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.... Saturdays 8:30-9:45am in Andersonville, join now!
Well fed: Mindful Eating
Are you a chronic dieter or chaotic eater?
Do you habitually under-eat or over-eat?
Does food and eating take up way too much head space?
Tired of feeling guilty about what you're eating or NOT eating?
Are you caught in a never ending cycle of binging and purging?
Do you experience incessant self-defeating thoughts about your body?
Is it all too often a struggle to get your body moving?
Do you freak out if you have to miss a day at the gym?
If you answered “yes” to any or all of the above questions, then Well Fed might just be perfect for you. 8 week group starts April, 2019, Sundays, 5:15-6:30pm, in Andersonville.
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 April, 2019. BOTH Loop and Andersonville locations.
mindfulness for grief and loss
Grief is not a pathology or illness, it’s a natural part of life that can bring much suffering. The goal of mindfulness practice is to ease suffering. This group will bring grief and mindfulness together in a format that will offer support, compassion, understanding, and meaning to your process.
10-week group, starts again May, 2019, in Andersonville. Sign up now!
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 March 5, 2019 at our Andersonville location.
I Love You And You Make Me Crazy
Do you ever feel like you're walking on eggshells around your loved one? Feel like you can't say anything right? Ever get your buttons pushed? You're not alone! This group is support, education and pragmatic skills for people in especially challenging or toxic relationships-romantic, family or otherwise.
Next class date TBD. Click on register to show us you're interested and get more info!
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, 8:30-10pm 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...
Creative recovery - using movement to live a full sober life
This group explores how creative self-expression, specifically movement, links to recovery from an addiction, mental illness or eating disorder. This is for you if…you want and are able to reflect on different stages and aspects of my recovery process, are open and willing to explore creativity, movement, and self-expression and want to deepen connection to yourself and others in recovery. Come HAVE FUN with us!
8-week class, starting April, 2019, in Andersonville. Sign up now!
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. Wednesdays 8-9pm, in Andersonville.
Mindful Parenting
Modern families are busier and more over-scheduled than ever. It can seem daunting to take on one more thing, even if that thing can create more space, peace, and relaxation to our lives.
Join us as we apply mindful awareness and compassion to parenting - the toughest job you’ll ever love…..
Saturday, April 27, 2019, 9-12pm at our Andersonville location.
Yoga for Anxiety Relief
This class will help you calm the body and quiet the mind.
We will explore how the breath helps regulate the nervous system and then practice breathing techniques to lower stress response. The practice will also include soft yoga postures coordinated with the breath (suitable for beginners and experienced yoga practitioners). Class will end with a mindfulness-based body scan to increase the mind-body connection and encourage deeper relaxation.
Please bring an extra layer or blanket for the final relaxation.
August 7, 14, 21 and 28 - 4 week series, 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.
