We have an extensive library at our office in Greenville and have long valued the benefit of the abundance of great content for ourselves and our clients. This therapeutic book club feels like a natural extension of our support services already in place. We’ll hope you’ll join us for one or all of the gatherings.
*Though hosted by a licensed mental health clinician, this is not a substitute for psychotherapy or group counseling.
You will be asked to participate in a brief phone conversation after registration to ensure that this group is appropriate for you. Registration will close 3 days prior to the start date.
Change your life one book at a time.
If you’ve experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, termination of pregnancy due to health risk or abnormality, or death in the first year of your baby’s life, you’re not alone. Life after these losses can be heartbreaking, confusing, and lonely. Family, friends, and medical professionals may minimize your loss or say “You can always try again.” Written by a psychologist who experienced two pregnancy losses herself, At a Loss offers thirty essays on the thoughts, feelings, and struggles that come along with losing a pregnancy or baby. Whether you are early in a crisis of grief or exploring the loss years afterward, you will find self-compassion, healing, and new ways to make meaning of your loss. Donna Rothert, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in perinatal issues, including pregnancy and infant loss.
Location: Connected Journey at 25 Woods Lake Rd, Suite 402, Greenville, SC
This month we will be exploring Emily Nagoski’s New York Times bestseller Come as You Are,described as an essential exploration of women’s sexuality that promises to radically transform your sex life! Using groundbreaking science and research, she proved that the most important factor in creating and sustaining a sex life filled with confidence and joy is not what the parts are or how they’re organized, but how you feel about them. Which means that things like stress, mood, trust, and body image are not peripheral factors in a woman’s sexual wellbeing; they are central to it. And, that even if you don’t yet feel that way, you are already sexually whole.
This book is a practical and engaging companion for anyone wants to further their understanding of their own bodies, and sex lives to lead the pleasure-full life that you deserve. Join us this month as we explore this book in depth to debunk the myths that make us feel inadequate, uncover the little known science of what makes us tick, and most importantly – why and how.
Join us for community and connection as we explore and discuss the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how we’ve been programmed to obey the rules represented by these “seven deadly sins.” We will take an in-depth look at sloth, envy, pride, gluttony, greed, lust, anger, sadness, and find the blessings, and gifts to shine a light onto the shadows to excavate the importance in them all. We will learn how to break free and discover the integrity and wholeness we seek.
A runaway bestseller, Wild is Cheryl Strayed’s true story of her one-thousand-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail from California to Washington State trying to get her life back on track. She’s incredibly unprepared, but sets off on the three month long journey of healing that brings her to the limits of her body, her resolve, and her will to live in the face of fear while learning about her herself, connection, strength, family, and more.
Save the date, and join us in for in an in depth therapeutic discussion of this powerful read together. We’ll see you there!
When was the last time you were engaged, focused, connected, and completely present? When was the last time you felt exhilarated and lighthearted? Together, we will explore the surprising mental, physical, and cognitive benefits of fun, and offer practical ideas and activities so that we can achieve better screen/life balance. Let’s start the summer off right by planning how to add TRUE fun into our daily lives—without feeling overwhelmed. That’s something we don’t need a vacation from!
In a series of 12 lyrical nature essays, herbalist, writer, and Earth intuitive Asia Suler illuminates the healing power of the living Earth–and gives us permission to nurture self-compassion and empathy as forces for personal healing. In these times, it’s easy to feel hopeless and disconnected. It’s easier still to mask our inherent goodness–to imagine that our unique and precious gifts simply aren’t enough, or forget the power of our inborn empathy. For those of us who are highly sensitive, innately attuned to the workings and whispers of the natural world, it can be hard to embody the belief that we’re enough as we are-but we are! Join us in reading this book, and partake in true nature therapy sessions for the soul.
In order to achieve work/life balance, cope with toxic people, and enjoy rewarding relationships with partners, friends, and family you must learn what “healthy boundaries” really mean. This book will show you how it truly is possible to successfully express your needs, say no, and be assertive without offending others-no apology needed!
New ideas that expand our notion of self kindness and its capacity to transform our lives, showing women how to balance of tender self acceptance with fierce action to claim their power and change the world.
A book written by women for women who feel overwhelmed, and exhausted by everything they have to do, yet still worried they weren’t doing enough. The science and stories of how to get through rough times. Wellness is not a state of mind, but a state of action. A closer look at what wellness “should” actually look like and dismantling the myth of “having it all,” and how finally achieving lasting peace is how we create space in our lives for that free action through the cycle of being human. What better goal for the new year for yourself…we know it sounds life changing right!
Together we will DIG deep (Get Deliberate; Get Inspired; Get Going),and make commitments on how we’re going to incorporate what we’re learning into your everyday life. Learn how to be wholehearted and explore why we focus so much on what other people think. It’s about stepping into the belief of I am imperfect and I am enough-the best gift we could give ourselves during this busy holiday season!
Examination of a therapist’s own experience being on both the giving and receiving ends of therapy. An exploration of why so many of us believe that feelings are shameful, and why we hide them; how unreliable we all are as narrators of our own experience; how to see yourself more accurately; how to get past the presenting problem, and finding the true root of issues; achieving “emotional sobriety” to regulate your feelings; and the 5 stages of change and how to recognize when you (and people you care about) are actually ready for help/change.