Groups and Workshops
Groups and workshops can be an amazing addition to your support system, either as an adjunct to individual therapy or as a stand-alone support. We frequently launch new groups and workshops, so check back often for updates and join our email list to stay up to date!
Previous Groups, Workshops and Events
Not Crazy, Just Hormones! 3-Hour Workshop for Women
This 3-hour workshop is a therapist-led, psychoeducational offering designed to support women navigating perimenopause and menopause. The content is grounded in current, evidence-based research, including work by Jen Gunter and other leading menopause clinicians and organizations.
The workshop will provide education on the physiological and neurobiological changes associated with perimenopause, including hormonal fluctuations and their impact on mood, anxiety, cognition, sleep, and physical health. Additional topics include body composition changes, sexual health, and common misconceptions surrounding menopause and hormone therapy.
The structure will integrate teaching, guided discussion, and practical coping strategies, with an emphasis on normalizing patient experiences and reducing stigma. Participants will also be introduced to skills for symptom management, communication, and medical self-advocacy.
Erin Lovingfoss from Loving Your Pause will contribute specialized knowledge and perspective, enhancing the interdisciplinary and educational scope of the workshop.
April 30th, 6-9 PM
In-Person at Grace and Gratitude's Downers Grove office
1401 Branding Ave. Suite 345
Full Price: $35
Register by 4/15 to receive $10 off!
Relationships: Finding Your Voice
Are you having difficulty effectively communicating your needs, wants, and concerns?
Struggling to create and maintain healthy boundaries with your in-laws, boss, or friends?
Or perhaps seeking ways to interact with your partner, child, or family members in a less reactive, more emotionally regulated way?
In our 8-week Relationships group for adult women, we'll help you find your voice!
Healthy communication and relationship dynamics are complex and, for many, do not come naturally.
We'll walk through tips and techniques for increasing assertiveness, defining boundaries, validating and listening, and finding connection with others.
Ready to feel confident and empowered in your relationships? Join us!
SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 29
6 Week Therapy Group for Women Navigating Peri/menopause
If you’ve been thinking:
- “Why am I suddenly exhausted but wired?”
- “Is my brain… buffering?”
- “Why am I crying AND furious AND fine within 20 minutes?”
- “Why does sleep feel like a prank?”
- “Why do I feel like I don’t recognize myself?”
You’re not broken. You’re not dramatic. And you’re not alone.
We’re starting a therapist-led perimenopause/menopause group for women who want:
+ evidence-based education (no fluff, no fear-mongering)
+ validation & community (because this can be isolating)
+ skills for emotional volatility, distress tolerance, self-compassion
+ help communicating needs + renegotiating roles/ intimacy
+ tools for medical self-advocacy and spotting misinformation
This season can mess with mood, sleep, body, confidence, and identity. We’ll name what’s happening, reduce shame, and build a steadier footing—together.
Registration CLOSED
Internal Family Systems Group for Women
We all have parts. These parts—though sometimes conflicting—are all trying to help you survive, protect, and function. Learning how to understand and lead your “internal system” allows you to offer self-compassion and create deep healing for parts of you that have been carrying burdens for far too long.
What You’ll Gain
In this 15-week, virtual group designed for adult women, you’ll:
- Connect with and understand your many “parts”
- Develop tools for calming your internal world
- Learn to lead your system with confidence, courage, creativity, and compassion
- Build meaningful connections with other women on a similar journey
September-December 2025
Healing Your Inner Critic
**Embrace Your Inner Artist and Heal Your Inner Critic**
Do you ever feel like you're just not good enough? As women, we often find ourselves caught in a cycle of self-judgment. Join us for a transformative 3-hour creative workshop designed for women to explore and heal their inner critic. Through creativity, such as collage, artistic journaling, internal exploration, and group discussion, you'll learn to cultivate self-compassion and help silence that negative inner voice. No artistic skill is required – just an open heart and a willingness to explore all your creative parts. Led by GGC owner and IFS Level 3 Certified Therapist Sarah Czopek.
Saturday, April 26th 1-4 PM
Trauma-Informed Yoga Workshop
Please join us for this 3-hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Workshop for women, based on the work of Arielle Schwartz. This gentle yoga class will be led by 15+ year seasoned trauma clinician Sumiaya Caughey, LCPC, who is also a Registered Yoga Teacher. She has a phenomenally self-led presence that group members will find comforting and healing. All sizes and skill levels welcome.
Through mindful movement and meditation, learn how to safely mobilize and regulate the body & mind. We will teach energizing breath and movements that focus on strength through grounding.
Sunday, February 16th
9AM-12PM
Yoga Among Friends
4949 Forest Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Taming the Fuse (Anger Management for Women)
6 Week Group
This therapy group is designed for women seeking a safe and supportive space to explore and manage their anger in a healthy, empowering way. Whether you experience moments of frustration, feel overwhelmed by life's challenges, snap at people you love, or struggle with expressing your emotions constructively, this group offers a compassionate community to help you navigate these feelings.
Through guided discussions, evidence-based strategies, and mindfulness techniques, participants will learn to identify anger triggers, understand the underlying emotions, and develop healthier ways to express themselves. The group aims to foster personal growth, emotional resilience, and improved relationships, helping women reclaim their sense of inner peace and strength.
Join us to transform anger from a source of stress and destruction into a powerful tool for change and self-empowerment!
NOVEMBER 5 - DECEMBER 17
Internal Family Systems Group
We all have parts. "A part of me" is super excited about my kids going back to school this fall...."A part of me" is really going to miss them. A part of you spends an awful lot of time hating herself in the mirror. A part of you gets really upset when it feels like no one is listening to you, and starts snapping at your family. Yet another part feels small, like a little child who needs a hug and a good cry.
Knowing your "internal system" allows you to extend self-compassion, healing, and growth to parts of you that have been stuck for a long time. Parts that have done their best to protect you, fight for you, and keep you regulated. What if you could help them follow your lead and trust you a bit more? What if doing so helped you feel calmer, more confident, courageous, and creative?
Our virtual, 15-Week Internal Family Systems Group for adult women is designed to give you exactly the space you need to discover yourself, connect with your many parts, and creating much-needed healing shifts that will positively impact your internal AND external worlds.
A part of you is SO ready for this! Register to join us, today!
SEPTEMBER 8 - DECEMBER 15
M.O.N.K. Support Group
Moms of Neurodiverse Kiddos is an ongoing MONTHLY support group that will cover psychoeducation, skills, and support for the unique challenges you face.
Moms of children with ADHD, Autism, and related special needs will benefit from central themes such as parent grief, advocating for 504's / IEPs, stigma, and more.
Led by seasoned mama and clinician Liz Bohnsak, LCPC.
Our M.O.N.K. group is offered at a reduced rate of $20/session in recognition of the financial hardship experienced by mothers of children with special needs.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
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