Groups
Our group therapy programs offer a supportive, compassionate space where you can connect with others who understand what you’re going through. Guided by therapist Avi Hessel and clinical intern Peri Drury, each group is designed to help build coping skills, gain new perspectives, and feel less alone in your journey toward better mental health.
Starting the week of April 20, we are offering three new therapy groups focused on neurodiverse women and marginalized genders, grief support for youth ages 12-17, and substance abuse support.
Group sessions will meet in person at 100 Trade Center Dr, suite 306, in Champaign.
Our group therapists are in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna. Private pay and out-of-network options are available. Contact our practice manager, Grace Chong, at grace@jamiestevenscounseling.com or at 217-840-2785 to register or for insurance and financing options.
Neurodiverse Women and Marginalized Genders Group
Tuesdays at 6 PM
Many neurodivergent women, nonbinary, and trans folks feel their experience with neurodivergence deeply impacted by their experiences being raised in a gendered world. Whether that be from gender-based discrimination, lack of support due to gender norms, later-in-life diagnosis, or sensory issues related to menstruation, menopause, and other hormonal fluxes, these are alienating experiences for folks at this crossroads of marginalization. We are offering a therapeutic and safe space to explore this nuanced experience with gender and neurodivergence, where we will offer a combination of therapeutic interventions and a safe community space for processing and connection.
This group will first take place over 8 weeks, on a weekly basis with a maximum of 6 participants per enrollment session. Consistent participation is necessary as this group is focused on community and support. We understand life happens and things come up so talk to us if you foresee this being an issue for you.
Grief Youth Group
Wednesdays at 6 PM
Grief and loss are never easy for anyone, especially at a young and pivotal age. Grief is often a lifelong process of dealing with loss, which will include many ups and downs. We are offering a safe space to receive support in navigating grief, where we will offer a combination of therapeutic interventions and a community space for processing and connection. Whether it be the loss of a loved one, friend, pet, or large life changes that cause a loss of a perceived future, our goal is to hold space for all the complex and nuanced emotions that come with the nebulous navigation of grief. This group is intended to support youth aged 12-17 and will offer a space to process grief with and in a community of peers.
This group will first take place over 8 weeks, on a weekly basis with a maximum of 6 participants per enrollment session. Consistent participation is necessary as this group is focused on community and support. We understand life happens and things come up so talk to us if you foresee this being an issue for you.
Substance Abuse Group
Thursdays at 5 PM
We are offering a safe space to receive support in navigating substance abuse, where we will offer a combination of informed therapeutic interventions and a community space for processing and connection. Our approach is grounded in a harm reduction approach and honoring the comorbidities, such as grief, PTSD, depression, and neurodivergence that may come alongside substance abuse, as well as holding space for the identities and communities that substance abuse so deeply impacts. We will use a combination of psychoeducation, interpersonal processing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and motivational interviewing in our groups. This group will be more structured in its curriculum due to the nature of substance abuse treatment; however, we will prioritize personal and interpersonal processing as a community due to its role of support in substance abuse treatment.
This group will first take place over 8 weeks, on a weekly basis with a maximum of 6 participants per enrollment session. Consistent participation is necessary as this group is focused on community and support. We understand life happens and things come up so talk to us if you foresee this being an issue for you.
