenting

A six-part class series offering on-going rotating schedule of skill building for step families, blended families, and parenting of any configuration.  Topics include: communication skills, problem solving,  conflict resolution and anger management.  Cost $35 per person per group.

Who should attend?  Step family parents, foster care parents and mothers of children with a history of step family involvement.  You can start at any time and continue through the series.

1:00 to 3:30 pm at 1405 NW 85th Street (north Ballard) Seattle.

Contact Marian Maynard, MA, LMFT: (206) 789-1881.  Or send an email.

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PD1Y-041607-041708


Silencing Echoes from the Past:
Women's Group Therapy for Healing from Sexual Abuse
South King County

In this group, limited to five women, women survivors of past sexual abuse are provided the opportunity to move further along the road to healing.  As you share your personal battles with physical and emotional abuse, we will focus on self-care and you will deepen your understanding of how and why experiences stored in your biological, psycholotgical and spiritual memory continue to cause problems in the present.

Cost: $40 per 2 hour session.

Fall / Winter:  Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Spring / Summer: Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 pm.  Group starts in April or May.

Location: 402 South 333rd Street, Federal Way WA 98003
Contact: MarieLousie "Lou" Dodson, MA, RC: (253) 929-1530 OR (253) 569-4740
 
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Fremont
Open and Ongoing Weekly therapy groups for Women, Seattle, Washington

For women experiencing sorrow, depression, anxiety, relationship problems and focused on personal growth and successful adult relationships.

  "Up a Creek With Lots of Paddles  7-9:30 pm Monday evening meetings open to newcomers.  New topic each month.  Cost is $35 per group session. contact Marian Maynard through her website or (206) 789-1881.  Location: 1405 NW 85th, Suite 7, Seattle, WA 98117.

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Ongoing Co-Ed Personal Development Groups--Seattle

Led by married co-therapists with 25 years of couples work: John McDonald, MA, LMHC and Agnés J. Forrás, LMHC.

Depending on your unique needs and goals, the benefits can include: Building the true foundations of your self-esteem ● Establishing your appropriate boundaries ● Forming a clear and confident identity ● Living your deepest values and principles ● Solving problems and developing skills for healthy and happy living ● Creating intimacy and independence in your romantic relationships ● Discovering and establishing a committed career direction ● Managing your thinking, moods, and behavior ● Learning excellent communication skills ● Alleviating social anxiety and resolving self-defeating behaviors ● Experiencing the joy of teamwork and healthy, supportive community ● Developing greater passion, courage, and commitment for your life

The interpersonal, interactive process is particularly suited for teaching the knowledge and skills needed to create and sustain meaningful and satisfying relationships, as the group provides a very effective mirror for each participant. Many life long friendships have come out of the group experience, as would be expected, when like-minded, growth-focused individuals share deeply the story of their life's journey. Let's talk!

Pease call (206) 367-0756 for more information.  [ Or send an email. ]

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childhood sexual abuse
Weekly therapy groups for Women, Seattle, Washington

Putting the Past Behind:
an advanced therapy group for women who've experienced childhood sexual abuse

These small, confidential, supportive therapy groups begin each Spring and Fall. Group can help to decrease feelings of shame and isolation.  20 years experience. Wallingford location.  $45 per session.  No-charge consultation.

"Sexual abuse happens.  Talking about it is the taboo."
 ~Louise Armstrong

Group Offerings:
     Fall:       Tuesdays 5:00pm-6:25pm.  For five to seven members.  Begins Sept or Oct.
     Spring:  Tuesdays 5:00pm-6:25pm.  For five to seven members.  Begins Feb or March.

For more information please call:
Ellen Rugg, MA, MSW, LICSW: (206) 547-7844

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PD1YR-100406-100507
 

   


Men in transition
Open men's weekly group therapy (ongoing, continuous) Location: Seattle

Man / Men in Transition

--An ongoing group for men of any age who are experiencing life changes such as the loss of a job, a separation, a divorce, the end of relationship or children leaving home--or feelings of depression, loss, grief, loneliness, isolation, father-wounds, mid-life issues, intimacy issues, or relationship problems.

Time: Monday 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Wednesday 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location:
1818 Westlake Ave. North Ste 316- 98109 Lake Union/ Downtown
Cost:
Cost $55.00 for face to face interview (No cost for phone consult) $55. 00 per session ($45 per session when 5 are paid for in advance)
Contact: Carl Allen Tippins, PhD, LMHC
Telephone: (206) 325-9920  [ more information ]

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Definitions and Limitations

Groups designated as "ongoing and continuous" groups admit new members periodically and members leave when they feel they've accomplished their therapy goals. Groups designated as "educational" or "closed' meet for a indicated time period. This site offers information regarding groups, group therapy, and group therapy professionals in the greater Seattle, King, Pierce & Snohomish County area. Nothing here should be construed as a suggestion regarding treatment nor as an endorsement of a professional or therapeutic method. Contact the provider regarding their professional qualifications, fees, theoretical orientation, and the appropriateness of the process for the treatment you are seeking.


On Telephone Calls to Therapists

As a webmaster, I frequently call counselors and I am caught off balance when I don't get an answering machine.  I say, "Excuse me, I was expecting to talk to a machine and wasn't expecting to talk to a real person!"

Counselors in private practice are small business people--really small--and usually have no employees.  Counselors usually handle the telephone, counsel individual clients and groups, get the mail, write the letters, do the bookkeeping, market their practices, do the taxes and everything else that needs to be done to stay in business.  Counselors in private practice often see clients in the evening, so it is usually better to call in the morning.

All this to explain that when you finally decide to call a counselor and see about joining a therapy group, you will probably get an answering machine.  It may take a couple of days for the counselor to get back to you.  Even if they call you back immediately, if there is another voice on your answering machine they may be afraid that they will be violating your confidentiality if they leave a message for you where someone else may hear them.  So they may have to hang up without leaving a message.  Be sure when you leave your message that you tell the counselor whether it's all right to leave a message when he or she calls back.

Counselors in private practice often meet with clients in the evening, so it is often better to call them in the morning. And finally, if you don't hear back--please call again.  Leave your name and telephone number.  Say the number slowly and distinctly and say it twice.  I can remember listening to messages as many as twelve times trying to identify all the numbers.  Counselors really try, but you've got to do your part too.  Thanks.

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