THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PROGRAM (CAP)
McLean Hospital
Child Outpatient Department
115 Mill Street
Belmont, Massachusetts 02478-9106
Belmont, Massachusetts 02478-9106
CURRENT GROUP OFFERINGS
MOOD DISORDER GROUP FOR OLDER ADOLESCENT GIRLS |
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| Monday, 4:00pm to 5:00pm | Amy Trupe, LICSW | 617-855-2912 |
| Thursdays, 4:00pm to 5:00pm | ||
| This group is designed for adolescent girls, ages 14-19 (in high school), who struggle with mood disorders including major depression, bipolar disorder and dysthymia. Withdrawn, socially isolated, and or anxious adolescent girls are also appropriate. The group is an open-ended process group intended to promote mutual peer support. Girls make a commitment, prior to joining group, of six to eight months of ongoing participation. Girls also are expected to be in weekly psychotherapy while participating in Girls Mood Disorder Group. Girls use this group to identify which issues or experiences influence their mood and then offer support to one another with problem solving skills or CBT/DBT skills. |
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DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT) SKILLS GROUP |
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| Wednesdays, every week, 4:00pm to 5:00pm | (Adolescent DBT Group) | |||
| Wednesdays, EOW, 4:00pm to 5:00pm | (Parents Group) | |||
| Wesleigh Langeland, LICSW | (Parent Group) | 617-855-2206 | ||
| Jessica Goldstein, PhD | (Adolescent Group) | 617-855-2206 | ||
| Thursdays, every week, 5:30pm to 6:30pm | (Adolescent DBT Group) | |||
| Thursdays, EOW, 5:30pm to 6:30pm | (Parents Group) | |||
| Wesleigh Langeland, LICSW | (Parent Group) | 617-855-2206 | ||
| Jessica Goldstein, PhD | (Adolescent Group) | 617-855-2206 | ||
| This is a six month skills group for adolescents, girls or boys, ages 14-19 (in high school), and their parents. The group is aimed at treating adolescents who have particular difficulty managing their strong emotions and, as a result, engage in self-destructive behaviors. The program consists of the adolescent group, which meets weekly, plus a required parents’ group that runs concurrently and meets bi-weekly. DBT Group membership requires that the adolescent be in weekly individual treatment. The group has rolling admissions. |
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COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT) SKILLS GROUP |
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| Thursdays, 3:00pm to 4:00pm | Jeff Waitkus, PsyD | 617-855-3269 |
| Thursdays, 4:00pm to 5:00pm | ||
| Designed to treat adolescents, ages 14-19 (in high school), who have particular difficulty managing their strong emotions, this group aims to help adolescents identify problem thought processes and/or behaviors that occur in response to stressful situations. Once these factors are identified, we work to change those cognitive and behavioral responses and to improve skills in the area of emotion management. The group is time limited and runs for 12-16 weeks. |
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For more information, please call the Child and Adolescent
Outpatient Intake Office at 617-855-3537.
