Child, Adolescent, & Parenting Groups

This listing is a public service of the Westchester Group Psychotherapy Society.

The following groups are led by members of WGPS.  This listing is provided by WGPS for informational purposes only.  WGPS does not warrant the appropriateness of any group for any particular individual.  The listing includes only mental health professionals who are licensed to practice their profession by the State of New York and who carry professional liability insurance. Please call the therapist listed for each group for more detailed information regarding professional qualifications, fee, openings, appropriateness, process, theoretical orientation, preliminary interviews, etc.  Inclusion in the listing does not imply a recommendation, endorsement or statement of quality from the Westchester Group Psychotherapy Society.

Child, Adolescent, & Parenting Groups

 

Ages

Type of Group

Day & Time *

Location/Phone

Contact/Therapist

35+
Mothers of Adopted Children

TBA

Mt. Kisco, NY
(914) 772-1858

Cohen, Amy S., PsyD
High School

Parents
College transition support group

Support group for parents with LD/GD children
TBA


TBA
White Plains, NY
(914) 328-7871
Deutsch, Andrea, PhD

5-7 yr olds
8-10
11-13

Social skills groups - boys and girls

Thurs 5:15-6:00 PM
         6:15-7:00 PM
         7:15-8:00 PM

Bedford Hills, NY
(914) 666-0977

Grosso, Carolyn, PsyD

7-18

Social skills

 

Kingston, NY

(845)331-3001

Grunblatt, Andrea, PhD, CGP, AGPA

7 - 9

11-14


14-19

6-8

Social skills  -boys

Social skills - Middle school boys

Teen process group -  (co-ed)

Social skills - girls
Weds 4:00-5:00 PM

Thurs 4:30-5:30 PM


Tues 4:00-5:00 PM

Tues afternoon

(NY Presbyterian Hospital)
White Plains,  NY
(914) 997-5957

Hariton, Jo, PhD, CGP, AGPA

14-18 (co-ed)

Focus on social skills, relationships, family and academic issues, separation & individuation

Weds 5:45-7:15 PM

Hartsdale, NY
(914) 997-0501

Kahn, Gloria Batkin, EdD, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA,
13-18 yr olds


13-21
Adolescent Girls Group - 2 groups

Social skills - teenage boys
Tues 6:15 - 7:15 PM


Tues 7:15 - 8:15 pm (all groups: Sept - June)

Tues 4:45 - 5:30 PM
Bedford Hills, NY
(914) 666-0511
Kellner, Lynne, PsyD, AGPA
Adolescents (co-ed)


7-10

11-14

7-12

13-15

16-18
School refusal


Social skills

Social skills

Children of divorce

Children of Divorce

Children of divorce
Tues 7:00 - 8:00 pm starting in October

Wed 4:30-5:30 PM

Wed 5:30 - 6:30 PM

Tues 5:00-6:00 PM

6:00-7:00 PM

6:30-7:30 PM
Harrison, NY
(914) 907-5567

Leonardi, Dana, PhD

7-11
12-16
(girls)

Adolescents
Relationship: mothers & daughters (separately & together as needed)

Bereavement: adolescents who lost a parent work thru their loss and work with children who had similar experience

Pending 


Pending

Yonkers, NY
(914) 969-6175

Levy, Aviva, PsyD,CGP, AGPA
High school and VP
Mother/Daughter
Pending
Hastings, NY 
(914) 478-4108
Levy, Judith Schweiger, PhD

Kindergarten - 8th grade



High School



Young Adult/College Age

Children Social Skills Groups - Divided by age and grade (both co-ed and girls and boys groups)

Teen Self Discovery/Socialization Groups Social skills groups - co-ed

Socialization, Interpersonal Relationship Issues, Anxiety, Depression, Transitions, Career/Work Issues

Monday afternoons
Please call for details



Tuesdays and Wednesdays Please call for details

Mondays 7:30-8:45 PM

(Full Circle Family Care)

White Plains, NY
(914) 421-1500 x300

Maidenberg,Michelle:Ph.D. MPH, LCSW, CGP, AGPA

20's-40's
(Fathers)



Parents

Fathers group: focusing on infants & toddlers' developmental needs  & strengthening father-child relationship - pending

Parents of babies with colic - pending

TBA  7:30-9:00pm (8 weeks)



 TBA  9:30-11:00am or 1:15-2:45 PM

Larchmont, NY
(914) 384-5544

Margulies, Marian, PhD

Kindergarten - 10th grade


6-8


 Adolescents

Social Skills Groups for school aged boys -  different groups according to age & grade

Socialization group for boys on the autistic spectrum

Co-ed psychotherapy group

After school (call for times)


 Thurs 4:00 PM


 Monday 7:00 PM

Croton-on-Hudson, NY (914)271-5326

Milich, Bob H, PhD, CGP, AGPA
Parents & Caregivers


13-21


Adult
Parenting Through Separation and Divorce

Eating Disorder Recovery and Support

Proactive parenting of pre-adolescents, adolescents and young adults - discuss, learn and practice these methods
Pending


Call for details


Call for details
Harrison, NY 
(914) 450-6322
Miller, Irene S., LCSW-R, CASAC, CPP
14-18 Teens and Divorce Fri 3:30-5:00 pm Hastings, NY
(914) 585-8922
Moss, Donna, MA, LCSW-R
Middle School Girls
General Issues, Friendships, Academics, Parent Relationships, Parties
Thursdays 7:00 PM
Sleepy Hollow, NY
(914) 450-2413
Skovron, Gayle, LCSW-R
Women
Parenting issues
TBA Fall'09 (weekly or 2x/month)
Hastings, NY 
(914) 478-1267
Strauss, Joanna, LCSW, CGP, AGPA
Parenting
Parents of teenagers - learn preventive strategies of teens
Tues 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Dobbs Ferry, NY
(914) 282-7123
Walter, Linda, LCSW
Adolescents
Concerns related to depression
Thurs. 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Rye Brook, NY 10673
Woychowski, Bernard, PhD

 

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*Groups meet weekly unless otherwise specified.

CGP=Certified Group therapist 

AGPA=American Group Psychotherapy Association Member  

FAGPA= Fellow, AGPA