Learn self-care in our community.
Our therapy groups help you work through problems in a safe and confidential environment. Our classes are developed to assist you in incorporating emotional resilience into your everyday life.
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Why Classes and Groups?
Our classes 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. Both groups and classes are held on-site at Octave, to facilitate a supportive and safe environment.
Class & Group Offerings
To enroll in any of our classes or groups, please email info@findoctave.com. Some require a free consult call before enrollment, which is noted in the description. Classes and groups are currently held at our studio in midtown Manhattan.
#RelationshipGoals
Package Price: $400/couple (4 sessions)
Octave’s Relationship Goals class 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.
Classes are 75 minutes and held weekly, for 4 weeks. Email info@findoctave.com to directly enroll.
Comfortably Uncomfortable
Sessions begin on September 17 at 6pm EST
Price: $75/session
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 complimentary consult call prior to enrollment.
Navigating Loss: A Grief & Bereavement Support Group
Starting Fall 2019
Price: $25/session
A sympathetic and caring group that feels like a tight hug.
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 complimentary consult call prior to enrollment.
New Moms Group (Virtual)
Thursdays at 3 PM
Price: $75/session
Being a new mom is no easy feat. We're here for you and your new world.
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 complimentary consult call prior to enrollment.
On Intimacy: A Therapy Group for Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Women
Starting September 2019
Price: $75/session
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 complimentary consult call prior to enrollment.
Onward & Upward
Sessions begin on September 11th at 6:30pm EST
Price: $75/session (4 sessions total)
There's no denying that a breakup or divorce can be among the most challenging experiences we face. However, if navigated correctly, it can also lead to an extraordinary amount of positive growth. Through a series of guided exercises, Octave's Onward and Upward group will help bring light to your recent breakup or divorce. You will examine patterns in your past relationships, identify areas you wish to change, and help you craft a coherent narrative of what went wrong in the relationship.
Sessions are 60 minutes and held weekly, for 4 weeks. This group requires a complimentary consult call prior to enrollment.
Pregnancy Support Group
Starting Fall 2019
Price: $75/session
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 complimentary consult call prior to enrollment.
Realness: A Therapy Group for Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Men
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Price: $75/session
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 complimentary consult call prior to enrollment.
Our Locations
Midtown
Near Bryant Park
286 Madison Ave, 22nd Floor
