Emotion Regulation

Purpose of the Group: Do you feel as if you are part of the age group (18-25 years old) that seems to be forgotten?  No longer a “teenager” but also not an “adult,” yet everyone wants to treat like both.  Young adulthood can be a challenging and confusing time where many transitions are occurring at once.  The purpose of this group is to provide children ages 7-10 a safe environment to explore identifying different emotions, understanding emotion triggers, and developing healthy age-appropriate emotion regulation skills.  Throughout the 8 weeks group members will focus on understanding, identifying, and coping with emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, nervousness, and being frightened.

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Group Structure: All group sessions will begin with an open discussion for group members to share thoughts, updates, progress, and/or setbacks about the previous week.  Group members are encouraged to share to the extent they feel comfortable.  Each week a new topic and discussion prompt is presented by the group facilitator, along with an activity.  To end the group session members will summarize the week’s topic, discuss goals to work on before next meeting, and are encouraged to participate in a short mindfulness exercise. Group structure is subject to change based on group members need during session.