Groups led by a certified therapeutic recreation specialist include:

Stress management to help patients:

• Develop healthy ways to cope with stress and anxiety
• Develop and improve relaxation techniques
• Explore and develop self-nurturing and self-soothing skills as a way to decrease stress and anxiety and to increase relaxation

Self-awareness to help patients:

• Develop and improve self-esteem
• Develop self-nurturing skills
• Identify thoughts and feeling
• Increase assertive communication skills
• Explore a variety of personal and leisure resource to utilize to structure free time and to utilize for self-nurturing and or stress management

Time management/weekend planning group helps patients:

• Discuss weekend plans, barriers and concerns
• Develop action plans to address exercise, nutrition, self-care and self-regulation

Community integration offers patients:

• Exposure to community resources
• Opportunities to practice coping skills and problem solving techniques

Exercise referral teaches and/or assist patients:

• To self-regulate
• To utilize appropriate forms of exercise
• To identify the benefits of exercise
• To balance needs based on daily exercise and activity

This group includes aquatic therapy, weight training, stretching.

Food preparation is presented in cooperation with Occupational Therapy

Communication is presented in cooperation with Occupational Therapy