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Groups/Workshops
Listed below are some Group Services that Congruent Counseling currently offers. If you should have any questions or need more information with regard to the Groups and Workshops, please Contact Us and let us know how we may be of service! If you have an idea of a group that you would like to attend and we currently do not offer it, please feel free to let us know. Thank you!
Our Approach
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Group Counseling can be the most effective way to address many issues. It can also yield the fastest change. It takes specialized experience and training to effectively lead groups. To help every member in the group make change requires exceptional skills!
Every counselor who leads a group at Congruent Counseling is an exceptional group leader. The Director, Mark Donovan, LCPC, LCADC, has been leading groups, and training group leaders, since 1993.
Our Groups
Post Election Therapeutic Support Group is a therapy group focused on managing the results of election stress or election-related anxiety to provide a supportive space for individuals to process and navigate the emotional and psychological impacts of political events.
Guided by a trained facilitator, the group uses various therapeutic techniques, such as mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and emotional regulation practices. This group fosters a sense of community and solidarity, helping participants understand that they are not alone in their struggles and providing tools to manage stress, regain a sense of control, and cultivate resilience in the face of political events.
Basic Group Structure/Expectations
* Have a safe place to express fears, anxieties, fears, frustrations, disillusionment
* People are encouraged to share authentical feelings
* Be open to and accountable to the group
* Discuss feelings of uncertainty and turmoil with an eye towards goals and action
This group is a process group for teens suffering from low self esteem, family issues, social issues, depression, or anxiety. Many teens with emotional difficulties feel isolated or unsure of themselves in social settings. Working in a group allows teens to not only get feedback from peers but also to try out newly learned skills in a safe environment free from judgment. In general, teens will listen to other kids better than they will listen to parents, teachers, or therapists. Working with girls in a supportive environment helps them find healthy, appropriate ways to live and interact.
Teens that are actively using drugs, are suicidal or not stable in any way are not appropriate for this group. This group works best in conjunction with individual therapy. Girls can attend both group and individual therapy with Congruent Counseling. Groups are offered every other Fridays 4:00 to 5:00 pm. Covered by CareFirst.
Congruent Counseling has paired with Integrative Counseling to serve clients with substance use issues. Clients may see an individual therapist with Congruent Counseling while attending groups at Integrative Counseling, usually in the same location.
Learn more about Congruent Counseling’s Outpatient Addiction Recovery Center.
Separate groups are offered for teens and adults. We address substance use and dependence problems, legal issues, DUI/DWI concerns, and school referrals. We work closely with schools, probation officers and lawyers to help you manage your concerns while you are getting healthy.
Congruent Counseling Services (CCS) offers a dual diagnosis IOP for teens with mental health and substance use issues. We have found over the years that most programs address either mental health or substance use issues, neglecting half of most teens issues. Studies show:
- Over 65% of substance addicted clients also have depression or some other mental health issue.
- 50% of clients with mental health issues also self medicate or abuse substances.
- Only 30% of teens in treatment who currently meet criteria for abuse or dependence go on to have life long problems with substances.
- This means 70% are not addicts!
Yet traditional addiction treatment often does not address mental health concerns. Mental health treatment often ignores addiction or substance abuse issues. Both options treat only half the client’s needs. Congruent Counseling seeks to address multiple issues at once – a whole-person approach.
We address both mental and substance related issues at the same time utilizing group therapy, psychoeducation, individual therapy, family group sessions, and family counseling. This Intensive Outpatient Program is intended for teens who have had serious family, social, legal, or school problems; who might not have succeeded in treatment previously; or who have a serious addiction. This is a structured treatment program, licensed by the State of Maryland, offering treatment three days a week for three hours each day. The goal of this program is to help teens with serious substance use problems and possible co-occurring mental health issues to accept what they need to do in order to succeed in life.
Congruent Counseling accepts a broad range of insurances and is State of Maryland Licensed to provide this Intensive Outpatient Program. The facility is credentialed with most insurance companies. Please call your insurance or Congruent Counseling to determine if we are in network for you.
Congruent Counseling has developed a treatment model appropriate for those young adults who may not wish to attend standard treatment models or who have not been able to succeed at other treatment programs. We are credentialed with most major insurance companies. We welcome working with other providers or programs.
Many of these young adults are parental dependent or codependent with parents. Our program will require parental involvement with the goal of helping parents to not enable.
Many young adults in treatment do not have jobs and have far too much free time. We require 12 step attendance, work, exercise/recreation and counseling.
- Over 65% of substance-addicted clients also have depression or some other mental health issue. This statistic holds true for young adults who often have less ability to deal with their issues. All clients will be expected to work with an individual therapist. We are happy to work with therapists outside our office as needed.
- 50% of clients with mental health issues also self medicate or abuse substances.
- Our Psychiatrist on staff can prescribe Suboxone and other addiction treatment medications.
- We accept most major insurances!
Traditional addiction treatment often does not address mental health or family concerns to a level needed for younger adults. Mental health treatment often ignores addictive or abuse issues. Congruent Counseling seeks to address multiple issues at once – a whole-person approach.
Congruent Counseling and Integrative Counseling strive to offer services that meet our clients’ needs. From time to time we get requests for different groups to help a variety of clients. For example, some years ago a number of female clients with a history of depression and difficult family concerns requested a support group. It just turns out that several different ladies had asked their individual therapist. Upon realizing the need, one of our female therapists started just such a group. Those clients benefited more, and more quickly, than individual therapy alone. After some time, those clients got better and moved on.
As group counseling can be vastly more effective than individual counseling alone, our therapists are happy to provide services that are needed!
Just let us know how we can help – if enough people are interested, we will start a group to meet that need.