Healing from Chronic Pain and Chronic Conditions

This 8-week group is designed to help individuals with ongoing symptoms that impact their daily life. Anyone with chronic conditions such as body pain, fibromyalgia, migraines, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), etc can participate.

This group will help you:

• Connect with a community of like-minded individuals on healing journeys
• Gain a deeper understanding of the neuroscience of pain
• Develop new tools to help you transform your mindset and your body
• Overcome fear of pain, movement, and more
• Find empowerment and joy in everyday activities again

This group aims to combat the isolation felt by those experiencing chronic symptoms and to actively help them regain control over their lives. The curriculum draws from modern neuroscience on the brain and central nervous system’s roles in chronic pain, providing opportunities to retrain the brain to process pain differently.

WHEN: Tuesdays, 5:00-6:30 pm, August 20 – October 1, 2024 (7 weeks)

WHO: Anyone with chronic pain or chronic conditions

WHERE: Virtually on Zoom

COST: Free; a $25 no-show fee applies to registered participants who do not attend without prior notice*

FACILITATOR:
Brooke Culbertson, LMSW draws from her own experience of chronic pain recovery to inform her practice and to foster hope in patients, while using evidence-based modalities to help with chronic pain and chronic conditions.

REGISTER: Call 512-451-7337, option 8 or email frontoffice@samaritan-center.org

Living Fully and Abundantly with Cancer

No one wants to hear the big "C" diagnosis, but you are not alone. Join us to support each other to live fully and abundantly in spite of the cancer diagnosis. Whether it is a new diagnosis or one you have lived with for some time now, come share your concerns and wisdom you have gleaned.

WHEN: Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm, September 10 – December 17, 2024 (19 weeks)

WHO: Anyone with a cancer diagnosis

WHERE: Virtually on Zoom

COST: Free; a $25 no-show fee applies to registered participants who do not attend without prior notice*

FACILITATOR:
Nelda Carpenter, LCSW has been a therapist with Samaritan Center for twenty-five years and is a cancer patient herself.

REGISTER: Call 512-451-7337, option 8 or email frontoffice@samaritan-center.org

Men Who Get It: A 4-Week Support Group to Help Men Improve Their Relationship with Their Partner

Would you like to join the ranks of men who get it? Learn what men who are successful in their relationship do and don’t do to enhance their connection with their partner. Topics will include:

• The single most important thing your partner wants from you
• What you must never say or do
• The secret to having more connecting conversations
• The importance of expressing your emotions to increase intimacy
• How to successfully negotiate differences
• The different ways men and women view sex

WHEN: Mondays, 6:00 - 7:00 pm, Sept 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2024 (4 weeks)

WHO: Men who want to improve their relationships

WHERE: Virtually on Zoom

COST: Free; a $25 no-show fee applies to registered participants who do not attend without prior notice*

FACILITATORS:
Don Zappone, LPC: Don is an experienced licensed professional counselor working with adults and couples assisting them with new insights and skills.

Mikayla McMurtray, LMFT-A, LPC-A: Mikayla is a therapist who helps couples, families, and individuals cultivate greater self-awareness, build healthier relationships, and achieve a greater sense of well-being.

REGISTER: Call 512-451-7337, option 8 or email frontoffice@samaritan-center.org

Women’s Healing Trauma Group: For Survivors of Sexual Assault or Domestic Violence Trauma

Research has shown that abuse/personal violence has profound effect on the lives of trauma survivors. These effects not only impact the survivor’s mental health, but also physical health. This support group will address both of these areas.

Group members will participate in discussions together guided by a 12-step curriculum entitled Help End Abusive Relationship Tendencies (HEART) that focuses on issues survivors deal with after the occurrence of personal violence. The group will learn and experience “decompression activities” including guided meditations, mindfulness, and somatic exercises. This is designed to offer survivors opportunities for personal growth as they work toward healing from their trauma(s). The is a free-flow group that will navigate the 12 steps together and after all 12 steps have been explored, a short break will occur encouraging members to engage with each other and develop healthy connections with others working on their own recovery. Women have the option to return and repeat the group when it begins again at announced dates.

WHEN: Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, starts on September 11, 2024

WHO: Woman survivors of sexual assault or domestic violence trauma

WHERE: Virtually on Zoom

COST: Free; a $25 no-show fee applies to registered participants who do not attend without prior notice*

FACILITATORS:
Rochelle Pearce, LPC: Rochelle is a licensed professional counselor with extensive experience working with survivors of abuse and sexual assault, and she strives to instill hope and understanding of the meaning in our experiences and the purpose to our lives.

Nelda Carpenter, LCSW: Nelda is a licensed clinical social worker who has been with Samaritan Center since 1998; she feels goals are best met when physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects are considered in the therapeutic process.

REGISTER: Call 512-451-7337, option 8 or email frontoffice@samaritan-center.org