Therapy Group: Yoga and Meditation to manage depression, anxiety and stress

This is an 8 week therapeutic support group for individuals wanting to learn body based therapeutic techniques to improve their coping skills associated with anxiety, depression and chronic stress.

Talk therapy is a common focus of most outpatient programs and can often lead to overall improvement in wellbeing. It is a “top down” approach, meaning that we work on how our thinking effects our emotions and behaviors. Many people benefit from additional techniques, known in the counseling world as the “bottom up” approach, to help overcome their symptoms. In the bottom up approach, we work on body based therapies to help regulate our autonomic nervous system, which can also help to manage and alleviate symptoms. Our focus will be on yoga poses, breathing techniques, mindfulness activities and art therapy.

Each week will focus on one of the seven chakras, our bodies’ energy centers, and how each corresponds to an emotional or developmental state. In a warm and supportive group environment, we will learn body based strategies specific to each of the chakras that can be used in treating symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression. The final group will be a closing session with a comprehensive review.

~ For adults looking for coping skills to manage stress, anxiety, depression and trauma

~ 8 weeks of group therapy teaching the integration of yoga, meditation, mindfulness and art therapy

~ Insurances accepted: Highmark, UPMC, Aetna, Cigna, United. Private Pay also welcome.

~ Where: 442 West Main Street, Suite 204 Monongahela, PA 15332

~ When: Tuesdays 12:00pm-1:30pm beginning March 12th, 2019

~ Call Christina at 724-986-0479 or visit www.wholelifeintegrativetherapy.com

About the group leader:

Christina Pucel, MS, NCC, LPC is a board certified counselor with over 15 years experience in providing therapy. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher and has completed extensive training with some of the nation’s leading teachers on the integration of yoga and mindfulness in the treatment of mental health.