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HEALING GROUPS

Columbia Psychology Healing Center LLC offers various group options for trauma survivors and their loved ones.  In all groups, participants do NOT share the details of their traumatic experiences, in order to protect group members from being overwhelmed by trauma details.   Instead, group participants talk about their struggles, and share coping strategies. Groups typically consist of 5-9 members, and will be regularly offered to meet the need in the community.

Groups can be a very helpful component of your healing journey.  Sadly, in our society, trauma survivors often feel alone, and sometimes even feel blamed or judged for their traumatic experiences.  At Columbia Psychology Healing Center LLC, survivors come together to support one another and learn that they are not alone, others understand their pain, and it is possible to overcome and lead a fulfilling and joyful life.  Groups are a supportive, nonjudgmental place to feel heard and understood, and participants find healing through empathy, hope, and practical skills and education.

Mindfulness Group

Mindfulness refers to the ability to maintain awareness of the present moment with acceptance and without judgment.  Mindfulness helps strengthen the “muscle” in the brain that helps us focus our attention to the present moment (rather than ruminating on the past or worrying about the future).  Mindfulness can be beneficial in reducing dissociation, alleviating anxiety and depression, reducing chronic pain, and improving your focus and concentration.  Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our emotions and our needs.  In addition to mindfulness, this group helps participants gain coping skills to recognize, regulate, validate, tolerate, and appropriately respond to strong emotions with self-compassion as well as assertive communication skills.  The group is designed as weekly 60-minute sessions.  Contact emily@columbiapsychology.com for more information.

Women’s Group for Trauma Survivors

Women who have survived trauma come together and support each other by sharing coping strategies and connecting with one another.  Information/education about topics of interest to the group members is provided as requested; for example, past topics have included cognitive reactions to trauma (safety, trust, power/control, esteem, intimacy, guilt), dissociation, emotional processing, medication management, boundaries in relationships, and communication/assertiveness skills. The group is designed as sixteen weekly 60-minute sessions.

Trauma Support Group for Family

Families of trauma survivors come together to offer support and learn how to better help their loved ones.  No identifying information or details of trauma histories are shared, in order to respect loved ones’ confidentiality.  Instead, participants discuss and learn different ways of coping with their own emotions and responding to trauma survivors in helpful ways.  Education on the effects of trauma is provided, and participants are helped to cope with their own emotions and disrupted beliefs about the world following their loved ones’ trauma. The group is designed as twelve weekly 60-minute sessions.

THREE SIMPLE WAYS TO CONTACT COLUMBIA PSYCHOLOGY HEALING CENTER LLC:

  1. 1.EMAIL emily@columbiapsychology.com 
  2. 2.CALL 573-818-7010 
  3. 3.REQUEST A PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION BELOW
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Columbia Psychology Healing Center LLC

1900 N. Providence Rd. #327
Columbia, MO 65202

P: 573-818-7010

F: 573-818-7012

emily@columbiapsychology.com

Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.