Group Therapy
Parenting | 6-week group
Are you looking for help, guidance, and a place to explore emotions around parenting? Whether you are parenting your first child, or if you have been a parent before, parenting is always a challenge and a journey, where we can benefit from help and a space to reflect. Hope Behavioral Health will be running a small group on this topic. The group will be facilitated by our experienced group therapist Linda Hritz, working with our intern Jack Fuller. The group program will be written by Linda and Jack drawing on the best research and advice in this area.
The group will be conducted online via Zoom, weekly over six weeks, on Fridays. The start date has not been determined yet but we are aiming for late October. If you are interested please send a short note to jfuller@hopebehavioral.com. Also, please feel free to forward this to friends who might be interested.
What: A six-week group exploring emotions and strategies around parenting
When: To begin in late October, one session per week
Where: Will be held online via Zoom
Group size: 6-9 people
For questions or to register: email jfuller@hopebehavioral.com
Coping Wisely with Anger and Frustration | 6-week group
All of us have to live with frustration, and sometimes, anger, and we all find different ways of coping. But it’s never easy, and sometimes, frustrations can get the better of us and derail our thoughts or make us behave in ways we regret. It is possible, however, to get a better relationship to this emotion. We can listen to our frustration and anger, instead of acting impulsively. We can feel angry, but communicate assertively and clearly about why we are upset and what matters to us.
Hope Behavioral Health will be running a small group on this topic. The group will be facilitated by our experienced group therapist Linda Hritz, working with our intern Jack Fuller. The group program will be written by Linda and Jack drawing on the best research and advice in this area. The group will be conducted online via Zoom, weekly over six weeks, on Fridays. The start date has not been determined yet but we are aiming for late October. If you are interested please send a short note to jfuller@hopebehavioral.com. Also, please feel free to forward this to friends who might be interested.
What: A six-week group exploring ways to live well with anger and frustration
When: To begin in late October, one session per week
Where: Will be held online via Zoom
Group size: 6-9 people
For questions or to register: email jfuller@hopebehavioral.com
A Little Bit About Grief | Monthly group
We cover numerous topics for you to learn about grief and learn from one another. Anyone experiencing grief is welcome, whatever loss you’re facing or however long it’s been. You’ll log on via Zoom to join a compassionate group of others who, like you, are also processing their grief. You’ll have an opportunity to share, or you can simply listen and receive. There is no charge for this group.
When: The group meets the third Tuesday of every month from 6:30 -8:00pm
This month’s meeting is scheduled for October 19th
Where: Will be held online via Zoom
Enrollment: Open
For questions or to register: email dmcintosh@hopebehavioral.com
The Grief Recovery Method® | 8-week group
This program is for anyone whose life has been impacted by any kind of loss, be it death, divorce, end of a relationship, loss of job, loss of trust, loss of faith or any of the more than 40 losses the Grief Recovery Institute® has identified.
"People say you have to let go and move on in your life, but they don’t tell you what you need to do to accomplish that. The Grief Recovery Method® Outreach Program not only makes that possible but provides partnerships and guidance to ensure that it happens."
This group will be co-facilitated by Sharon Mackel, LISW-S, one our Certified Advanced Grief Recovery Specialists® and Albert McIntosh, MSSA, LISW-S
When: This 8-week program will begin Tuesday, October 19 from 7:00-8:30 pm
Where: Hope Behavioral Health, 24100 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 420, Beachwood
Group size: 6-9 people
Enrollment: Open
Signup open now through November 2.
For questions or to register: smackel@hopebehavioral.com
COVID-19 Loss Community Support Group
Facilitator
Nancy Beckenhauer, MA
Certified Chaplain
My interest in COVID-19 losses: such as the closing of businesses, loss of income or home, the impact and losses related to lockdown experiences, health care workers and their stress and depression. The effect on parents’ role in their family, at their workplace or if working at home. The lack of control of adult children taking care of parents in an assisted living or long-term care facility. All of the heart wrenching stories tapped into my compassion for them and my sensitivity for their deep sense of abandonment, isolation, and lack of direction.
This community pilot program held at Hope Behavioral Health will address the losses and provide diverse coping methods leading to healing. Join this support group if you are experiencing loss because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
My background began with teaching in Secondary Education. I then transitioned into chaplain training at the Cleveland Clinic and eventually became a certified chaplain there.
Experience
My experience as a chaplain has also been at Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, and Hillcrest Hospital in Cleveland, OH, where I lead Grief Support Groups for people who had a loved one pass away during their stay in the hospital. Presently, I am a chaplain on the Spiritual Care team at Brookdale Hospice of Cleveland, OH. Once a month, I also lead a Grief Support Group through the Catholic Cemetery Association at All Souls Cemetery in Chardon, OH.
Each and all of these experiences and groups of people expanded my understanding of Spiritual Care and how blessings and losses affect life, wellness, and spiritual health.
In Person: Hope Behavioral Health, Beachwood Ohio
Six weekly meetings
When: This 6-week group will begin Tuesday, October 25 from 6:30-8:00 pm
Where: Hope Behavioral Health, 24100 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 420, Beachwood
Group size: 6-8
Contact: Nancy Beckenhauer
nbeckenhauer@ursulinesisters.org
Cost: $20
