Workshops / Group Therapy

ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS FOR OUR VIRTUAL GROUP!! This is a group for adults ran by Matthew Manela, LICSW, LADC who specializes in anger management. This group runs on a 12 week cylce and will cover topics around self awareness, identifying your fears, exploring and investing in change, identifying thinking errors, communicating needs, forgiveness, as well as positive thinking and being in the present. This workshop will teach you concrete skills to improve relationships with yourself, family, friends and work. If anger has caused trouble in your relationship or if you find yourself getting easily angry, then this workshop is for you! We want you to feel better about yourself and your relationships. Join this ongoing, OPEN group for techniques and skills to change your automatic anger response and learn to take charge of your anger! Coed group, clients may join at anytime in the cycle.

This workshop is currently OPEN and we are accepting new clients into our current series. $60 a group or insurance accepted. In network plans include BCBS, HP, TUFTS COMMERCIAL, OPTUM, UBH, UHC, CIGNA, and ALLWAYS COMMERCIAL. Class will run Mondays 7:45-9pm. Registration is required, please contact us to sign up! Group takes place virtually via Google Hangout Meets.

This workshop focuses on skills encouraging girls to be empowered, independent, confident and respectful. We will explore issues girls face around social situations and relationships, healthy vs unhealthy, self esteem, body image and confidence and skills around communication and advocacy. This workshop will teach problem solving skills, build confidence, help girls to accept and love themselves and helping girls work towards being a leader and not a follower with resiliency and confidence. Unique situations girls face across ages will be explored and tailored to the specific age group. High School group is facilitated by Kathy Manganaro, LMHC.

GIRLS WITH GRACE AND GRIT group is currently running and we are now accepting new clients for our ongoing open group for adolescents (15-17 yrs old) running VIRTUALLY Thursdays 7-8pm, open group format, please inquire about current openings. Group will take place virtually via Google Hangout Meets. $60 a group or insurance accepted. In network plans include BCBS, HP, TUFTS COMMERCIAL, OPTUM, UBH, UHC, ALLWAYS COMMERCIAL, and CIGNA.

This group workshop is geared towards supporting young men (ages 16-19) with anxiety and establishing coping skills. This group will allow young men to feel supported in their efforts to minimize anxiety and depression and create a connection with other young men going through the same thing. The goal of the group is to help minimize feelings of isolation and to establish a more positive sense of self and community.

Young Mens Peer Support Group is currently accepting new clients for this open group running VIRTUALLY via Google Meet weekly on Thursdays evenings. Open group format. Please inquire about current openings. $60 a group or insurance accepted. In network plans include BCBS, HP, TUFTS COMMERCIAL, OPTUM, UBH, UHC, ALLWAYS COMMERCIAL, and CIGNA.

Are you pregnant? A new mom? Or a mom to children under 5? If so, this group is for you.  The pandemic has caused us to get closer and farther apart at the same time. Being a mom before the pandemic was hard to say the least, but now with the added stress and uncertainty it is even harder. The pandemic has opened up Pandora's box of worry for mothers and mothers to be. This group offers the opportunity to find people experiencing the same struggles and explore such topics as: new mom in the pandemic, socializing in the pandemic with young children, transitioning to daycare or back to work, impact on marriage, self care, working, impact on mental health and so much more.

Now ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS for this VIRTUAL group starting Tuesday November 16th. Group will meet virtually for 1 hour every other week on Tuesday at 10am starting Tuesday November 16th at 10am. $60 a group or insurance accepted. In network plans include BCBS, HP, TUFTS COMMERCIAL, OPTUM, UBH, UHC, CIGNA, and ALLWAYS COMMERCIAL. Registration is required, please contact us to sign up! Group takes place virtually via Google Hangout Meets.

CURRENTLY CLOSED: This virtual group is facilitated by Annette Scanlon, LICSW. Have you recently lost a loved one? Have you recently experienced a major life change? If the answer is yes, then our virtual grief and loss group may be the support you need. The goals of this group are to learn skills to cope with grief and loss and to provide support through major life changes.

CURRENTLY CLOSED: Many therapists at Transitions Counseling Services, Inc., hold a certification in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or are currently seeking the post graduate certification. CBT is a very effective type of therapy that is designed to treat a number of depressive disorders, anxiety issues and other mood-related disorders. We target the unhealthy patterns of thought and recognize how they impact self-destructive behaviors and negative feelings that affect our clients.

We seek to use CBT to make improvements for the individual and their relationships, as well. Our team helps our clients to develop new and constructive ways of thinking that can help to create a healthier approach to behaviors and beliefs. We embrace the basic principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, including the use of active and collaborative participation, education, as well as goal-oriented and solution-focused therapy.

DBTeen in an introductory skills building workshop for teens who struggle with peer relationships, managing emotions, impulse control and tolerating distress. They will learn how to validate others and themselves and learn to recognize black and white/all or nothing thinking. This group is a 7 week closed group for teens to have a safe, non judgmental space to learn concrete skills to improve and learn healthy behaviors and skills around mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal relationships, emotional regulation and middle path. Clients will practice and receive materials to be able to implement coping skills immediately.

Series is currently closed, however please inquire if interested as group will consider restarting pending interest. Commitment to the whole series is required. Group will take place virtually via Google Hangout Meets.

DBT Introductory Skills Workshop Adults is an 8 week workshop to focus on skills to tolerate stress, effectively communicate with others, manage intense emotions such as anxiety and depression, decrease impulsive behavior, and increase awareness about self, relationships and people around us. DBT will help you experience a range of emotions without necessarily acting on them. In this workshop clients will leave with a “toolbox” of skills and coping mechanisms.

Series is currently closed, however please inquire if interested as group will consider restarting pending interest. Commitment to the whole series is required. Group will take place virtually via Google Hangout Meets.

Adult DBT Skills Program is for adults of all ages. All modules covered in this 8 week long series, should you wish to learn all. This workshop will go into detail, exploring several skills on each topic of Mindfulness, Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Skills, and Distress Tolerance. Members are encouraged to stay and work though all four modules. Members can join during Mindfulness series which will be two weeks followed by 6 weeks of learning a particular set of skills. Each member will be provided with a binder of skills to build their library of tools.

This group is currently CLOSED and we are not accepting new clients. Registration is required, please contact us if you have an interest in learning when it will open next! Group will take place at 65 Holbrook St, Suite 220, Norfolk MA 02056.

CBT for Anxiety: Two series offered, one for adolescents and another for adults. In this introductory 8 week workshop clients will learn to identify their thoughts, feelings and behaviors and how they connect with each other. Through self reflection of our core beliefs you will learn how our perception of the world contributes to our experiences. Concrete skills will be taught to identify cognitive distortions, reframe thoughts and cognitions and change behaviors to experience less anxiety and stress. If you experience anxiety, have low self esteem, or are hard on yourself then this workshop is a perfect match for you to practice restructuring negative thought patterns and experience healthier emotions!

Adolescent Workshop is currently closed. Please inquire if interested as group will consider restarting pending interest. Commitment to the whole series is required. Group will take place virtually via Google Hangout Meets.

Adult Workshop meets Tuesdays 6:30-8pm. Group currently closed. Please inquire if interested as group will consider restarting pending interest. Commitment to the whole series is required. Group will take place virtually via Google Hangout Meets.