Focuses: Music & Connection
Description: A music processing group for clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) or who are neurodivergent offers a supportive and inclusive space for self-expression through music. The group focuses on exploring emotions, building social connections, and enhancing communication skills through musical activities such as listening, singing, and song sharing. By fostering creativity and collaboration, this group empowers participants to express themselves in nonverbal ways, while promoting emotional well-being and social engagement in a safe, sensory-friendly environment.

Focuses: The challenges of chronic illness
Description: Have you been navigating the challenges of chronic illness? Do you feel isolated in your experiences? You’re not alone. This group offers a safe, compassionate space to connect with others who better understand what you’re going through. Each session will include time to process, education, and skills to help you cope more effectively.

Focuses: Self Expression
Description: This group will use various structured story-telling prompts and techniques to allow participants to express themselves through fiction-writing and poetry. Participants will be encouraged towards self-exploration through a variety of structured prompts and exercises.

Focuses: Enhancing Communication Skills Through Musical Activities
Description: A music processing group for clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) or who are neurodivergent offers a supportive and inclusive space for self-expression through music. The group focuses on exploring emotions, building social connections, and enhancing communication skills through musical activities such as listening, singing, and song sharing. By fostering creativity and collaboration, this group empowers participants to express themselves in nonverbal ways, while promoting emotional well-being and social engagement in a safe, sensory-friendly environment.

Focuses: emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal skills
Description: A group open to adults who are interested in learning more about intentionality and themselves. DBT group will introduce mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and healthy communication skills. This is a safe space for all. If you feel this group interests you, let us know.

Focuses:  adolescent grief, healing through art-based activities
Description: This is an art-based support group for ages 12 to 17 who are coping with the death of a loved one. The purpose of this group is to provide a safe, supportive, and open environment for teens to address their struggles with grief and loss. This group provides a pressure-free space where those on their grief healing journey can process their thoughts and feelings whether that is through verbal communication or through the creative process.

Focuses:  Art; identity; self-esteem; and expressing emotions
Description: This group uses art techniques to discover and express your authentic self. You will use many different kinds of art materials (collage, colored pencils, oil pastels, etc.) to create imagery that will help you reveal to others aspects of your personality and process a variety of emotional experiences. There will be activities/ideas provided to you to work on. You don’t have “to be good at drawing” to join. All are welcome! Art therapy is about creating whatever makes sense to you that helps you to express thoughts or ideas.

Focuses:  Art; identity; self-esteem; and expressing emotions
Description: This group uses art techniques to discover and express your authentic self. You will use many different kinds of art materials (collage, colored pencils, oil pastels, etc.) to create imagery that will help you reveal to others aspects of your personality and process a variety of emotional experiences. There will be activities/ideas provided to you to work on. You don’t have “to be good at drawing” to join. All are welcome! Art therapy is about creating whatever makes sense to you that helps you to express thoughts or ideas.

Focuses: emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal skills
Description:A group open to adults who are interested in learning more about intentionality and themselves. DBT group will introduce mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and healthy communication skills. This is a safe space for all. If you feel this group interests you, let us know.

Focuses: Mental health
Description: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) group is intended for individuals who find it difficult to regulate their emotions or express them in a healthy way. This group is a closed and structured group, focusing on how to identify emotions, express them appropriately, and engage in radical acceptance regarding past/current life events. DBT is useful for anyone who is experiencing distress.

Focuses: Experiences, Support, Acceptance
Description: Clients who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community that are seeking support and a safe space to fully express themselves in a positive and non-judgmental environment. While belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community can be a source of strength, it can also bring challenges in some, or all aspects of one’s life. For those who identify as LGBTQIA+, it’s important to recognize how your experience of sexual orientation and/or gender identity relates to your mental health, as well as learning new and healthy ways to cope with these challenges. There will be an opportunity to share personal experiences in a healthy group setting. This group is intended to help individuals in learning to love and accept themselves for who they truly are, while also receiving support from their peers and facilitating therapist

Focuses: Self-expression, creativity, song writing
Description: Are you interested in learning how to write your own songs? Do you want to expand the ways in which you express yourself creatively? This group will lead you through the process of writing a song with the goal of self-expression. It will be a workshop style in which you create your own song with the assistance and support of the group as needed. No musical training or experience is required; you must have a love for music and an ear to make musical choices. Due to the nature of the group, the full 10-week commitment is mandatory. Clients must attend the first 3 groups, and clients who miss two groups will be removed from the group roster.

Focuses: emotion expression, support, coping strategies
Description: Have you been feeling stressed? Are you looking for a fun and creative way to express yourself? Join us on Mondays for fun creative arts and crafts activities, all while talking about mindfulness.

Focuses: emotion expression, support, coping strategies
Description: Have you been feeling stressed? Are you looking for a fun and creative way to express yourself? Join us on Mondays for fun creative arts and crafts activities, all while talking about mindfulness.

Focuses: Songs, themes
Description: In this group, we will listen to and analyze songs based around a theme for each week. We will explore common themes and support each other’s experiences and song choices. The group is for anyone looking to connect with others over music or find intentional uses of music to support their mental health.

Focuses: Mental health, Substance use, Education
Description: Group members learn how mental health and substance use are correlated. Members will learn the psychoeducation of the bio psychosocial model for both mental health and addiction, as well as immerse themselves with a group full of support, guidance, and feedback. Members will also learn about coping skills to help assist with symptoms.

Focuses: Education, coping skills, self esteem
Description: This group focuses on the education surrounding the treatment and application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Clients will learn the basics of CBT, and understand the principle of how thoughts influence feelings, feelings influence actions, and actions influence our results. Learning effective coping skills and how to apply them in daily life situations will also be practiced in sessions. Additionally, there will be a self-esteem portion added to the curriculum, as self- acceptance is a pertinent part of changing our thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Focuses: Support, stages through grief and loss
Description: Have you experienced loss? Do you feel overwhelmed by your emotions? Do you feel misunderstood by others? Everyone grieves and heals in their own unique way. This group will provide you with a safe, compassionate space to process your grief with others who also understand loss.

Focuses: Self-expression, creativity, song writing
Description: Are you interested in learning how to write your own songs? Do you want to expand the ways in which you express yourself creatively? This group will lead you through the process of writing a song with the goal of self-expression. It will be a workshop style in which you create your own song with the assistance and support of the group as needed. No musical training or experience is required; you must have a love for music and an ear to make musical choices. Due to the nature of the group, the full 10-week commitment is mandatory. Clients must attend the first 3 groups, and clients who miss two groups will be removed from the group roster.

Focuses: Writing, resolution of pain
Description: This group will involve learning to make your own journal. In that journal, the client will write or create art. Each round will involve a new topic discussed and agreed upon by the members of the group. The facilitator will create prompts around these topics and time in session will be spent answering these topics via journaling. The group will discuss the topic at the end of each session.

Focuses: Young adulthood, transitions, social skills
Description: This group focuses on processing the experiences that young adults (aged 18-25) face every day. Being a young adult comes with a lot of stress, uncertainty, and pressure. In this group we allow for a safe space to process these thoughts and emotions. We will discuss coping skills, recent life happenings, expectations, and other topics that group members request. Not only does this group serve as a process group, but as a community where young adults can work on their social skills, connect with others, and navigate what it means being a young adult.

Focuses: Support, stages through grief and loss
Description: Have you experienced loss? Do you feel overwhelmed by your emotions? Do you feel misunderstood by others? Everyone grieves and heals in their own unique way. This group will provide you with a safe, compassionate space to process your grief with others who also understand loss. If you’re interested in more information, please call the Gavia office at 585.371.6464

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Focuses: Mindfulness, coping strategies
Description: Do you experience intense emotions? Do you feel impulsive at times? Are there relationship struggles ruling your life? Feeling overwhelmed is common at this time of year. In this group, you will learn coping skills to get you through a crisis without making things worse. This group is a class-like setting and requires you to complete assigned weekly homework in preparation for the group. If you’re interested in more information, please call the Gavia office at 585.371.6464

*Closed groups mean that clients can only join on the first week – inquire for more information/to be put on the waitlist for this group.

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• Every other Tuesday from 4:00pm-5:00pm
• Open group for women only with a minimum of 4 week commitment
• Type of Group: Hybrid
• Focuses: Empowerment, self-worth, understanding, shame
• Description: Domestic abuse can be a very isolating experience.  The abuse is actually intended to isolate the victim to complete the control.  This group aims to reverse that isolation.  When you have a group of women who have been through abuse, are still experiencing abuse, and continue to struggle with a history of abuse, learn together about how to get through the experience, the results can be life altering.  This group provides a safe place for women clients to learn together, experience together and share together as they continue on the journey of abuse recovery.

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Focuses: Mindfulness, movement, yoga
Description: The goal of the group is to teach and practice mindfulness techniques through movement (yoga). We want people to learn that mindfulness supports emotional resilience, connectivity between prefrontal cortex and amygdala, improves emotion regulation, reduces stress, etc. We will focus on movement with the body and mind.

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Focuses: Education, coping skills, self esteem
Description: This group focuses on the education surrounding the treatment and application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Clients will learn the basics of CBT, and understand the principle of how thoughts influence feelings, feelings influence actions, and actions influence our results. Learning effective coping skills and how to apply them in daily life situations will also be practiced in sessions. Additionally, there will be a self-esteem portion added to the curriculum, as self-acceptance is a pertinent part of changing our thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Email us for more information or to sign up for any of these groups!

Focuses: Depression, mindfulness
Description: Depressive symptoms and the behaviors which maintain them very often lead us away from the things we value and toward patterns of avoidance and operating on autopilot. Depression Management takes a different approach to help you learn how to operate more mindfully, with more compassion aligned with what you value rather than on autopilot. The group will utilize The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Depression highlighting acceptance commitment therapy, self-compassion and applied neuroscience strategies for reducing depressive symptoms.

Email us for more information or to sign up for any of these groups!

Focuses: Writing, resolution of pain
Description: This group will involve learning to make your own journal. In that journal, the client will write or create art. Each round will involve a new topic discussed and agreed upon by the members of the group. The facilitator will create prompts around these topics and time in session will be spent answering these topics via journaling. The group will discuss the topic at the end of each session.

Email us for more information or to sign up for any of these groups!

Focuses: Self expression, creativity, song writing
Description: Are you interested in learning how to write your own songs? Do you want to expand the ways in which you express yourself creatively? This group will lead you through the process of writing a song with the goal of self-expression. It will be a workshop style in which you create your own song with the assistance and support of the group as needed. No musical training or experience is required; you must have a love for music and an ear to make musical choices. Due to the nature of the group, the full 10-week commitment is mandatory. Clients must attend the first 3 groups, and clients who miss two groups will be removed from the group roster.
*Closed groups mean that clients can only join on the first week – inquire for more information/to be put on the waitlist for this group.

Email us for more information or to sign up for any of these groups!

Focuses: Empowerment, self-worth, understanding, shame
Description: This group will provide a safe, judgment free environment where women in all phases of their relationship will empower one another as they grow in their belief that they are deserving of a life without fear or emotional manipulation. Through a series of interactive exercises, the participants will identify all forms of abuse and learn to recognize the insidious patterns of the abusive personality so that they can begin to let go of shame and answer the question of “how did I end up here”. Safety planning will be incorporated as necessary into the discussion as we learn about the cycle of domestic violence. The group will explore the impact of codependency and utilize mindfulness to break free from the guilt of walking away. The primary objective of this group is for women to leave each meeting with a deeper understanding of what true love looks and feels like.

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Focuses: Depression, mindfulness
Description: Depressive symptoms and the behaviors which maintain them very often lead us away from the things we value and toward patterns of avoidance and operating on autopilot. Depression Management takes a different approach to help you learn how to operate more mindfully, with more compassion aligned with what you value rather than on autopilot. The group will utilize The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Depression highlighting acceptance commitment therapy, self-compassion and applied neuroscience strategies for reducing depressive symptoms.

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Focuses: how motherhood/parenthood impacts mental health – birth stories, role transitions, perinatal mood disorders, mom guilt, birth trauma, co-parenting and changed dynamics with partners
Description: Motherhood is one of the most profound changes we experience in life, and brings with it a host of challenges as we navigate changed identity, roles, new stressors on relationships, hormonal and other shifts which effect mood, societal and cultural stressors and oftentimes trauma. Sometimes it may feel impossible to be a mother/to parent without shame and guilt and we feel isolated and alone, wondering why we can’t “measure up” to all the other moms. This group will provide an outlet for processing all the emotions that come with motherhood, social support and connection with others, as well as resources related to all of the topics above and more!

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Focuses: Mental health, Substance use, Education
Description: Group members learn how mental health and substance use are correlated. Members will learn the psychoeducation of the bio psychosocial model for both mental health and addiction, as well as immerse themselves with a group full of support, guidance, and feedback. Members will also learn about coping skills to help assist with symptoms.

Email us for more information or to sign up for any of these groups!

Focuses: Songs, themes
Description: In this group, we will listen to and analyze songs based around a theme for each week. We will explore common themes and support each other’s experiences and song choices. The group is for younger adults looking to connect with others over music!

Email us for more information or to sign up for any of these groups!

Focuses: Experiences, Support, Acceptance
Description: Clients who identify as part of the LGBTQ community that are seeking support and a safe space to fully express themselves in a positive and non-judgemental environment. While belonging to the LGBTQ community can be a source of strength, it can also bring challenges in some, or all aspects of one’s life. For those who identify as LGBTQ, it’s important to recognize how your experience of sexual orientation and/or gender identity relates to your mental health, as well as learning new and healthy ways to cope with these challenges. There will be an opportunity to share personal experiences in a healthy group setting. This group is intended to help individuals in learning to love and accept themselves for who they truly are, while also receiving support from their peers and facilitating therapist.

Email us for more information or to sign up for any of these groups!

• Tuesday’s from 5:00pm-6:00pm
• Open group for men only
• Type of Group: Hybrid
• Focuses: Processing, Authenticity, Reflection
• Description: If you are a man who has trouble expressing and communicating whatever is going on in your mind, then Talk It Out may be for you.  Most men do not like to talk about their personal problems.  When this lack of communication is disrupting and maybe even destroying your family, work, and self-identity, then it is a critical problem.  Regardless of what your primary challenge (Anxiety, Depression, Grief…) is, this small confidential group may help you jump start the next level of your return to being a better you.  Help you become sharper, wiser, healed and more rounded.

• Wednesday’s from 11:00am-12:00pm
• Open group for all ages
• Type of Group: In-person
• Focuses: Relaxation, music, coping strategies
• Description: Are you looking for simple techniques to help you relax? Do you like music? This group will introduce ways you can use music to incorporate relaxation into your daily life. You will learn breathing techniques, active music listening skills, and other music-based relaxation strategies to help you continue your journey to a more productive life.

• Monday’s from 4:00pm-5:00pm
• Closed group with an 8 week commitment
• Type of Group: Hybrid
• Focuses: Experiences, Support, Acceptance
• Description: The LGBTQ+ community continues to evolve.  While the community does evolve, it continues to have challenges of how handle the many issues you have the general population may not know or understand.  By creating a safe space with a skilled counselor, Gavia is providing a group setting to help people learn how to identify and manage the challenges of being LGBTQ+.

• Tuesday’s from 9:00am-10:00am
• Open Group for all ages
• Type of Group: Virtual
• Focuses: Writing, resolution of pain
• Description: Journaling is another way we can share our thoughts and emotions so we can get them out of our heads and into a workable format. If you have trouble getting your thoughts out, trouble communicating what you were thinking through the week, then journaling may be for you.  Journaling is a success skill for many and needs to be learned the right way.  A group process with a counselor helping you learn how to Journal can be the process you need to succeed.

• Wednesday’s from 5:00pm-6:00pm
• Open group for all ages
• Type of Group: Hybrid
• Focuses: Support, stages through grief and loss
• Description: Have you experienced loss? Do you feel overwhelmed by your emotions? Do you feel misunderstood by others? Everyone grieves and heals in their own unique way. This group will provide you with a safe, compassionate space to help you gain th skills necessary to process your grief with others who also understand loss.

• Thursday’s from 6:00pm-7:00pm
• Open group for younger adults
• Type of Group: In-person preferred
• Focuses: Songs, themes
• Description: If you have trouble expressing your feelings, just cannot fond the words to express what you are going through, then this form of therapy may work better for you.  There is emotion in song.  This group helps you process emotions through the discussion of emotion experienced in music and lyrics.

• *Closed at this time; but accepting referrals for the 8/4/2022 session*
• Type of Group: Hybrid
• Focuses: Depression, mindfulness
• Description: Depressive symptoms and the behaviors which maintain them very often lead us away from the things we value and toward patterns of avoidance and operating on autopilot. Depression Management takes a different approach to help you learn how to operate more mindfully, with more compassion aligned with what you value rather than on autopilot. The group will utilize a workbook highlighting proven counseling and self-management techniques to help with your growth and mastery of the necessary skills.

• Monday’s from 8:30am-9:30am and Tuesday’s from 4:00pm-5:00pm
• Closed group for all ages
• Type of Group: Virtual
• Focuses: Mindfulness, coping strategies
• Description: Do you experience intense emotions? Do you feel impulsive at times? Are there relationship struggles ruling your life? Feeling overwhelmed is common. In this group, you will learn coping skills to get you through a crisis without making things worse. This group is a class-like setting and requires you to complete assigned weekly homework in preparation for the group. DBT will teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate your emotions, and improve your relationships with others.

• Monday’s from 4:00pm-5:00pm
• Open group
• Type of Group: Hybrid
• Focuses: Boundaries, Self-worth, Caring for oneself
• Description: This group will help those who have trouble establishing boundaries with others in their lives. Whether it is with co-workers, parents, children, friends, or other important people in your life, it is important that you have the skills necessary to implement boundaries and create space for yourself.  This includes increasing feelings of self-worth and the development of individual processes for you to truly care for yourself.

• Thursday’s from 4:30pm-5:30pm
• Open group for all ages
• Type of Group: Hybrid
• Focuses: Anxiety, Coping, Support
• Description: This group focuses on anxiety management techniques and coping strategies from different counseling modalities or approaches. Participants are invited to try different techniques to discover what works best for them. The group also gives and receives support on these modalities from other group members.

• Thursday’s from 3:00pm-4:00pm
• Open group for all ages
• Type of Group: Virtual
• Focuses: Mental health, Substance use, Education
• Description: Group members learn how mental health and substance use are correlated. Members will learn the psychoeducation of the bio psychosocial model for both mental health and addiction, as well as immerse themselves with a group full of support, guidance, and feedback. Members will also learn about coping skills to help assist with symptoms.
• Description:This group will help clients with both addiction and mental health issues can contribute to challenges with both areas. Clients will learn about and how to apply coping techniques and personal issue recognition techniques so they can continue their journey of addiction recovery.