Group Therapy

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All PCS group therapy sessions are therapist-facilitated and are held at the PCS offices except when indicated otherwise:

PCS
7530 East Angus Drive
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

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 PCS GROUP DESCRIPTIONS

 

HELP Group Monday from 7:00 am to 8:00 am $60

This is a meeting for patients attending an intensive treatment program to help them understand what to expect from their treatment plan, how to prepare for sessions, and answer any questions or concerns regarding their program.

Shanna Larson-Paola, MA, Facilitator.

 

SOS Group Monday from 7:00 am to 9:00 am $50

This is a group for individuals who struggle with sex offense issues.

Ken Wells,MDiv,MA, LPC, Facilitator

 

Communications Group: Monday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. $60

Focusing on helping the client to sharpen communication skills by sending clear messages, establishing active listening skills, and learning how to work through conflict.

 Marianne Turley, LAMFT, Facilitators

 

Mindfulness Group Monday from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm $60

This group focuses on learning to effectively regulate emotions.  Participants will learn and practice mindfulness skills to increase emotional awareness and control what their mind focuses on. Relapse prevention and action.

Everett Bailey, PhD, Facilitator

 

Psychodrama Group Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm $80

This is an experiential group that uses drama to work through issues. A protagonist is one who works while others in the group assist that person by representing significant others in the protagonist's life.

Soozi Bolte, LPC, andGrayce Gusmano MMFT, LPC, Facilitators

 

Transitions Group: Tuesday from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm $70

This group is designed for 18-25 year old adults who are moving from home to college to work.  Participants will have the opportunity to connect with other young adults, deal with issues that get in the way of moving forward, and share skills that facilitate a successful transition and emotional health.  This group is for young adults who desire to be proactive in addressing issues and obstacles that block them being who they want to be.  An intake session is required.

Doug Withrow, MSC, LAMFT, Facilitator

 

Compulsivity Group Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:00 am to 8:30 am $70

A group for individuals and couples struggling with any type of addiction issues.

Ralph H. Earle, PhD. and Marcus R. Earle, PhD., Facilitators

 

Borders and Boundaries Group Tuesday from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm $60
This group is designed to educate, encourage and empower you to establish and maintain healthy boundaries.  It serves to evaluate and identify how you treat yourself, how you treat others, and how you allow yourself to be treated.  Boundary training provides the skill set for creating closeness while maintaining separateness which is a requirement for healthy relationships and intimacy.

Brenda Garrett RN, MC, LPC and Kelli Forsythe-Croissant MSC, LMFT, Facilitators

 

Anger/Forgiveness Group Tuesday from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm $70

This facilitator works with individuals to recognize how they express anger and work towards achieving a healthy assertive expression of anger. In addition the group works on recognizing the need for forgiveness and then moving toward achieving that forgiveness.

Brian Case, PhD, LMFT, Facilitator

  

Spirituality Group Wednesday from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm $60

Participants share diverse experiences of faith and unfaith in an experiential and discussion format that maximizes the integration of spirituality and therapy.

Ken Wells,MDiv,  MA, LPC, Facilitator

 

Codependency Group Thursday from 7:00 am to 8:30 am $70

Both males and females and couples attend this group. This group clarifies what codependency is, how it can negatively affect relationships, and how to establish healthy boundaries with others. The group provides each member an opportunity to check -in and the open forum time allows members to provide feedback to one another.

Ralph H Earle, PhD and Marcus R. Earle, PhD, Facilitators

 

D.B.T.: Dialectical Behavioral Training Thursday from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm $60

This group is based on Marsha Linehan’s DBT model. DBT skills and will include Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness and Emotion Regulation. Clients who attend this group will learn how to integrate highly effective coping skills into the recovery process.

Stacy Hall, MC, LAC, NCC

 

Sexual Compulsivity Recovery Group Thursday 7:00 am to 8:30am $70

Task-oriented group process utilizing the Recovery Start Kit developed by Dr. Patrick Carnes, internationally recognized expert on sexual addiction, to learn how to deal with and control unhealthy sexual tendencies, obsessions and fantasies. Confront lies, deceptions, manipulations, rationalizations, minimizations, denials and boundary failures. Discover what is at the core of sexual struggles and addiction interaction issues. Develop skills to prevent relapse.

Mark Bell, LAMFT, ASAT, Facilitator

 

Substance Abuse/Trauma Group Thursday from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm $65

This group is designed to support the needs of the many individuals who have come to depend on drugs and alcohol to sooth trauma pain.  Provides psycho-education and recovery support.  The group is directed at building a safe, stable foundation while specific trauma interventions will be reserved for individual therapy.  Open group format of 6 week sessions.  Individuals requiring intensive treatment will be directed to appropriate treatment alternatives.

Kay Butler-Lueking, MC, LPC, Facilitator

 

G.E.T.: Group Experiential Therapy Thursday from 6:15 pm to 8:00 pm $75

The use of music, video, games, role-play, metaphor, and other experiential group interactions are used to help participants better understand and accept themselves, and to live life more fully from their “Real/Authentic”  rather than from their “Shame-Based”, “Fear-Based” or “image/Performance-Based” Selves.

Brian Case, PhD, LMFT, Facilitator.

 

B.A.L.A.N.C.E. Friday from 7:00 am to 8:30 am $70

Building Attitudes of Love Around Newly Created Empowerment.  This is an ongoing weekly group dedicated to increasing your ability to live your life as a feeling, functional adult. BALANCE focuses on issues of shame, functional boundaries, communication and listening skills.

Everett Bailey, Ph.D., facilitator.

 

Wrap Up Group Friday 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm $60

A conclusion for Intensive Program clients to deal with closure.  Review of releases and miscellaneous bookkeeping.

Shanna Larson -Paola,MA, Facilitator.

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Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Sunday (Start time varies between 5:00 pm and 6:30 pm)

A two hour group that meets offsite incorporates horses experientially for emotional growth and learning.  Activities will engage you intellectually, emotionally, socially and/or physically with an opportunity to explore and examine personal values.  It is a safe place to “think outside the box” and define/redefine what success means.

Shawn M. Rodrigues, L.P.C., facilitator

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