Connect,
Create & Heal:
In Community
Psychotherapy is a modern invention; healing is not. People have always healed in community, but capitalism and systems of oppression keep us isolated.
Let's try another way, together.
*A separate website for Resilience Community is in the works. For now, please reference this page for current offerings along with links for online enrollment. Hope to see you there!
Virtual Support Groups
*Open for Enrollment Now*
Chronic Pain Support Group
For Adults of All Ages
12 week closed group, up to 10 participants
Starting Monday November 13th
Meets weekly on Mondays, 6:30pm- 7:45pm via Zoom
- Excluding Holidays
$40 per group
Link to Enroll (or use the button below):
https://ResilienceCounselingLLC.as.me/Chronic-Pain-Support-Group
Group Facilitator: Lindsay Sherman, LCPC
Chronic pain is inherently isolating. This support group is intended to offer support through community, connection to peers who face similar struggles, and tangible skills to cope with and accept pain as a part of daily life.
In-Person & Art- Based Support Groups
*Enrollment Links Coming Soon!*
Rewrite Your Story:
A Book-Making Group for Trauma Survivors
After experiencing trauma, the most important narrative we hold is the story that we tell ourselves. In this group, participants will learn the craft of book-binding in order to create your own space, and container, to re-write the personal narrative of your past trauma through both art-making & writing within your own handmade book.
About the Group
After experiencing trauma, the most important narrative we hold is the story that we tell ourselves. This group is focused on examining and then rewriting the story told to yourself about past trauma; this time to empower you to move forward with a new perspective and narrative about your experience(s). With the community of the group as support and the creative process as our guide; group participants will learn the craft of book-binding and create their own book from raw materials. Hands-on guidance from the group facilitator will be available throughout the group, with some book-making/book-binding materials pre-prepped for both ease and time.
The group will then focus on re-writing your story in three chapters: Past, Present & Future. Group participants can write and/or create art in their book to re-write damaging, self-blaming narratives into a new story. Focused on connecting to the light we all carry within, illuminating the resilience that has carried you this far; and lastly, opening up to your own transformative healing power as the foundation for moving forward upon.
Group Logistics
12 week closed group, up to 8 participants
Starting Saturday Jan 13th, 2024
Meets biweekly on Saturdays 1:00pm- 3:00pm
$75 per group with 50% deposit required to enroll ($450)
- Deposit is non-refundable and will serve as pre-payment for 2nd half of group meetings. The first 6 groups can be paid at the time of the group meeting. A 10% discount is offered for payment of entire group series upon enrollment.
- All Art Materials Included: Specific material for this group will be ordered and prepared in advance for group participants. This group will meet in our new art studio which is fully stocked with a wide variety of art materials and tools, all available for group participants to use freely.
Group Flyer (pdf):
Group Facilitator: Lindsay Sherman, LCPC
Enrollment Link Coming Soon!
All Our Parts in Orbit:
Reflecting on the Self Through the Cosmos
An Art-Based Astrology Group
Over the course of 7 months meeting every other Saturday, delve into a creative exploration of your astrology natal chart through education on personal astrology, reflective art-making & group discussion. Deepen your understanding of yourself; revealing the profound and unique ways you think, create, and heal. Your natal chart is said to be the blueprint of your soul, crystallized in the stars.
Let's explore the cosmos within you.
About the Group
We will use both Hellenistic and Modern Western Astrology, and the whole sign house system, to equip group participants to interpret and reflect upon their natal/birth chart. A natal chart contains a system of planets in relation to one another, with each planet or aspect representing a part of the self. In many ways this mirrors the fundamental theory behind Internal Family Systems (IFS), which will inform how this group is facilitated.
During the initial group meeting, we'll begin by decorating a box to contain your natal chart and artwork created in subsequent group meetings; we'll also review some astrology fundamentals. During each subsequent group session, we will focus on an individual planet in the birth chart and create reflective art on how you relate to the energy of the planet (and any important aspects it makes). Lastly, we'll wrap up each 2 hour session with a group discussion about our artwork, personal insights about the current planet of focus; as well as the part(s) of ourself that it activates and how we see it manifest in our life experiences.
*Obtaining Your Natal Chart*
To participate in this group, you must know your date of birth and the city/state/country where you were born. Knowing your time of birth will allow you to know your ascendant/rising sign and apply the house system to your natal chart. Having your time of birth is ideal and will give you a complete picture of your natal/birth chart. Without a known birth time, while portions of information will be unavailable; you can still see the astrology signs of the planets in your natal chart and thus can participate in this group.
Group Logistics
14 group sessions, up to 8 participants
Meeting Schedule: Biweekly on Saturdays, starting Jan. 6, 2024
Group Time: 2 Hour Group; 1:00pm- 3:00pm
Location: 53 W. Jackson Blvd, Suite 760 Chicago/IL/60604
$75 per 2 hour group: 50% deposit required ($525) to enroll
- Deposit is non-refundable and will serve as pre-payment for 2nd half of group meetings. The first 7 groups can be paid at the time of the group meeting.
- All Art Materials Included: Specific material for this group will be ordered and prepared in advance for group participants. This group will meet in our new art studio which is fully stocked with a wide variety of art materials and tools, all available for group participants to use freely.
Group Flyer (pdf):
Group Facilitator: Lindsay Sherman, LCPC
- Please Note: Lindsay (group facilitator) is not a professional astrologer. They have been studying natal charts and astrology independently through books, reputable online resources, and speaking/connecting with professional astrologers for several years. They are professionally trained as an Art Therapist and Psychotherapist, and have a deep interest in the connections between psychology, spirituality, and astrology. Resources will be compiled from literature authored by professional astrologers and provided to group participants as part of this group. A variety of books on astrology will also be available to reference during group to further aid in self-reflection regarding one's own natal/birth chart.
Enrollment Link Coming Soon!
Lindsay Sherman, LCPC
Support Group Facilitator
As an artist and art therapist, I am thrilled to be able to offer art-based support groups within the setting of an art studio. It has been years in the making to finally have both the space, and an expansive collection of art supplies and tools, that allows me the freedom to offer these upcoming groups in the new year. I look forward to cultivating connection and community through a creative lens, and exploring the possibilities of using art and creative expression in a small group setting.
In our upcoming virtual chronic pain support groups, as someone who has struggled through the ups and downs of chronic pain for decades; it is a privilege to offer support groups on a topic I once struggled to find others who could relate to the lived experience of years ago. I hope these groups can ease the isolation of chronic pain, create space for folx to speak honestly about their experiences, and share tools for coping with and/or accepting living within a body in pain.
Important Notice About Support Groups:
Resilience Community, while currently a branch of Resilience Counseling offering support groups facilitated by licensed clinicians, does not offer group psychotherapy.
Here's what that means:
Support groups are considered a "non-billable service" by health insurance, thus we are unable to bill insurance for these services. Additionally, support group participants are not entering into a formal therapeutic relationship with support group and/or workshop facilitator(s); and support group facilitators do not keep formal/clinical records regarding participants and their involvement with these groups. Conversely, in group psychotherapy (which we do not offer); group members are entering into a therapeutic relationship with the group facilitator and clinical psychotherapy records are kept on each member. If group psychotherapy is a covered service under your insurance plan & the group clinician is in-network, then your insurance would be billed for this service. While we require all participants to review & sign a consent form outlining this in more detail; this notice is on our website to ensure we're being upfront and clear from the start.