Current Therapy, Support and Supervision Groups
Available at ASDI
New Social Anxiety Therapy Group forming
now:
Transform your relationship with anxiety.
Overcome fear.
Build confidence.
Stop struggling.
Make friends.
Lead a happier, more productive life.
Social anxiety is the fear and worry of being judged and evaluated by others that prevents people from being able to do the things they want to do. People with social anxiety want to be friendly, open and sociable, but their fear holds them back. Fortunately, social anxiety is a fully treatable anxiety disorder that can be overcome with work, practice and persistence. Using a form of therapy called ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), we will focus on developing skills and techniques designed to help you conquer your fear of social situations. In developing these skills, people are able to start facing their anxiety directly while beginning to lead more fulfilling lives.
Details: Participants must also be in ongoing individual therapy at ASDI or elsewhere. Weekly meetings led by our interns, Heather Major, M.S. & Elise Rittler, B.A., Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 pm, Cost is $25 per session.
Transform your relationship with anxiety.
Overcome fear.
Build confidence.
Stop struggling.
Make friends.
Lead a happier, more productive life.
Social anxiety is the fear and worry of being judged and evaluated by others that prevents people from being able to do the things they want to do. People with social anxiety want to be friendly, open and sociable, but their fear holds them back. Fortunately, social anxiety is a fully treatable anxiety disorder that can be overcome with work, practice and persistence. Using a form of therapy called ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), we will focus on developing skills and techniques designed to help you conquer your fear of social situations. In developing these skills, people are able to start facing their anxiety directly while beginning to lead more fulfilling lives.
Details: Participants must also be in ongoing individual therapy at ASDI or elsewhere. Weekly meetings led by our interns, Heather Major, M.S. & Elise Rittler, B.A., Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 pm, Cost is $25 per session.
- Group Therapy for Anxiety Disorders. Led by Andre
Papantonio, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
This group is for adults (18 and up) who suffer from any of the anxiety disorders. The chief approach is mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Participants are taught a graceful way of relating with unwanted, anxious thoughts: to neither block nor try to change or chase away those thoughts, but merely to recognize them as symptoms, to tolerate them and to allow them to go away by themselves. This gentle approach does not seek to control the mind, but rather embodies the slogan, "You don't have to believe everything you think."
The group will meet every Thursday from 5:45 PM to 7:15 PM. Cost is $35 per session. It is not time limited; patients may participate for as long as they and the therapist agree is indicated. Each participant will meet with the therapist for an hour of evaluation before joining the group.
Andre Papantonio, LCPC, has over thirty years of experience with anxiety disorders, and has presented on the topic at the annual conferences of ADAA, the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, NASW, etc. Please call him at 410-825-1257 to inquire further about the group. - Social Anxiety Therapy Group, co-ed for ages 18 and up, (5:00-6:30 pm, Saturdays). Participants must be screened by Dr. Victoria Baxter (410-933-9000, x290).
- Panic/Agoraphobia In Vivo Exposure Group, (Alternate Thursdays, 10:15 am-12:30 pm)
- Fear of Flying Support Group, led by Stephnie
Thomas, LCPC. The group is for adults (age 18+) and will begin in
March/April of 2010. (Monthly, Tuesday 7:15pm-8:45pm.)
Members pay $180, due at the first session, for 6 sessions (at a
cost of $30 per session). The group
will provide ongoing support both for those who have been through
ASDI's fear of flying program, and for newcomers who are not yet
ready for a practice flight/class. The main focus will be on
utilizing member support in encouraging participants to remember
and implement the cognitive and behavioral techniques they have
learned to use while flying. Continued cognitive and behavioral
education regarding the fears associated with flying will be
presented during the group time on an as-needed basis.
(Participants must be screened by Dr. Steve Shearer, 410
938-8452.) If you would like monthly email
reminders, please drop a note to Stephnie at stephniet@verizon.net
and she will put you on a monthly email list. Facilitator:
Stephnie Thomas (410) 938-8457 x2(voicemail); (410) 236-1470
(cell); stephniet@verizon.net
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Consultation Group in Anxiety Disorder Treatment: Dr. Sally Winston leads a consultation training group for professionals on Friday mornings.
ASDI: Serving the Baltimore Area & Central Maryland
Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute of
Maryland:
Treating anxiety disorders and stress-related disorders in Towson,
Maryland, since 1978.