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LPPH Group Programs

Last revision: 03/11/20

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Jump to a specific non-STAR group: Bipolar Psychoeducation • CBT for Depression • CBT for Social Anxiety •  CBT Skills • Chronic Illness Support • DBT-Informed Psychoeducational Skills Group • Kids Worry Warrior Group • MBCT for Depression • Multi-Family Group • Parent Psychoeducation: ADHD • Parent Psychoeducation: Anxiety • Parent Psychoeducation: Depression • Summer HALP Group • Unified Protocol Group


Jump to a specific STAR group: Enhancing Independence • First Steps Together • Let's Get It Together • Motivate to Communicate Together • Motivational Early Learning • PEERS Preschool • PEERS Teens/Adolescents • PEERS Young Adults • Transitioning Together • Unstuck & On Target

 

Bipolar Psychoeducation Group
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Descartes Li Mondays 12:00-1:30 p.m. 8 weeks

Groups usually start in January and July (next group starts Feb 3, 2020)
       

CBT for Depression Group
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Sabrina Darrow Tuesdays 4:00-5:30 p.m. 12 weeks, starting 03/24/20

Patients ages 13-18

The group covers psychoeducation on CBT and depression, skills to identify and change harmful thoughts, ways to improve relationships, and behavioral activation strategies to help manage and improve mood. Send referrals for the next group to Sophia Scotland.
       

CBT for Social Anxiety Group
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
TBA TBA TBA 8 weeks, next group starting in March 2020 (exact date TBA)

Patients ages 13-18

Please send referrals for the next group to Sophia Scotland
       

CBT Skills Group
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Bev Lehr Tuesdays 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Ongoing with open (rolling) admissions

For registered adult patients not currently receiving therapy

Maximum group size is 10
       

Chronic Illness Support Group
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Amin Azzam Thursdays 1:00-2:30 p.m. Ongoing with open (rolling) admissions
Amin Azzam Thursdays 3:00-4:30 p.m. Ongoing with open (rolling) admissions
       

DBT-Informed Psychoeducational Skills Group
Group Leaders Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Erin Gillung

 		 Thursdays starting 12/12  8:30–10:00 a.m. 12-week closed group for adults interested in building skills in mindfulness and tolerance of intense affect

Place referral through APEX -> “Amb Referral to Psych- Group Therapy” indicate group type -> “DBT Informed Skills” and "Erin Gillung"
Joseph Zamaria Wednesdays starting 1/15 8:30–10:00 a.m. 12-week closed group for adults interested in building skills in mindfulness and tolerance of intense affect

Place referral through APEX -> “Amb Referral to Psych- Group Therapy” indicate group type -> “DBT Informed Skills” and "Joseph Zamaria"
       

Kids Worry Warrior Group
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
TBA TBA TBA 8 weeks, start date TBA

Patients ages 9–12

This group has a child AND parent/caregiver component, and both need to attend to join the group. Currently accepting future referrals for the spring. Please send any future referrals directly to Sophia Scotland.
       

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Erin Gillung, LMFT

Sidney Edsall, MD		 Tuesdays 5:15-7:30 p.m. 8 weeks, starting 01/07/20
       

Multi-Family Group (part of Early Psychosis Clinic)
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Gabrielle Moreno 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 p.m.  
       

Parent Psychoeducation Workshop for ADHD
Group Leader Date Time of Group Additional Notes
Christine Zalecki Friday, February 28 9:30–11:00 a.m. For parents of children/teens with ADHD or suspected ADHD

If you are working with a family whose parent/s would like to attend, please schedule them directly into the session – no need to send us a referral. In Apex, book the session (using the child’s name/MRN) as follows:

Department: PSYCH HALP PARN

Visit Type: Group 90

Provider: Zalecki, Christine

Date: 02/28/20

Time: 9:30am
       

Parent Psychoeducation Workshop for Anxiety
Group Leader Dates Time of Group Additional Notes
Allison Libby Thursday. May 7

Thursday, June 4		 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

All parents attending the group must have a teen/young adult who is currently registered as a patient at LPPH. To book the parent into this group in APeX use the child/teen's name. You do not need to send a referral for this workshop.

Clinician: Libby, Allison

Department: PSYCH PEDS

Type: Group 90
       

Parent Psychoeducation Workshop for Depression
Group Leader Dates Time of Group Additional Notes
Natalie Todd Thursday, April 2

Friday, May 22		 11:00 a.m.‑12:30 p.m.

All parents attending the group must have a teen/young adult who is currently registered as a patient at LPPH. To book the parent into this group in APeX use the teen/young adult's name. You do not need to send a referral for this workshop.

Clinician: Todd, Natalie

Department: PSYCH PEDS

Type: Group 90
       

Summer HALP Group
Group Leader Dates Time of Group Additional Notes
Jennifer Ly Starts July 24 5:00–6:30 p.m.

8 weeks, parent-only group for parents of children entering the 1st – 8th grades with ADHD (or suspected ADHD)
       

Unified Protocol Group
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
TBA TBA TBA 12 weeks, start date TBA

Patients ages 13-18

The Unified Protocol is a trans diagnostic Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) that teaches effective strategies for promoting change across a range of emotional disorders, including anxiety and depression. The goals of the group include reducing “intense negative emotion states by extinguishing the distress and anxiety these emotions produce through emotion education, awareness techniques, cognitive strategies to improve flexibility, and an array of exposure and activation techniques”. Send any future referrals directly to Sophia Scotland.
       

STAR - Enhancing Independence
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Enjey Lin TBD TBD 16 weeks, young adults with ASD ages 18–26 (college to post-college) interested in improving their independence skills, requirements: parent/caregiver participation and ability to speak in fluent and complex sentences, smart phone highly recommended, young adults with aggressive behaviors towards others are ineligible.
       

STAR - First Steps Together
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Katy Ankenman Fridays 3:30–5:00 p.m. 6 weeks, educational support program for parents of children under 6 recently diagnosed with ASD
       

STAR - Let's Get It Together
Group Leader Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Greg Lyons Thursdays 4:00–5:30 p.m. 16 weeks (8 group, 8 individual sessions), parents of children with ASD ages 2–6, optimistic parent training group coaching parents on how to improve their child's prosocial behavior and self regulation while decreasing challenging behaviors
       

STAR - Motivate to Communicate Together (PRT 1)
Group Leaders Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Mina Park

Greg Lyons		 Tuesdays 4:00–5:30 p.m. 14 weeks (10 group, 4 individual sessions), parents of children with ASD ages 2–5, PRT (Pivotal Response Training) parent training group coaching parents on how to improve their child's verbal communication skills
       

STAR - Motivational Early Learning (PRT 2)
Group Leaders Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Mina Park

Greg Lyons		 Thursdays 4:00–5:30 p.m. 14 weeks (10 group, 4 individual sessions), parents of children with ASD ages 2–6, intermediate PRT (Pivotal Response Training) parent training group coaching parents on how to improve their child's developmental across core (SiMPLE) areas: social, initiation, motivation, play, language, engagement/regulation; recommended for families that have participated in Motivated to Communicate Together 
       

STAR - PEERS Preschool
Group Leaders Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Whitney Ence

Tara Rooney		 TBD TBD 16 weeks, parents of children with ASD ages 4–6, children must speak consistently in phrases/sentences of four or more words, parents are taught how to help their child make and keep friends, parent participation is required
       

STAR - PEERS Teens/Adolescents
Group Leaders Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Katy Ankenman

Tara Glavin

Enjey Lin		 Wednesdays 4:00–5:30 p.m. 14 weeks, for motivated teens in middle and high school wanting to build and maintain positive friendships, parent participation is required
       

STAR - PEERS Young Adults
Group Leaders Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Katy Ankenman

Tara Glavin		 Thursdays 5:30–7:00 p.m. 16 weeks, young adults ages 18–35 interested in building and maintaining positive friendships and relationships, parent participation is required
       

STAR - Transitioning Together
Group Leaders Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
Katy Ankenman

Janet Miller		 Tuesdays 5:00–6:30 p.m. 2 individual family sessions, 8 weekly group sessions; families with individuals with ASD ages 14–21; helps individuals with ASD and their families identify solutions during transition to adulthood
       

STAR - Unstuck & On Target
Group Leaders Day of Week Time of Group Additional Notes
TBA Thursdays 4:00–5:00 p.m. 16 weekly sessions, parent sessions run concurrently with child sessions; verbally fluent youth with ASD ages 8–11; uses strategies to boost flexibility in thinking, problem solving, coping with feelings, planning (setting goals), and organization