HealthWest is closed on November 26 and 27, 2020.

All groups are cancelled for those days.

 

We offer a wide range of group therapy options for you! Research shows that group therapy is beneficial and enriches your therapy experience. If you are open to HealthWest services and interested in learning more about a group contact your case manager to see how you can get involved.

 

If you are not currently in services you can attend one our community groups. For a list of groups and trainings that are open to the community, visit our healthwest.net/virtual-groups 

 

 

ADULT GROUPS

DBT

Wednesdays at 2 pm

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Group is focused on building positive behavior changes by reducing self-harm and negative thinking.

Moving My Way

Tuesdays at 10 am

Get moving and stay healthy from your own living room with simple exercises demonstrated and taught by a HealthWest staff member. This class is open to and can be done by community members of all ages and with movement limitations.

Join URL: https://healthwest.zoom.us/j/96057114368

 

Men’s Skills Group

Tuesdays at 3 pm

This group is designed to help men in recovery learn and practice the skills they need to maintain their sobriety and deepen their recovery.

 

Talk Time

Everyday at 1 pm

Talk Time is an opportunity for you to engage and talk to community members. This meeting is designed to bring people together and create a space for the us to enjoy the company of a friendly face. Feel free to ask questions, tell jokes, anything uplifting!

Join URL: https://healthwest.zoom.us/j/91636341853

Join by phone: 929-205-6099

Meeting ID: 916 3634 1853

 

Creative Coping

Wednesdays at 3:30 pm

Creative Coping uses mindfulness skills to help participants regulate their mood, improve depression and reduce anxiety.

 

My Body, My Life

Thursdays at 4 pm

This is an informational group for individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) to become sexual self- advocates.  It is our hope that through education and awareness people will: Gain an understanding of healthy relationships and sexuality to make informed, educated choices about sexual and nonsexual relationships. Topic areas include, Gender Identity & Expression Safety in sex, relationships, and other areas of making decisions about sex and relationships Communication Anatomy STIs And many other topics.

 

TREM

Thursdays at 3 pm

Women’s trauma group that specifically targets how we unconsciously respond to past bad experiences. You will not have to share those experiences in this group.

 

Journey to Health

Tuesdays at 3 pm- Starting November 10

If you are a smoker and looking to improve your overall health, join us on a journey to a healthier you!

 

Domestic Violence

Tuesdays at 3:30 pm

This support group is for Women 18+ who are experiencing or have experienced domestic violence themselves or individuals raised in a violent or controlling environments.

 

 

Equality First

Every other Thursday at 6 pm

November Dates: 11/5, 11/19

December Dates: 12/3, 12/17

Equality First is a safe place to discuss issues related to the SOGIE/ LGBTQ+ community.

Email Kevin.Schmidt@healthwest.net to inquire about the next session and zoom link. 

 

Women of Wellness (WOW)

Wednesdays at 12 pm

Women of Wellness is a safe and supportive environment that’s all about empowering women with any addiction through wellness. 

 

SMART Recovery

Mondays and Wednesdays at 2 pm

SMART Recovery is one of the leading recovery groups in the United States dedicated to helping participants learn tools and techniques for self-empowerment. Participants in the group learn tools to aid their recovery process based on substantial, proven scientific evidence and research and are encouraged to engage with a global support system.

***SMART is cancelled on 9/30/20***

Mondays:

Join URL: https://smartrecovery.zoom.us/j/94092740254

Meeting ID: 940 9274 0254

Phone:   +1 929 436 2866

 

Wednesdays:

Join URL: https://smartrecovery.zoom.us/j/91975318557

Meeting ID: 919 7531 8557

Phone:     +1 929 436 2866

 

Link to all national meetings: https://www.smartrecovery.org/community/calendar.php?styleid=29

 

IMR

Thursdays at 2 PM

Illness Management Recovery Group (IMR) is an evidenced-based practice designed to provide mental health consumers with knowledge and skills necessary to cope with aspects of their mental illness while maintaining and achieving goals in their recovery. This group also allows support to participate in this class upon consumers consent. 

 

 

YOUTH & FAMILY GROUPS

 

Teen SMART Recovery

Wednesdays at 4:30 pm

SMART Recovery is a self-help program that offers a place where teens can get together to try to look into and change behaviors that hurts themselves and others like smoking, drinking, fighting and using drugs, to name a few.

 

Koffee with Kevin

Tuesdays at 10 am

Join Kevin Schmidt, Parent Support Specialist, for virtual Koffee with Kevin every Tuesday at 10 am! This is an open group of supportive parents and caregivers that are here to support and connect.

 

12-15 Group

Mondays at 4 pm

For youth enrolled in office based services programs.

A virtual group to provide a safe, therapeutic environment for youth to discuss various mental health related topics.

 

Trails

Thursdays at 1:30 pm

Ages: 3-6th grade

TRAILS seeks to help students learn skills to navigate common academic and social pressures  and manage mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

 

Positive Family Intervention

Wednesday’s 10am-11am & 2pm-3pm

We cover reformatting your thinking as a parent when it comes to approaching your child and their behaviors. In our seven weekly sessions we teach parents how to identify the motivators of your child’s problem behavior,  identify replacement behaviors, teach replacement behaviors, create a positive behavior support plan and monitor that plan.

 

 

For a list of community groups, visit our healthwest.net/virtual-groups