Classes | Workshops | Groups
“WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO COME TO WEEKLY THERAPY SESSIONS. WE NEED AN intensive couples retreat SO WE CAN GET A LOT OF HELP IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.”
“I COULDN’T GET MY PARTNER TO AGREE TO COME TO couples THERAPY BUT THEY AGREED TO ATTEND A CLASS WITH ME.”
“EVERY YEAR OUR FAMILY COMMITS TO GROW AND CONNECT BY ATTENDING A CLASS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING THAT TIME TOGETHER.”
You want to start marriage counseling and couples therapy, but that’s not as easy as it sounds. Perhaps your partner won’t go with you or you don’t have financial resources to attend every week. Perhaps you live in Kansas City or Wichita and you just don’t have time to sit in traffic for an hour each way trying to get to a counseling appointment. Or you may live in Dodge City or Manhattan with fewer mental health resources and may not have a lot of choice when it comes to mental health services. Classes and workshops in Overland Park, KS to the rescue!
Classes and Workshops Could Be the Solution You Have Been Looking For
You want high quality, specialized counseling services, but you also need a solution that fits with your lifestyle. We completely understand! Classes, workshops and groups at JS Therapy Group may be the answer you’ve been looking for.
We offer relationship workshops to help you with your relationship struggles: couples workshops, family workshops and premarital workshops. Furthermore, we offer our classes workshops in Overland Park, KS in-person and online in Kansas. Through the use of a secure video chat, we’re able to offer you effective mental health services without all the hassle of coming into a counseling office.
Benefits of Attending Workshops and Classes, or Groups
Saves Time
We all have busy lives. We stretch our days out and leave little time to invest in our closest relationships. Even family dinner time has gone to the wayside. Classes and workshops with JS Therapy Group is your solution. Attend a class or workshop on the weekend to get a large dose of information and experiential connection. Therefore, after you leave one of our classes and workshops in Overland Park, KS or online, you will have new tools to help your relationships grow and improve.
Saves Money
Sometimes your budget can feel really tight. So tight you can’t even afford your copay! Don’t worry. Workshops and classes can save you money in the long run. Furthermore, when you attend a workshop, you typically pay for the couple or the family. Plus, you get a ton of bang for your buck! You will learn a ton of information for your investment. At JS Therapy Group we also offer affordable and reduced counseling in Leavenworth, KS and Overland Park, KS for those interested.
Similar to intensive therapy
Workshops and classes are similar to intensive outpatient therapy. Intensive outpatient therapy allows you to take a short period of time and work hard on your relationship or other struggle while still remaining plugged in to your life. Workshops and classes offer you the same benefit. Attend a workshop or class to focus on a particular struggle and get the help you need. Our Intensive couples retreat can help!
Support from others in similar situations
Would you rather be lost in a forest alone or with others who were lost in a forest? I know, right! Me too. I’d rather be lost with others. Our nervous system doesn’t like to feel alone! We can learn a lot and get that “normalized” feeling when we attend workshops and classes with others who are struggling with the same feeling. Suddenly, we don’t feel so alone. And get to learn how to change the struggle with others who have the same struggle. It’s a win-win!
Are Classes, Workshops and Groups As Effective As Counseling?
YES! Workshops, classes and groups are just another way to stimulate the change process. Classes are typically more education-based whereas counseling is more therapy-based. Both roads can lead to the same destination.
However, keep in mind that workshops, classes and groups can sometimes dredge up emotions and memories from the past that are troublesome. Therefore, sometimes it can be beneficial to follow up workshops with marriage counseling and couples therapy. Workshops and classes in Overland Park, KS and online can give you a great starting off point for counseling.
How Do Groups Work? Do I Have to Talk?
Groups can be an amazing way to learn strategies to make your life better. Coming together with others who have a similar struggle as you can help you feel like you are not the only person in the world with this struggle. Now that is an AMAZING feeling!
You know that saying, “why reinvent the wheel?” Another benefit of groups is that you can learn from others who have already made successful changes. Learn from others who have already worked hard at finding strategies and them implementing them into their lives. Group participants get to share their own struggles and get help with them in a supportive and caring way.
Finally, a big concern for many: do you need to talk in the group? Just as for workshops and classes in Overland Park, KS and online, the groups at JS Therapy Group, use the idea of play or pass. You can either choose to participate in the discussion or take a pass. Of course, the discussion as a whole is more fruitful when all participants choose to “play” in the discussion.
The JS Therapy Group Approach to Workshops and Classes
In-Person and Online Workshops and classes
We know that not everyone can travel to a workshop and not everyone can use a computer to attend a workshop. For this reason, we offer our workshops both in-person and online couples workshops. Be sure to check the description of the workshop that interests you to see if it is being offered in-person or online.
Attachment Focused
Our core belief is that all humans have an innate need to bond with others that leaves them feeling safe and secure. Many of our workshops have an attachment focused foundation. It is from this foundational understanding that we teach our classes and workshops.
JS Therapy Group Offers Workshops for Couples Counseling
We use The Hold Me Tight® program to help guides couples through essential conversations that help to develop a strong and securely bonded relationship. Based upon the theory of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Hold Me Tight® helps couples identify negative patterns of interactions that increase conflict and disconnection and helps couple have conversations that increase emotional safety and security in their relationship.
Workshops and Classes in Kansas and Missouri for Premarital Couples
We use the Building a Lasting Connection™ program to help premarital and newly developing relationships through crucial five conversations that will help you create a strong and securely bonded relationship. Based upon the theory of adult attachment, emotional responsiveness and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Building a Lasting Connection™ helps couples identify negative patterns of communication and teaches how to have healthy communication.
Attend a Workshop for Families and Teens
We use the Hold Me Tight® Let Me Go Program to help parents and teens stop the cycle of conflict and change the conflict into secure bonding. This workshop helps families to better understand secure family connections - the critical moves that define a relationship between teens and caregivers; to have a better understand family members' emotional responses and needs; to be able to describe and control negative interactions that create pain and distance; and to be able to share the positive moment of reaching and responding that create secure bonds.
Enroll for Classes and Workshops with JS Therapy Group
If you’re ready to begin working in your relationships to develop better communication and connection, you’ve come to the right place. At JS Therapy Group, we are here to help you and your loved ones connect. We offer workshops and classes in Overland Park, KS or online. You will work with passionate and dedicated therapists who are here to hep you thrive. To get started visit our individual workshop services pages, or go ahead and begin working with us today by following these simple steps:
Other Counseling Services at JS Therapy Group
Classes, workshops and groups are not the only service we offer in our Leavenworth, KS and Overland Park, KS counseling centers. Other mental health services JS Therapy Group provides include anxiety treatment, therapy for children and play therapy, trauma and PTSD treatment, addictions counseling, trauma and PTSD treatment for children, couple and marriage counseling and premarital counseling, family therapy, depression treatment, and affordable and reduced therapy. We also offer professional consultations and supervision opportunities. If you can’t make it to see one of our therapists for in-person counseling, consider online therapy in Kansas to meet your mental health needs. Contact us to get started or click on one of the links to learn more.
