Current Groups
Virtual Body Talk: Nourishing Your Relationship to Food, the Body, & the Self
If you are struggling with your relationship to food and your body, this group is for you. NYC Cognitive Therapy is launching a new virtual 12-week group, Body Talk: Nourishing Your Relationship to Food, the Body, & the Self, facilitated by Gianna LaLota. Gianna has experience working with individual clients on body and food-related concerns and hopes to cultivate a community of group members who may currently feel isolated working through these issues on their own.
This 12-week closed group will welcome 8-10 group members (ages 18 and up) who are seeking community support in their food and body journeys. The group itself is founded on the principles of inclusion, body acceptance, and self-compassion. In the first half of the group, members will connect and share their experiences about their food and body-related struggles. In the latter half of the group, Gianna will introduce the principles of radical acceptance, intuitive eating, and mindful movement to equip group members with a framework and tools to relate to food and their bodies in a new way.
Please email gianna@nyccognitivetherapy.com to learn more and schedule an initial intake session. Sessions will be 75-minutes and conducted online via Zoom. Start date and weekly meeting time are to be determined, likely beginning in mid to late June.
In this group, we will cover:
If you are struggling with your relationship to food and your body, this group is for you. NYC Cognitive Therapy is launching a new virtual 12-week group, Body Talk: Nourishing Your Relationship to Food, the Body, & the Self, facilitated by Gianna LaLota. Gianna has experience working with individual clients on body and food-related concerns and hopes to cultivate a community of group members who may currently feel isolated working through these issues on their own.
This 12-week closed group will welcome 8-10 group members (ages 18 and up) who are seeking community support in their food and body journeys. The group itself is founded on the principles of inclusion, body acceptance, and self-compassion. In the first half of the group, members will connect and share their experiences about their food and body-related struggles. In the latter half of the group, Gianna will introduce the principles of radical acceptance, intuitive eating, and mindful movement to equip group members with a framework and tools to relate to food and their bodies in a new way.
Please email gianna@nyccognitivetherapy.com to learn more and schedule an initial intake session. Sessions will be 75-minutes and conducted online via Zoom. Start date and weekly meeting time are to be determined, likely beginning in mid to late June.
In this group, we will cover:
- Group members' stories about food and their bodies
- Radical Acceptance
- Embodiment
- Intuitive Eating
- Mindful & Joyful Movement
Virtual Social Anxiety group
NYC Cognitive Therapy is also planning the fourth iteration of their virtual CBT Skills Group for Social Anxiety led by Larisa Kohen and Gianna LaLota. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be effectively utilized to help individuals struggling with social anxiety to reduce their anxiety in social settings, academic settings, career settings, etc.
This 15-week closed group will also contain 10-12 members (ages 18 and up) whose primary concern is social anxiety. Specifically, the goal of the intensive, structured group is to help members address concerns, including socializing, making friends, dating, increasing assertiveness and communication skills, advancing one’s career, overcoming the fear of public speaking, and other performance-related anxiety.
Start date and time are to be determined, likely a weeknight evening for 90-minutes per session beginning in mid to late June. All sessions will take place on Zoom. Please email gianna@nyccognitivetherapy.com to learn more.
This 15-week closed group will also contain 10-12 members (ages 18 and up) whose primary concern is social anxiety. Specifically, the goal of the intensive, structured group is to help members address concerns, including socializing, making friends, dating, increasing assertiveness and communication skills, advancing one’s career, overcoming the fear of public speaking, and other performance-related anxiety.
Start date and time are to be determined, likely a weeknight evening for 90-minutes per session beginning in mid to late June. All sessions will take place on Zoom. Please email gianna@nyccognitivetherapy.com to learn more.
Virtual Group for Mindfulness
Are you hoping to incorporate mindfulness into your daily life, but don’t know where to start? NYC Cognitive Therapy is launching a new virtual 12-week Mindfulness Group led by Gianna LaLota. In addition to Gianna’s respective work as a clinician, she is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 500) with experience teaching yoga and meditation in NYC. This group is suited for both beginners who are new to mindfulness and meditation, as well as, individuals who are looking to deepen their practices.
This 12-week closed group will consist of 10-12 group members (ages 18 and up) who are looking to learn more about mindfulness in a supportive group setting. Mindfulness has been clinically proven to reduce feelings of stress, depression, and anxiety by helping individuals cultivate greater present-moment awareness, as well as, compassion for themselves and others. Not only will group members leave the group with a greater understanding of basic mindfulness principles, they will also be equipped with various techniques and tools that they can implement in their daily lives.
Start date and time are to be determined, likely in mid to late June. Sessions will be 90 minutes and will be conducted via Zoom. Please email gianna@nyccognitivetherapy.com if you are interested in learning more or scheduling an intake session.
This 12-week closed group will consist of 10-12 group members (ages 18 and up) who are looking to learn more about mindfulness in a supportive group setting. Mindfulness has been clinically proven to reduce feelings of stress, depression, and anxiety by helping individuals cultivate greater present-moment awareness, as well as, compassion for themselves and others. Not only will group members leave the group with a greater understanding of basic mindfulness principles, they will also be equipped with various techniques and tools that they can implement in their daily lives.
Start date and time are to be determined, likely in mid to late June. Sessions will be 90 minutes and will be conducted via Zoom. Please email gianna@nyccognitivetherapy.com if you are interested in learning more or scheduling an intake session.
Groups Previously Offered:
- Parenting during COVID
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Hoarding
- Trichotillomania and Skin Picking