Group Therapy & Classes
How one group member describes their experience: "Group therapy has become, for me, an essential supplement to my individual therapy. Getting to know people who are uniquely able to understand my experience has been invaluable, and has really broadened my own understanding and perspective. I genuinely look forward to group throughout the week!"
COME JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU...
We are continuously developing new programs so check back to see our most current offerings.
Women's empowerment group
How do I stop making the same mistakes? How do I realize my positive potential? Why do I judge myself as better or worse than others? Why is there no one right answer to so many of my big, life dilemmas?
In this group, we discover together how to get what we want and change behaviors that don’t reflect who we really are.... Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm in Andersonville, join now!
mindful Anger - yes, it’s possible!
Anger management is a 10 week curriculum-based group combining classic anger management skills and mindfulness. The group will explore the evolutionary role of anger, when anger is appropriate, the difference between assertiveness and aggressiveness, and how to differentiate between anger, fear and frustration….
10-week group, starts again Summer 2019. BOTH Loop and Andersonville locations.
The Classic Course in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
This is the Harvard-based curriculum in learning targeted meditation strategies to reduce stress, physical pain and emotional suffering. 8 week group with one full day retreat....
Next class starts October, 2019 at our Andersonville location.
mindfulness-based addictions recovery
In our loop location, this is a topics-based group for those recovering from both substance and process addictions. Go beyond avoiding people, places and things and learn to manage internal conflict, shame, criticism and intense emotions without addictive substances or behaviors. More info about topics below…
Tuesdays, 5-6pm in the Loop; ongoing group; Join now!
MODERN MEN'S PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP
Modern Men is an ongoing group for all those who identify as male. We address several specific topics that men face, including relationships, communications, role expectations, work stress and more.
Thursdays, 6-7pm, in Andersonville, join anytime!
refuge recovery from addictions
Refuge Recovery is a non-theistic, Buddhist-inspired approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds. We are a community of people who are using the practices of mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness, and generosity to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused in our lives and the lives of our loved ones.
The path of practice that we follow is called the Four Noble Truths of Refuge Recovery: • Meditation • Generosity • Kindness • Renunciation
Weekly peer-led meetings include guided meditations, readings from the book Refuge Recovery, and group sharing and discussion. Open to people of all backgrounds and respectful of all recovery paths, these meetings are appropriate for anyone in, or interested in, recovery from any forms of addictive behavior. No prior meditation experience necessary.
Thursdays, 7:30-9pm in Andersonville, just drop in!
Free, but donations welcome. Come as often as you can!
Monthly "Giving Readers a Voice" Book Club
We are now reading “Radical Acceptance” by Tara Brach. Come read with us, share your reflections and stories to accept life “as it is” without resisting or running away. Learn to free yourself from the pain of “something is wrong with me” by accepting each present moment exactly as it is. Experience a sense of expansion in yourself and in your life by saying “yes” to the life you are living.
The second Saturday of each month. Starts again Fall 2019, in Andersonville. We'll go deeper with applications to real life...
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Feeling overwhelmed and out of control? Years of research shows that DBT is a powerful and proven intervention that provides you with real-life, take-home skills in 4 areas: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness....
On-going group, can join at the beginning of each module. Mondays, 6-7pm in the Loop. Wednesdays 8-9pm, in Andersonville.
SEMINARS/PRESENTATIONS
CMP does presentations in the following areas:
Crisis de-escalation
Suicide assessment and intervention
Mindfulness, how it can help and specific applications to real life
If you are interested in scheduling a workshop or presentation, please call 773-368-9619 or email info@chicagomindful.com to discuss.
