Upcoming events.
Creative Therapy: Stress Management
Let’s bust some stress! During this class at Cold Mountain Art Collective, you will learn about the biology of your nervous system when it comes to stress and how to actually reduce the symptoms of stress you experience. It will be part psychoeducation and part application! This class will include a small round circle style lecture while you create a stress busting clay piece to keep your hands busy while you listen and learn.
Creative Therapy: Helene Grief
In this workshop with Cold Mountain Art Collective, we will spend time honoring our collective grief from Hurricane Helene around the one year anniversary. The trauma and grief from Hurricane Helene still live within us all. We will have a round table discussion about traumatic grief, how it affects us, and how to process the experience of it. Participants will create a memento out of clay symbolizing their grief in whatever way feels right to them. We will cultivate a safe space inviting sharing with care and support from the group.
Women and Femmes Body Image Group
In this ongoing virtual group, we will focus on one’s relationship with their body. It will be a process oriented group, meaning we will work through challenges of body image through connection and processing with others. We will discuss the experiences participants have in their bodies, along with the pressures and challenges they face personally and culturally. The focus will be on self-acceptance, compassion, and care for oneself. We will create a supportive, nonjudgemental atmosphere to explore the experience of being in a body. We will also discuss ways to build a better relationship with your body image to feel comfortable and confident in yourself. Each session will be Thursday’s at 4:30 - 5:30 pm. Please sign up by Wednesday of the weeks you want to join.
Price: $60 for one drop in or $150 for three
Insurance will not be accepted for this group.
Please reach out to me at marygrace@pilotlightcounseling.com if you are interested.
POSTPONED: Creative Therapy: JOY
POSTPONED: We’re back with another Creative Therapy workshop with Cold Mountain Art Collective on the importance of JOY! After the year western North Carolina has had, we could all use some joy. We will discuss why joy is so important to our mental health and how to access more of it. Participants will receive clay and simple instruction to create a special ceramic keepsake that both represents and brings them joy!
$45/Person
All materials provided
Light refreshments included
Sign up at Cold Mountain Art Collective.
Existential Dread Therapy Group
In this is 4-week virtual group on existential dread, we will process what the experience is like with other individuals and how to move through it. It is a cluster of thoughts and feelings, coming in many shapes and sizes, affecting many of us these days. Whether you are consumed by existential dread or it just occasionally crosses your mind, this process group will offer support. We will support one another through our individual lived experiences and discuss the antidotes that work for our lives. We will meet for four weeks, on Thursday evenings at 5:30 pm. Week one will be 90 minutes to allow for informed consent and introductions, while the remaining three sessions will be 75 minutes.
Insurance will not be accepted for this group.
Price: $250
Please contact me at marygrace@pilotlightcounseling.com to inquire or request to be involved. A quick consultation call will be required to make sure this group is a good fit for you!
Grief Toolkit
Partnering with Cold Mountain Art Collective, grief comes in many shapes and sizes including loss of a loved one, breakups, divorce, birth of a child, health issues, moving, and life changes. Grief can be heavy and isolating, so let's come together as we bring light to this topic. We will have a discussion around what grief is, how it affects us, what it can look like, and ultimately, ways to process grief. During this talk, participants will create a memento out of clay to symbolize meaning making for whatever kind of grief they may experience.
While this is an educational workshop rather than a Support Group, sharing is more welcome in our brave space.
$45/person
If you wish to attend but need financial assistance, please reach out.
Refreshments provided