Psychological Counseling Services

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Group Therapy

PCS provides a wide range of therapeutic and psycho-educational groups. All groups are open and ongoing, allowing clients to begin and end as their therapy process demands. We believe group therapy encourages clients to share their stories with others in a safe context. This is an excellent way to address shame issues. In addition, PCS offers groups designed to address specific issues. Please note that other professionals are welcome to refer clients to these groups. To sign up for a group, call 480 947-5739.

Group Therapy Calendar

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, M.A., facilitator.

SOS Group Monday from 8:00 am to 10:00 am $50
This is a group for individuals who struggle with sex offense issues.
(Not all intensive clients will be in this group)
Ken Wells, M.Div., M.A., L.P.C., facilitator.

Communications Group Communications I: Monday from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Communications II: 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.
Ken Wells, M.Div., M.A., L.P.C. and Soozi Bolte, M.C., L.P.C., facilitators.

Psychodrama Group Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm $75
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.
C. Soozi Bolte, L.P.C., and Grayce Gusmano M.M.F.T., L.P.C. facilitators.

Compulsivity Group Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:00 am to 8:30 am $65
A group for individuals and couples struggling with an addiction.
Ralph H. Earle, Ph.D. and Marcus R. Earle, Ph.D. 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

Anger/Forgiveness Group Tuesday from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm $75
Participants learn to: more effectively manage anger, set/maintain assertive boundaries, move from anger/mistrust to forgiveness, more sincerely/completely apologize for hurtful behaviors, and to forgive/make peace with themselves. The process includes educational and experiential components, as well as group discussion.
Brian Case, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., facilitator

RE-PAC: Relapse Prevention and Action Group Tuesday from 7:15 pm to 9:00 pm $75
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.
Everett Bailey, Ph.D., 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, M.Div, M.A, L.P.C., facilitator.

Codependency Group Thursday from 7:00 am to 8:30 am $65
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, Ph.D. and Marcus R. Earle, Ph.D., 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, M.C., L.A.C., N.C.C., Grayce Gusmano, L.M.F.T., L.P.C., and Everett Bailey, Ph.D. facilitators.

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, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., facilitator.

BALANCE - Building Attitudes of Love Around Newly Created Empowerment
Friday from 7:00 am to 8:30 am $65
This is an ongoing weekly group dedicated to increasing your ability to live your life as a feeling, functional adult. BALANCE focuses on understanding what shame is, where it comes from and how it is different from guilt. Participants will learn how to manage shame in a healthy way.
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, M.A., facilitator.

Sexual Compulsivity Recovery Group Thursday 6:00 pm to 7:30pm $75
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