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Why Workshops and Groups?
Our workshops and groups are designed by a panel of experts in psychology, mindfulness, and wellness to help you develop skills and habits proven to support emotional resilience.
Workshops start at $40, and prices vary for groups.
Groups and Workshops
To enroll in any of our workshops, follow the link provided. To enroll in any of our groups, please email hello@findoctave.com. Some require a consultation before enrollment, which is noted in the description. Workshops and groups are currently held at our practice in Bryant Park and coming soon to San Francisco.
Don't see a group or workshop that works for you? Let us know what you'd like to see at hello@findoctave.com.
NYC Workshops
Finances and Power Differentials in Romantic Relationships
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM EST
Price: $40/person
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Who has the upper hand in a relationship? Join relationships expert, Genny Finkel, for this one night workshop and map out goals with your partner, discuss new ways of communicating, and learn how to manage day to day expectations. We’ll provide you with new ways to approach conflict, finances, power differentials, parenting and couplehood. You'll walk away with a fresh perspective on how to create positive energy within your relationship.
Genny is a licensed therapist who specializes in supporting individuals and couples reach their goals and foster healthy relationships. Genny primarily focuses on couples and family therapy. Using a non-judgmental and warm approach, she helps her patients navigate issues such as affairs, bereavement, and chronic illness. She actively collaborates with patients and uses different modalities to tailor each treatment.
Email hello@findoctave.com for more information.
They Said What at Work?!
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM EST
Price: $40/person
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
The workshop proposes ways to shape a secure environment for discussion about race and culture in workspace and why it's important to the social health of work communities. It is for those open to this exploration and curious about ways to positively influence inclusivity in their workplace culture. As it is lead by a mental health professional, self-exploration as a racial/cultural being is involved.
Email hello@findoctave.com for more information.
Keep Calm and Parent On
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM EST
Price: $40/person
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Our lives are busy and parenting can take so much time and energy that often parents aren’t left with much to give their partners. Join Sarah Bren as she shares strategies for finding balance and moments for authentic connection amidst the chaos. We will discuss ways to simplify where possible, reduce stress responses, and model healthy boundaries and self/relationship care for our children.
Sarah Bren is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in psychodynamic and relationship based approaches to working with young adults, adults, parents and families. She is passionate about helping people and families develop deeper, more meaningful connections within themselves and with others, foster respectful and emotionally secure relationships, reduce suffering, and increase effectiveness and confidence.
She has a keen interest in teaching parents, caregivers, and child care organizations about how respectful parenting principles can improve the quality of their relationships with their loved ones and, in turn, help the children in their lives to become authentic, confident, independent, and kind.
Email hello@findoctave.com for more information.
Anxiously Dating
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM EST
Price: $40/person
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Join Kristen Scarlett as she leads a discussion around newly dating and shares strategies to help you manage the uncertainty of dating in the initial stages of a relationship. This workshop is for you if you find yourself obsessively checking your texts for a reply from your new partner, find yourself creating narratives in your mind about what could go wrong or why they aren't responding and find that the anxiety associated with dating and new relationships interferes with your focus at work or home.
The goal of this workshop is for participants to have a space to share concerns, walk away with techniques to help them reframe negative thoughts, change the narrative, identify and stop unhealthy behavior patterns and become calmer and more present in dating.
Kristen Scarlett, LMHC, is Co-Clinic Director at Octave in New York City. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Nationally Certified Counselor, with over 20 years of experience working with patients on various issues, including depression, anxiety, insomnia, OCD, and relationship problems.
Email hello@findoctave.com for more information.
Say Goodbye to Time Outs: Respectful and Effective Discipline for Toddlers
Thursday, March 19, 2020 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM EST
Price: $40/person
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Join specialized psychologist, Sarah Bren, for a workshop focused on developing healthy and respectful relationships with our children.
In this lunch & learn workshop, we will explore strategies for communicating with our toddlers and young children in a way that they can understand and to set them up for successful behaviors and emotion regulation.
Topics Discussed:
- Helping toddlers and young children to behave in socially acceptable, respectful ways
- How to respond empathetically and help calm our children when they are feeling big emotions, before their behaviors get out of control
- How to set developmentally appropriate limits and boundaries that children can understand and follow
- How to cultivate independence and self confidence in our children and help them to participate in day to day family tasks
Email hello@findoctave.com for more information.
Co-Parenting After Divorce
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM EST
Price: $40/person
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
How to navigate the challenges of co-parenting after divorce in a way that maintains healthy relationships with the co-parent and children.
This workshop will focus on how to approach co-parenting in a way that honors both parents' goals and values and supports the wellbeing and attachment security of your children. Strategies for effective communication, consistent and predictable routines for both parents and children, and conflict resolution will be discussed.
Email hello@findoctave.com for more information.
Just Keep Swiping: Dating in the Digital Age
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM EST
Price: $40/person
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Set realistic expectations to combat dating ADHD, dating perfectionism, and learn how to tolerate ambivalence and rejection when dating.
The workshop will be a space to process the difficulty around online dating. Will discuss the pitfalls of online dating and how to shift perspectives around approaches.
Email hello@findoctave.com for more information.
NYC Groups
#RelationshipGoals
Price: $400/couple (4 sessions)
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Octave’s Relationship Goals group will help you and your partner map out goals, discuss new ways of communicating, and learn how to manage day to day expectations. We’ll provide you with new ways to approach conflict, finances, power differentials, parenting and couplehood. You'll walk away with a fresh perspective on how to create positive energy within your relationship.
Groups are 75 minutes and held weekly, for 4 weeks. Email us to directly enroll.
Comfortably Uncomfortable
Price: $75/session
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Angst is real and we’re not in the business of curing it. We’re here to offer you the tools you need to mindfully embrace it.
Octave’s Comfortably Uncomfortable group provides a safe space for you to learn how to live your best life, even with anxiety in it. Together we will break down the science behind anxiety and teach you how to identify the thinking and coping patterns that are keeping you stuck. Additionally, you will walk away with exercises designed to help you work through feelings of panic and rumination.
Sessions are 60 minutes and held weekly, for 8 weeks. This group requires a consultation prior to enrollment. Please email us if you are interested in joining this group, and a member of our team will reach out to set up a consultation.
Navigating Loss: A Grief & Bereavement Support Group
Price: $25/session
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
When you experience a loss, it can be difficult to know where to turn. Octave’s grief and bereavement group will provide a supportive environment for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Surrounded by those who are facing a similar range of emotions, group members will receive and offer emotional support, while gaining an understanding of the stages of grief. Furthermore we will explore the impact of rituals and discuss different ways of memorializing loved ones.
Sessions are 60 minutes and held weekly, for 8 weeks. This group requires a consultation prior to enrollment. Please email us if you are interested in joining this group, and a member of our team will reach out to set up a consultation.
New Moms Group (Virtual)
Price: $75/session
Location: Virtual
Octave's New Moms Group will provide a supportive community for new moms in New York. Using mindfulness techniques, we'll aim to reduce feelings of isolation and help you identify symptoms and red flags of postpartum depression. We'll expand the discussion to topics including: self care, maintaining healthy relationships after baby, managing emotions, body image concerns, decisions about work, and more.
Virtual sessions are 60 minutes and held weekly, for 6 weeks. This group requires a consultation prior to enrollment. Please email us if you are interested in joining this group, and a member of our team will reach out to set up a consultation.
On Intimacy: A Therapy Group for Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Women
Price: $75/session
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Led by skilled, queer-identified clinicians, we will explore a variety of issues both general and specific to the LBTQ+ community in an inviting, safe, and confidential space.
The central focus of the group is how do we relate more intimately? Discussion might include navigating the blurry boundaries of friendship and romance, knowing when to hit the gas or the brakes in a new relationship, sex and all its complications, managing evolving relationships with your family of origin or the family you’ve built, and reflecting on the intersection of sexual orientation with all the other aspects of your identity.
We welcome anyone who identifies as a lesbian, bi or queer woman. This includes trans and cisgender women as well as other gender identities and expressions. Reflecting the diversity of our community we encourage participation from from adults of all ages, races, ethnicities and ability statuses.
Sessions are 75 minutes and held weekly. This group requires a consultation prior to enrollment. Please email us if you are interested in joining this group, and a member of our team will reach out to set up a consultation.
Pregnancy Support Group
Price: $75/session
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Octave's Pregnancy Support Group provides pregnant women a supportive community, helps reduce feelings of isolation, and identifies symptoms and red flags of postpartum depression. We discuss topics such as: maintaining healthy relationships, bonding with baby, work issues, and body image challenges. Mindfulness and CBT techniques are taught to help decrease symptoms of anxiety and depression that may be present.
Sessions are 60 minutes and held weekly. This group requires a consultation prior to enrollment. Please email us if you are interested in joining this group, and a member of our team will reach out to set up a consultation.
Past NYC Workshops and Groups
Meltdown 101: Helping Your Child Manage Their BIG Emotions
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
In this lunch & learn workshop, you will learn about ways to develop healthy and respectful relationships with our children.
Join specialized psychologist, Sarah Bren, as she leads a discussion around how to cultivate foundational parent/child bonding. Topics will include: how to use basic caregiving routines as opportunities to connect with children rather than sources of conflict and power struggles; how to set expectations that lead to more satisfaction and less frustration; how to develop a language for talking with children that creates secure attachment, linked to positive mental health outcomes later in life; how to foster independence, curiosity, and self-directed play & learning in even the youngest of children; and how to understand developmentally appropriate milestones and natural development of gross motor and fine motor skills.
How To Fight Fair
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Join relationships expert, Genny Finkel, as she leads a discussion around navigating different communication styles, approaching issues or concerns with your partner in a sensitive and thoughtful way, and resolving conflict effectively. This workshop is open to both couples and individuals of any age.
Genny is a licensed therapist who specializes in supporting individuals and couples reach their goals and foster healthy relationships. Genny primarily focuses on couples and family therapy. Using a non-judgmental and warm approach, she helps her patients navigate issues such as affairs, bereavement, and chronic illness. She actively collaborates with patients and uses different modalities to tailor each treatment.
For New Moms // Lunch & Learn Workshop: The Juggle Struggle
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Going back to work after having a baby is a pivotal time for new moms. There may be excitement to return to “normalcy” and have adult conversations, but there can also be guilt and sadness about leaving your little one. If you’re experiencing this conflict, you’re not alone. This internal juggle is the real struggle for working moms -- we can ace multitasking, but finding compassion for ourselves and letting go of guilt both at work and home can be close to impossible.
During this Octave lunch & learn “The Juggle Struggle,” led by Octave Bryant Park Clinical Director and expert clinician Kristen Scarlett, we will share our stories, learn ways to manage difficult emotions, and develop new routines that will keep us from burning out.
While the majority of parents who deal with guilt are mothers, we welcome all parents to share in this experience. Lunch and refreshments are provided, with complimentary acupuncture treatments by Seanna Sifflet, LAc, MSW following the talk.
Lunch & Learn: Respectful Parenting
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
In this 90 min lunch & learn workshop, you will learn about ways to foster healthy and respectful relationships with your children.
Join specialized psychologist, Sarah Bren, as she leads a discussion around effective parenting skills related to communication, boundaries, discipline, and helping your children manage their big emotions all in hopes of promoting confidence, competence, independence, and kindness.
Though this workshop may most benefit parents of infants and toddlers, the lessons may be applicable to those with older children, as well. We welcome all to our community and look forward to meeting you.
Realness: A Therapy Group for Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Men
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Octave's Realness group provides an affirming space to explore intimacy, conflict, love, anger, isolation, gender, sexuality and more. Participants will have an opportunity explore ways to gain a more satisfying and intimate relationship with their partner(s); experiment with new ways of relating; deepen their self-awareness on how they get close to others and how they push others away; explore the many components of queer and male identity; and learn how to stay curious and engaged when faced with comparison and conflict.
Sessions are 75 minutes and held weekly. This group requires a consultation prior to enrollment. Please email us if you are interested in joining this group, and a member of our team will reach out to set up a consultation.
Navigating Loss: Healing During the Holidays
Starting November 21, 2019 on Thursdays from 5:30pm-6:30pm
Price: $25/session (4 sessions)
Location: Octave NYC (Bryant Park), 286 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Navigating the holidays can be exceptionally challenging after the loss of a loved one. What has been a time of joy and celebration can feel painful and overwhelming.
This group will surround you with those who are facing a similar range of emotions. You will receive and offer emotional support and understanding, while creating opportunities for new rituals and ways to memorialize your loved one during this holiday season.
Sessions are 60 minutes and held weekly, for 4 weeks. This group requires a consultation prior to enrollment. Please email us if you are interested in joining this group, and a member of our team will reach out to set up a consultation.
Our Locations
Downtown
Our Bay Area debut.
Address
625 Market St, 15th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94105
Hours
M - T: 8am - 8pm; F: 8am - 6pm
Flatiron
Our quiet haven amongst the noise.
Address
45 E 20th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10003
Hours
Monday - Friday 8am - 9pm
Bryant Park
Our first born.
Address
286 Madison Ave, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Hours
Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm
