Standing Together Support Group
Guided support groups for those coping with chronic illness
- Frustrated that your diagnosis took years to identify?
- Grappling to accept your diagnosis?
- Feeling defeated by the invalidation of professionals who didn’t believe you were sick?
- Despairing at how your life has changed, and missing the activities you used to enjoy?
- Feeling overwhelmed by your debilitating, painful, exhausting symptoms?
- Finding it difficult to stick with your treatment regimen?
- Experiencing frustration and sadness that family members, friends, and others can’t seem to understand that you truly are ill?
- Struggling with anxiety as you try to go about your day?
- Fearing that you may never improve and never really enjoy your life again?
- Wondering if there is anyone else out there who can relate?
You’re not alone and you don't have to cope with your chronic illness in isolation!
Evolvinn Therapy and Consulting specializes in providing compassionate psychotherapy services to individual clients with chronic illnesses. Recognizing that there truly is “strength in numbers”—that individuals dealing with chronic health conditions can benefit greatly from sharing their struggles and successes—we are drawing on our group therapy background, ACT, CBT and DBT expertise to create and launch these innovative process groups.
Through structured online sessions held every other week, you will meet in a safe, caring, healing space with seven or eight others who know what it’s like to contend with these chronic invisible illnesses because they, too, are doing so. You’ll have the opportunity to share your experiences, receive understanding feedback and support, and learn new skills and strategies for coping and flourishing.
In a Standing Together group, you will:
- Feel accepted and validated as you connect with others who won’t dismiss your difficulties
- Feel empowered as you listen and offer your support
- Learn tips, tricks, and life hacks that are working for others who are on the chronic illness journey
- Acquire insights and techniques that will help you overcome anxiety, anger, grief and despair—now and for the rest of your life
- Practice skills for sharing your challenges and getting the support you need
- Cultivate the self-acceptance and inner calm that will help you live confidently despite uncertainty
- Set new personal goals that will help you focus on your future with acceptance and anticipation
Group schedule
Your group will meet every other week for 10 sessions. In joining, you are committing to participate for the duration of the program. At the end of the 10 sessions, those who choose to continue beyond this point are welcome to do so!
Intake process
To ensure that we provide the best experience and correct group placement, a 30-minute intake session will be required. Participants will also be required to complete initial paperwork and group consent forms.
Patient Testimonials
Interested in joining or learning more?
New Standing Together groups will be launching in 2024!
These groups will be open to adolescents and adults of all ages who are dealing with invisible chronic illnesses that Evolvinn Therapy and Consulting specializes in treating and who live in VA, MD, DC, NY, or any other PSYPACT state.