Strength in Support: Healing Hearts, Honouring Heroes
Group Therapy for Partners of First Responders
Next Group Date: April 22 to June 24, 2025
Are you a spouse or loved one whose partner is a First Responder with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and are you finding it difficult to manage or relate? You are not alone!
Hiseler, Kelly & Associates are now offering a 10-week group to help support spouses or partners of First Responders with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Led by two Registered Social Workers, Strength in Support: Healing Hearts, Honouring Heroes Group Therapy for Partners of First Responders is designed to offer a blend of learning, discussion, reflection, and practice of skills to empower you to feel more resilient and be your whole self. Meeting together weekly for two-hours, this group can help you to:
Build a supportive community with others who understand and relate to your experience
Improve your understanding of trauma, PTSD, and their impacts on individuals and families
Learn to cope effectively with your and your loved one’s unique needs
Improve communication with your loved one
Increase your confidence and self-compassion
And much more!
EXCITING NEWS! HK&A has decided to expand our Strength in Support: Healing Hearts, Honouring Heroes Group Therapy for Partners of First Responders. In 2025, we will be bringing this unique program to the loved ones of First Responders in the Durham Region. HKA is passionate about growing support for First Responders and those touched by the impact of their careers.
NEXT PETERBOROUGH GROUP DATE: This group will run again April 22 to June 24, 2025. For more information, inquiries about cost, and questions about insurance coverage options please inquire by calling or e-mailing our office.
The Science of Lasting Love
Weekend Couples Workshop
The Science of Lasting Love is a two-day workshop designed to support couples in developing new insights and research-based skills to strengthen their connection, deepen understanding of one another, and support more effective conflict management and communication skills.
The format of the workshop involves a combination of lecture, group discussion, and experiential learning where couples will have opportunities to practice the skills they are learning and receive one-on-one support from facilitators.
This workshop is grounding in scientific research and evidence-based treatment approaches including Attachment Theory, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, and The Gottman Method.
Workshop Topics include:
Understanding Attachment Theory, your own attachment styles, and how they show up in your relationship
Identifying areas of strength and improvement in your relationship
Recognizing The Gottman’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and how to prevent them from hurting your relationship
Learning and practicing positive and effective communication strategies
Learning how to manage and repair after conflict
Knowing one another’s world, building fondness and admiration, and viewing your partner through the positive perspective
Identifying life dreams and shared meaning
This two-day workshop includes a full weekend of lecture and experiential learning, as well as take home materials to continue practicing the skills in your day-to-day lives. It is suitable for couples 18+ of any sexual orientation who are in a committed relationship. You do not need to be married to attend this workshop. We welcome couples who are dating, engaged, not married and living together, married, or in a committed relationship but don’t plan to get married. This workshop may also benefit couples seeking premarital preparation. This workshop may not be appropriate for couples dealing with addiction, domestic violence, or other serious relationship issues. In those situations, we recommend seeking private couples’ psychotherapy.
NEXT GROUP DATE: Please inquire about future group dates and cost by calling the office.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Group for Anxiety
10-Week Group
Are you feeling overwhelmed with anxiety and worry? Is it difficult to manage stress and emotional ups and downs? Hiseler, Kelly and Associates are now offering a 10-week DBT group specifically for adults 18+ struggling with mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety.
DBT is a well-researched and effective treatment that applies cognitive-behavioural techniques with mindfulness and communication skills. DBT can help those who feel intense emotions as well as anxiety.
In our DBT group you’ll learn skills to:
Stay Grounded in the Present Moment: By learning and fostering mindfulness skills, we can live more fully in the now instead of thinking about worries regarding the past and future.
Managing Emotional Storms: Learn about tools and strategies to understand and manage your emotions, rather than feeling overwhelmed about them.
Resilience in Times of Stress and Crisis: Learn skills and strategies to tolerate distress without resorting to unhelpful coping strategies.
Strengthen Relationships: Learn skills to communicate effectively, asserting your needs and boundaries as well as strengthening connection with others.
Our group session will be more than just a learning experience; it will be a safe and welcoming space. The group will be led by two Registered Social Workers who understand anxiety and are skilled in providing DBT. Each session will be structured to offer support and discussion as well as learning and practicing practical skills.
While we strive to be inclusive to all participants interested in attending the group, this group might not be appropriate for individuals with certain mental health symptoms or diagnoses. These includes those with a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, current substance abuse, active self-harm, or those struggling with suicidal thoughts within the last six months. In these situations, we recommend seeking private individual psychotherapy.
NEXT GROUP DATE: Please inquire about future group dates and cost by calling the office.
Group Forensic Psychotherapy
Please inquire about future group dates and cost by calling the office.
Sex Offender Relapse Prevention - Psychoeducational Group (Best for those who deny their offence).
Sex Offender Relapse Prevention - Psychotherapy Process-Oriented Group
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Support Group for loved ones of an individual who has been charged or convicted of a sexual offence
