Current and Upcoming Groups

Online Girls Expressive Arts and Friendship Group

Who: Preteen Girls Ages 9-12 Years Old Who Reside In California (8 Spots Available)
What: Online 10 Week Expressive Arts Friendship Group 
When: Starting Wednesday, March 31st, 3:30-5:00
Cost: $100 per session, Partial Scholarships Available 

Girls will engage in a 10 week Expressive Arts Friendship Group that includes a diversity of visual and performing arts activities based on the Go Girls!TM Culture Code, a 5-point social/emotional framework.
Go Girls! is a safe space that will allow your daughter to SHINE through activities and practice making bold and brave choices in her life and her community.
As a Go Girl, we learn to say yes to new challenges and no to keep yourself safe, celebrate mistakes as a chance to learn and grow, give and take, feel your feelings, and take center stage. Each Go Girl will have the opportunity to make new friends and art, play theater games, dance, and celebrate their unique gifts with each other.

Email hrudstentherapy@gmail.com for more information.
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Online Social Thinking Skills Group
Ages 7-9
Check back for future dates

Karen Wolfe, LMFT of SF Bay Play Therapy and Jessica Reed,M.A. CCC-SLP of Ocean Beach Speech in San Diego are teaming up to provide your child with a unique online social thinking skills learning experience.

Open to children ages 7-9 across the state of California, this 12-week online social skills group will provide your child with the much-needed practice for social interaction and learning about the give and take of friendships that is lacking in the current school environment.  

Using play, humor, and decades of combined experience and expertise supporting children, we will lead your child through Michelle Garcia Winner's We Thinker's curriculum to teach them the vocabulary and tools to interact with peers. We will practice playing games that involve cooperative thinking, turn-taking, and learning to be flexible and graceful in the face of winning or losing. All this in an environment of emotional safety and helping your child to identify and work with their own and their peers' emotions. 

To begin the enrollment process email us at SFBayPlayTherapy@gmail.com
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They will provide a therapeutic space for your child to go inward and connect with their internal landscape, while offering the much needed opportunity to connect and process those feelings with peers. The need for your child to see their experiences shared and reflected by peers is paramount. Their growth and connection will be facilitated through a combination of mindfulness, expressive arts, and play. Placement and time of group on Tuesdays will be determined based on your child’s developmental level and availability. 

Fee: $120 per 1 hour session, with partial scholarships available. Children and Families who identify as BIPOC are encouraged to apply

Drawn from evidence-based practices, this small play therapy group led by a clinician who understands the value of children's play, gives your child tools to improve social skills, emotional intelligence and self-confidence.

Games and coaching are provided to teach your child skills in successfully navigating the social arena including topics such as joining in play with peers, handling frustration and disappointment, creating mutually joyful friendships, successfully resolving conflicts, reading nonverbal social cues, expressing yourself authentically and kindly, and maintaining attention & organization.

All activities are play and relationship-based and many incorporate
sensory regulation strategies, emotional management techniques, and
all incorporate self-awareness, creativity, and fun!

Appropriate for children who could use a little extra support to engage socially with peers, manage attention and body regulation, and successfully manage their emotions. Limit of 4 children per group to maximize social learning.

Themes and activities may be drawn from Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking curriculum, Play and Drama Therapy, Mindfulness, and the transformational social-emotional learning toys Kimochis®.

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                              Details about the groups in general

Who:
Children age 5-11 (see specific offerings above)
2-6 children per group.
Children are grouped by age, developmental level, and temperament.

Group participants range from high-functioning children who struggle with social thinking and need a little guidance to support confidence and emotional regulation with peers, to children with mild learning or sensory differences.

How to Enroll
Ensuring a good fit is of the utmost importance. The group aims to include children who will both learn from and enjoy one another's company and, ideally continue friendship beyond the group.

There are three steps to enroll:

Intake Process Process:
1) 15 min complimentary phone consultation w/ parent
2) Complete the CCC Questionnaire for screening 
3) If screening indicates good fit, complete intake questionnaire
4) Once intake questionnaire is received schedule a 45 min intake session (first 30 min parents only then with child)
4) Social skills mock session with another child 
5) 10 min follow up phone conversation

Group Intro & Assessment Session
A 30-min individualized introduction to and assessment for SF Bay Play Therapy's social skills groups.

A Speech assessment you can give to your child's school or other specialists

Receive a 1-hour recorded webinar by founder of SF Bay Play Therapy, Karen Wolfe, MFT on supporting social skills in your child.

Receive a social skills assessment checklist to keep track of your child’s social skills

Get your most burning parenting question answered


Cost:
Intake Process: $250
Social Group: $120-$80/wk sliding scale

Please inquire about payment plans and sliding scale if cost is prohibitive. We strive to provide services to all who are interested.

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