Groups

Adolescent
Social Skills/Anger Management Group

​The Adolescent Social Skills/Anger Management Group is designed to support participants who struggle with anger management issues as well as social skills development. Most participants attend mainstream settings or alternative day schools and generally require an IEP to make effective progress in school.

Group Focus:
  • Anger management skill acquisition
  • Increased perspective taking and judgement
  • Facilitating more mature peer interactions.
  • Helping participants develop their ability to discuss home-based challenges with increased awareness of their personal responsibility
  • Closely coordinating sessions with ongoing family therapy sessions to provide consistency
  • Integrating school-based feedback and honest reality testing
  • Integration of progress with Clinical Tutoring

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​Group Leaders:
David A. Perna, PhD
Ian Ljutich, MA, MS
Kristen Burke, MA

Day/Time/Location:
Tuesdays/5-6 PM/Lexington/In-Person

Adolescent
​Anger-Management Group

​This Adolescent Group is designed for students who are currently in high school and struggle with their learning profiles and overall impulsivity issues. Participants are more likely to have a history of language-based learning challenges, ADHD, Mood Issues, Anxiety, and minor substance use concerns.

Group Focus: 
  • Accessing learning resources in a mainstream school setting via an IEP and increasing metacognitive awareness
  • Using technology to enhance academic organization
  • Setting healthy academic and social goals
  • Avoiding conflict with significant others
  • Technology addiction and the impact of technology on the home/school environment
  • Making healthy life choices in the home/school/community
  • Prevention of higher-risk behaviors/clinical resilience
  • group members from accelerating to higher-risk behaviors. 

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Group Leaders:
David A. Perna, PhD
​Kristen Burke, MA
Akshita Pokharna, MA

Day/Time/Location:
Mondays/6-7 PM/Newton/In-Person

College/Vocational
Transition Group
Virtual-Mondays (5-6PM)
Virtual-Tuesdays (6-7PM)

The focus of the College/Vocational Transition Group is to orient participants to the organizational and emotional challenges that are typically encountered during their transition to a successful post-high school phase of life. This phase may include a job, college coursework or a combination of the two.  

​Group Focus: 
  • Negotiation of relationships with parents
  • Organizational skill development
  • Use of technology to track work/class progress
  • Job stability & self-advocacy
  • Integration of clinical gains into multiple life domains
  • Reality-testing surrounding substance use
  • Movement to an increased level of social, familial, & financial independence 


For more details please refer to the following link:       
​College Transition Program
Virtual-Mondays (5-6PM)
Group Leaders:
David A. Perna, PhD
Alexa  Myta, PsyD
​Kristen Burke, PsyD 
Virtual-Tuesdays (6-7PM)
​Group Leaders:
David A. Perna, PhD
Alexa Myta, PsyD
​Kristen Burke, MA

MBA/Business/Organization
Young Adult Transition Group
Virtual-Wednesdays (5-6PM)
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The focus of the MBA/Business/Organization Young Adult Transition Group is to orient participants to the organizational and emotional challenges that are typically encountered during their transition into an MBA program, the business world, or a combination of the two.

Group Focus: 
  • Preventing/managing serious mental health events and/or substance use regression
  • Developing "Industrial Grade" enhanced executive function skills that will promote success in school, job, & entrepreneurial settings
  • Balancing financial/emotional independence from parents
  • Integration of clinical skills and newfound judgment into multiple life domains
  • Movement to an increased level of social satisfaction as a young adult​
​For more details please refer to the following link:
MBA/Business/Organization Transition Program
Group Leaders:
David Perna, PhD
Ian Ljutich, MA, MSW
Alexa Myta, PsyD
Day/Time/Location:
Wednesdays/5-6PM/Virtual

Adolescent Girls Group


​The Adolescent Girls Group is designed to address the varying needs of 13-18 y/o girls who are learning to manage the symptoms related to their mental health challenges.

Group Focus: 
  • Discussing symptoms/strategies to address their mental health challenges
  • Supporting their ability to attend school and make academic progress in light of their challenges
  • Managing self-harm/suicidal ideation
  • Developing positive self-esteem
  • ​Managing anxiety with mindfulness techniques 
  • Managing substance use issues and preventing relapses
  • Finding intimacy in relationships from both a platonic and romantic perspective
  • Letting go of childhood wounds/traumas that may destabilize their current mental stability
  • Building healthier interactions with parents and siblings

Group Leaders:
Kaeley Majewski, PsyD
Alexa Myta, PsyD
Akshita Pokharna, MA
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Day/Time/Location:
Tuesdays/6-7 PM/Newton/In-person