Group therapy
We offer both limited-duration and ongoing therapeutic and psychoeducational groups focused on different topics, including OCD, anxiety, gender identity, and sexuality. Below are the groups we’re offering this year. Feel free to get in contact if you’re not sure you’re the right fit for a group or if you have questions about groups.
Owning Your Identity
A Process Group for Mixed, Biracial, Bicultural, and Multicultural Individuals
Facilitated by: Michele,mhc-lp; a clinician with both personal and professional experience navigating the complexity of identity.
When: Tuesdays at 6PM for 12 weeks, beginning November 1st
Where: Online Via Telehealth (12 spot limit)
Cost: $75 (5 sliding scale spots)
In a world that often demands neat boxes, this 12-week group is a space where you don’t have to choose one. It’s a space where your full, complex self is seen, heard, and honored. Together, we’ll unpack identity, build resilience, and find community.
Many individuals of mixed ethnicity or race struggle with forming a confident racial or ethnic identity largely due to the fact they are perceived differently across different settings and contexts. This can be a strength, but it can also cause psychological distress and harm.
Michele, a fourth-generation New Yorker raised in Queens, is of Italian and Puerto Rican heritage. As someone who has experienced both privilege and marginalization due to their perceived identity, Michele understands the unique challenges that come with being mixed—including being seen as "White-passing" in some contexts and "not white enough" in others.
Trained in a practice grounded in intersectionality, Michele brings deep passion and expertise to working with biracial, bicultural, and multicultural individuals.
This group explores themes such as:
Navigating life as a mixed-race or bicultural person
The complexity and fluidity of identity
Experiences of being "White-passing" and what that means
The reduction or erasure of Latinx culture and other cultural identities
Coping with daily microaggressions and external misperceptions
Creating solidarity in shared experience
OCD support, Skills, and Maintenance for the queer and trans community
A queer led support group for adults with OCD who are looking for a refresher on previously learned language, maintenance skills, and an ERP and ACT focus.
Facilitator: Emily Hein, LMSW
When: Mondays at 5:30pm(Sessions will be an hour long.)
Where: Online via telehealth (more details to be provided upon registration)
Cost: $100 per session (Sliding scale spots available based on income)
A 10-week psychoeducation refresher and skillbuilding group for adults with OCD. This group is ideal for those who are already familiar with OCD pathology and treatment, but are looking to further their peer support, receive more advanced psychoeducation, and learn or revisit skills from Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This group will aim to provide:
A supportive, queer and trans affirming community of folks who also experience OCD symptoms
Further psychoeducation regarding OCD and mental compulsions, from a queer psychotherapist
Both new and familiar ERP and ACT skills to increase acceptance of uncertainty and build up distress tolerance
In-the-moment coping skills for rumination spells
Troubleshooting for existing coping skills/building awareness of common pitfalls in ERP and ACT
ERP and ACT Skills for Life with OCD
An telehealth psychoeducation and skillbuilding group for adults and adolescents with OCD
Facilitator: Marielle Tawil, LMSW
Dates: March 4, 2025 - May 20, 2025
Times: Tuesdays at 5pm EST for 60 minutes
Location: Virtual (anywhere in the world)
Cost: $80 per session (limited sliding scale slots available—if you are requesting a sliding scale, please indicate that on the signup form)
A 12-week psychoeducation and skillbuilding group for adults and adolescents ages 14+ with OCD. This group is ideal for those who have been newly diagnosed with OCD, haven’t undergone Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in the past, or just want to brush up on their ERP and ACT skills, this group will help you learn:
Practical skills to reduce fear and build fear tolerance in the long term
Tips and tricks to lower anxiety when mental compulsions and rumination get overwhelming in the moment
Skills for dealing with overthinking, rumination, and other mental compulsions (a.k.a. “pure O”)
How to avoid common pitfalls in applying ERP and ACT skills
Advice and troubleshooting on talking to friends and family about OCD and seeking support from others
You don’t have to have been formally diagnosed with OCD to participate. The group is open to anyone who believes that they would benefit from learning ERP and ACT skills (though it is not appropriate for family members or friends of people with OCD who do not themselves have OCD). While we focus primarily on OCD in this group, we have found that ERP and ACT skills can benefit people with other conditions, including generalized anxiety and hoarding disorder. Please note that this is a queer- and trans-positive group, and while this group is not exclusively for queer/trans people, members will be required to adhere to group norms around respect and affirmation.
Queerly Wired: Rooted and Rising
a virtual community care support group for neurodiverse, queer, trans, and gender-diverse people of the global majority
Facilitator: Lalo Nahui Becerra, LMSW
Dates: March 5 - May 28
Times: Wednesdays at 7pm EST for 60 minutes
Location: Virtual (anywhere in the world)
Cost: $13.33 to $77.77 per session (sliding scale, with 2 pro bono slots)
A 13-week virtual psychoeducation, skillbuilding, and support group that will connect neurodiverse, queer, trans, and gender-diverse individuals from the global majority (Black, Indigenous, people of color) to explore personal empowerment and collective healing. Facilitated by a queer trans masc nonbinary Latine, this group approaches every session with a decolonial, abolitionist, and anti-racist mindset, focusing on creating a community rooted in solidarity and support. Group members will:
Engage with folks with intersecting identities in different areas navigating similar experiences
Build community and decrease loneliness and hopelessness with the current political climate
Exchange bids for care and redistribute resources and support for one another
In this group, you will find both grounding and growth. We’ll tap into the wisdom of our ancestors, explore our identities through art, astrology, and spiritual practices, and rise together as we reclaim our power. Through guided activities—whether in-session or as take-home assignments—you’ll experience empowerment, healing, and personal growth. The group will be capped at 13 people to ensure an intimate and supportive environment.
Please note that this group is only open to folks who identify with the following intersecting identities: queer and/or trans, of the global majority (Black, Indigenous or a person of color) and on the neurodivergent spectrum. Participants must be over the age of 18. Mature and triggering subjects may be discussed, such as fascism, white supremacy, and colonialism.
Radical Roots: Clinicians in Transition
a peer support group for queer and trans therapists
Facilitator: Lalo Nahui Becerra, LMSW
Dates: April 24 to July 17
Times: Thursdays at 6pm EST for 90 minutes
Location: Virtual (anywhere in the world)
Cost: $10 to $70 per session (with 2 pro bono slots)
A virtual peer support group designed for queer and trans mental health professionals (MSW, MHC, MFT, PsyD, Ph.D., etc.) approaching graduation or navigating their transition into the field. Whether you’re dealing with licensure exams, job searches, burnout, or finding value-aligned work, this group provides space to share resources, process anxiety, and build solidarity.
Facilitated by Lalo Nahui (they/he), a queer trans masc nonbinary Latine LMSW, this group centers anti-carceral, anti-capitalist, and decolonial frameworks. Together, we’ll navigate the challenges of starting your career while staying grounded in collective care and liberation.