During these challenging times, increased demands and stressors make it even more difficult to care for ourselves while spending time and energy caring for others. Whether we’re helping others at work or at home, filling our own cup can easily fall to a non-priority item on our to-do list. This 8-week adult (18+) virtual group hopes to cultivate self and community care in order to help individuals cope with the unique mental health challenges that come with caring for others through a pandemic. This group recognizes that as well as self-care, connection with others is essential to the healing process.

We will incorporate art-therapy practices, mindfulness and self-compassion, emotional processing, nature-based practices, experiential exercises and discussion topics, etc.

Some of the topics we may explore are:
-Pandemic related grief, isolation, and uncertainty
-The mental/emotional demands of caring for others
-Mindful self-compassion
-Self-care techniques
-Boundary exploration
-Emotional identification & regulation

*Thursdays, 3/3- 4/21, 6:00-7:30pm
*This group is for adults (18+), people in helping roles (nursing, caregiving, helping professionals, teachers, etc.)
*The group is limited to a maximum of 8 people
*Participants must be a current client at Alliance Counseling
* OHP – Healthshare insurance accepted
*Cost is $72.00 per 90-minute session
*If interested, talk to your current therapist about joining!