CULTIVATING SELF - Co-ed Group Therapy for Personal Growth and Self Empowerment

Ongoing long-term therapy group for men and women has openings. Cultivating Self refers to the process of transforming self-awarenes into action. This group is for anyone wanting to increase self-understanding and self-confidence toward attaining life goals. This group will include Mindfulness-Meditation Instruction and Assertiveness Skills.

Personal Growth is like cultivating a garden. The ingredients for a healthy garden include nutrient rich soil, specific kinds of seeds, adequate sunshine, and the right amount of attention in the form of watering, weeding, etc. Cultivating one's life requires similar investments of attention and intention. What are you investing your time, energy, and life towards? Are you watering seeds of self-compassion, kindness, and patience? Or, are you planting seeds of self-defeat and self-hatred? This group teaches and supports specific, concrete skills for intentionally living your life.

• Led by Douglas Johns, LCSW
• Weekly Sessions, Mondays 7-9 PM, Beginning Monday, March 1st, 2010
• 811 NW 20th Ave. (cross street Johnson) in Portland, Oregon
• Phone: 503-252-3739 Website: www.GroupTherapyPortland.com
• Initial screening interview required prior to admission ($50): Check, Cash, and Credit Card Accepted.
• $50 per group session due in monthly installments
• Insurance may reimburse. Please inquire if interested.
• Space is limited.

Doug Johns, LCSW has been in private therapy practice since 1998 where he teaches skills for assertive living and decision making. A dedicated student of Zen Meditation since 2002, Doug has a daily meditation practice through which he practices and refines the skills he teaches. In 2008 Doug completed an intensive professional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) under the direction of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Dr. Saki Santorelli of the Center For Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Doug incorporates MBSR into many of his groups. MBSR is a highly structured and research driven approach for educating people in the use of Mindfulness-Meditation for physical and emotional healing. Replicated studies with MBSR have demonstrated improvement in pain reduction, depression relapse, anxiety, and attention problems.