Group Counseling
Group Counseling, Psychoeducational, and Support Programs
PMC now offers Group Counseling, Psychoeducational, and Support Programs! We are a Georgia Department of Human Resources Approved Provider. We house:
 | Members of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) and the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) |
| Trained clinicians with experience in individual, group, and family therapy. |
| Licensed Professional Counselors |
| Nationally Certified Counselors |
For more information about group topics, times, dates and scheduling, please contact:
Joshua N. Swafford MA, LAPC
Director of Groups and Workshops
email: jswafford@proactive-management.com or call direct
770-431-0299.
Groups Offered | [brochure] | [table] |
- Mind Over Matters (Depression)
- Under Control (Anger Management)
- The Bigger Backyard (Co-Parenting)
- Overcoming Low Self-Esteem
- Cycle-Busters (Breaking Unhealthy Patterns in Life)
- Pre-Marital (Developing a Foundation for Marriage)
- Divorce Recovery
- Cancer Support
- Adopting Parents
- Grief and Loss Support
- Man-Up (Character Development)
- Sista-Talk (Character Development)
- Radical Recovery
- Teen Girls Process Group
- Body Image Group
Group Information
Mind Over Matters (Depression)
Adults Only
A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group for the treatment of Depression. The goal of the group will be to gain more knowledge, insight, and control over what has an effect on depression. The twelve week group will be divided into three, four-week sections, with 90 minute sessions covering each of the sections. The first four weeks will focus on how thoughts affect our mood. The second four week period will focus on how our activities and actions affect our mood. The last four weeks will focus on how our interactions with others affect our mood. Therapy will be aimed at breaking the cycles that cause depression.
Under Control (Anger Management)
Adults Only
A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group to help those struggling with anger. The twelve group sessions will focus on learning how to identify and manage stressors and anger triggers, restructuring thought processes that contribute to anger outbursts, developing alternatives for expressing anger, and discovering how the past can influence present behavior.
The Bigger Backyard (Co-Parenting)
Parents Only
A psychoeducational group focusing on cooperative parenting during and after divorce (learning how to be co-parent superstars even when you can’t stand each other). The twelve sessions will focus on family systems, creating a positive environment for you kids, reforming the parental dyad, identifying the impact of grief, anger, loss of control, fear, and guilt, techniques for diffusing anger and conflicts, and establishing appropriate and effective boundaries.
Overcoming Low Self-Esteem
Ages 14-17
A 12 week, psychoeducational group aimed at discovering the roots of Low Self-Esteem (LSE), recognizing the impact of LSE in your life, identifying and dealing with specific triggers and reactions to LSE, understanding how LSE perpetuates cycles of self-defeat, identifying areas for change, and developing new strategies to overcome LSE. There is a group available for teens and a group available for adults.
Cycle-Busters (Breaking Unhealthy Patterns in Life)
Adults Only
A process group for adults aimed at recognizing and breaking unhealthy patterns in life. The process group will run for approximately 3 to 6 months.
Pre-Marital (Developing a Foundation for Marriage)
Adult, Engaged Couples
A group for engaged couples aimed at building a strong foundation for a lasting marriage. Couples will explore topics such as compatibility, divorce-proofing your marriage, identifying your partner’s needs, healthy communication, developing appropriate expectations, creating positive financial patterns, and much more.
Divorce Recovery
Adults Only
A support group for individuals dealing with the pain and changes brought forth from divorce. The facilitator will aid in the processes of discussion, support, recovery, and healing.
Cancer Support
Adults Only
A support group for individuals who are either personally dealing with cancer, or have a close family member or friend who has been affected by cancer. This is an open group, consisting of 90 minute sessions, with no structured curriculum.
Adopting Parents
Adults Only
The adoption process can be a very difficult yet rewarding process. This group is for those individuals who are either in the process of adopting or for those considering adoption and would like support and resource information from others.
Grief and Loss Support
Adults Only
One of the most helpful aids an individual can have when dealing with the loss of a loved one is the knowledge that they are not alone. Grief is very real and everyone moves through the process of grief at their own pace and in their own manner. This group will meet anywhere from 3 to 6 months, depending on individual needs, and will serve as a support network for those striving to deal with pain and possibly begin the healing process.
Man-Up (Character Development)
Teen Males ages 11-15
A group for adolescent males focusing on character development, life skills, and creating what it takes to become a healthy, functional, young man.
Sista-Talk (Character Development)
Teen Females ages 11-15
A group for adolescent females focusing on character development, life skills, and creating what it takes to become a healthy, functional, young woman.
Radical Recovery
Adults Only
A group aimed at breaking the cycle of addiction through the use of proven techniques, interventions, and skill-building processes. The group will run for approximately 12
Teen Girls Process Group
Teen Females ages 13-15
A group designed to help young teenage girls deal with the changes that occur during adolescence. The young ladies who are a part of this group will explore topics such as assertiveness, dealing with parents, healthy relationship boundaries, and character development. This group will run from 3 to 6 months, depending on the needs of the individuals in the group.
Body Image Group
Teen Females ages 15-17
The pressure that teens feel to be accepted by their peers and fit into a specific “mold” is ever-increasing. Without an awareness and appreciation for individuality, the pressures of adolescence may potentially lead to low self-esteem, poor body image, and sometimes eating disorders. This group is specifically designed to help young ladies develop a healthy perception of self and to gain confidence in who they are and what they are becoming.
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