​1. Social Heroes: Social Skills & Coping Skills

(2nd - 4th grade boys)

1 hour/week for 6 weeks 

• June 25th - July 30th 

  • Wednesdays ​

    • 4:00PM - 5:00PM

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2. Social Heroes: Social Skills & Coping Skills

(3rd - 5th grade girls)

1 hour/week for 6 weeks​

• June 25th - July 30th 

  • Wednesdays ​

    • 5:15PM - 6:15PM​

Days & Times:

• June 25th - July 30th 

  • Wednesdays ​

    • 4:00PM - 5:00PM​

    • 5:15PM - 6:15PM

Cost:

• Summer 2025 Elementary Age Groups are $895:

  • ​60 minutes/week for 6 weeks.

  • Payments can be broken into 2 payments of $447.50.

​ 1.  Teens: Starting Senior Year

             (12th grade high school students) 

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 2. Young-teens: Going into High School

              (9th grade students) 

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 3. Pre-teens: Going into Middle School

              (5th & 6th grade students)

1. Parents Have Feelings Too

You are not alone in your range of emotions. Maybe sometimes you are left feeling lost with more questions than answers. Join other parents in a safe & relatable environment. 

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2. Too Fast to Get Furious:

An 8-Week Anger Management Group

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3. ASD Peer Group:

Developing Friendships with ABA Skills For young adults with ASD

 

4.Hiding Behind the Smile: 

Overcoming Anxiety and Depression 

Group Therapy: Week 3 – Emotional Regulation

Theme: "Understanding and Managing Emotions in a Healthy Way"

 

Session Objective

To equip group members with practical skills to identify, regulate, and express emotions in ways that promote emotional resilience and healthier relationships. This session is rooted in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles, with an emphasis on experiential learning and peer support.

 

Session Overview

 

1. Welcome & Check-In

• Warm greeting and settling in.

  • Each participant shares one personal success, insight, or positive change since last session.

  • Participants reflect on any challenges or emotional triggers that surfaced during the week.

2. Mindfulness Practice

• Guided breathing or grounding technique to bring present-moment awareness.

• Support emotional regulation by creating space between feeling and reacting.

3. Core Exploration: Understanding Emotions

• Discussion: “What are emotions trying to tell us?”

• Activities:

  • Emotion identification & labeling using prompts or visuals.

  • Normalizing emotional responses through psychoeducation.

  • Group shares how different emotions show up in their lives.

4. Skill Building: Coping & Self-Regulation

• Introduction to practical coping strategies:

  • Emotion regulation tools (e.g., journaling, self-talk, movement, sensory input).

  • Practice a selected technique as a group.

• Breakout pairs/small group: apply a tool to a recent personal challenge and share insights.

5. Wrap-Up & Integration

• Group reflection:

  • What did you learn about your emotional process today?

  • What strategy will you take into the upcoming week?

• Preview next session’s theme.

  • Fostering Empathy & Understanding Other’s Viewpoints

 

• OPTIONAL: WRITE A BRIEF PERSONAL INTENTION OR GOAL FOR THE COMING WEEK.

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Between-Session Focus:

• Participants are encouraged to:

• Practice emotion-labeling daily.

• Use at least one new coping strategy.

• Reflect on how emotional regulation impacts daily interactions.

 

Group Emphasis This Week:

• Celebrate personal and collective progress

• Increase self-awareness and emotional vocabulary

• Strengthen empathy and validation skills

• Build momentum for long-term emotional growth

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• Each group is unique and formulated based on the individual clients’ needs and overall family goals.

• As each child is different, each group is different, so I design the weekly topics and activities based on that specific group's needs and the goals set with parents during intake, (prior to the beginning of group).

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1.  Prior to the start of peer social skills group, parents will schedule a meeting to complete an intake; assess for current needs and formulate general goals.

2.  I will solidify goals and email to parent(s)

   • ​​Based on the assessment, we will then agree which group best fits your child

   • I will provide session #1 general topics and possible activities, so you have the opportunity to help prepare your child

3. Peer Social Skills Group Begins​​​​

4. Group graduation

5. Follow up appointment post group graduation 

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Cost, IEPs, & other FAQs | Therapy with Janelle Brady | Pleasant Hill, CA |

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An Experienced Therapist in Pleasant Hill Shares The Myriad of Compelling Benefits Participating in Group Therapy Offers: (therapywithjanellebrady.com)

  1. Friendships and Social Skills 

Elementary school students

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 2. Memoires of Hidden Scars:

Group Therapy for Adolescents that experience self-harm

​Click here for a printable personal safety plan:

pdf-personal-safety-plan.pdf (lgbthotline.org)

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3. ASD Peer Group

Developing Friendships with ABA Skills