We are wounded in relationships, so it is only natural that it is in relationship that we can heal. Group therapy provides a rich milieu for healing our heart’s wounds, in relationship with others who see us and hold us with loving compassion.

Groups for Self Growth

  • Create the Future You Want By Harnessing Your Capacity for Growth and Change

    Stepping over the threshold into your next, new adventure, challenge, goal or journey can be daunting. The change it takes to move forward can get thwarted by old habits, resistance, or stories holding you back.

    In short change takes courage and grit. It is so easy to say “I want to do…” but not always so easy to do. We are offering a week long retreats and 10 weekly group adventures to help you envision the future waiting outside your door.

    Come join a group of supportive peers to play with psychodrama and neuropsychology. Discover how your story is held in your body. Learn tools available in your own body to free yourself and move through the stuck stories into your new possibilities.

    Find what can help you make sustainable change. Then, with support of the group step over the threshold into your new story.

  • Imagine and embody your future vision and dreams within a supportive group. Understand and harness the power of your own nervous system to work for you using Somatic Experiencing tools. Discover the body’s natural healing abilities through the ventral vagal system. Learn how to use this system to help you heal and grow. Share and repair the wounded parts of your story with the compassionate creativity of a Psychodrama group experience. Be part of others stories and discover how the yarns of all our stories interweave.

  • Location: In Saugerties New York, or in Nobleboro Maine.

    Duration: A week long retreat or 10 weekly sessions .

    Date: We are offering a few limited sessions decided by who and how many want to join in for the fun and healing.

    Accommodations: We have glamping accommodations for 8, and couples are welcome.

    Price: Contact for more information

    Please text Marcy at 845-247-4357 or email: Joyfullybecoming@gmail.com

  • Facilitated by Marcy Pollitt, LCSWR, SEP, EMDR,

    Psychodrama Practitioner, graduate of HVPI

    Please text her at 845-247-4357 or email: Joyfullybecoming@gmail.com

    Joyfully Becoming Family Therapy LLC

Sensory Attachment Parent Groups

  • Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the emotional ups and downs of parenting? Do you find it challenging to communicate effectively with your children, leading to misunderstandings and tension? Perhaps you struggle to stay calm and regulate your own emotions during stressful moments with your kids. These are common experiences on the journey of parenthood. This parenting group is for parents to learn to understand their own nervous system and how it interacts with their children’s. Learn the tools to help you harness the power of your ability to self-regulate so that you can then help your child regulate. Learn how to make a sensory attachment gesture that touches your child’s heart.

    Sometimes, parenting can feel like we are growing up with our children. Soothe ourselves first to be able to soothe our children. By learning and understanding how attachment tools help children regulate themselves by co-regulating with us, we realize that the truth is discovered: we must calm ourselves first.

  • This group is for parents of preschool through elementary school children to learn how to utilize attachment tools and heal attachment wounds within ourselves. You will learn concrete skills to help your children settle their nervous systems as you learn to settle your own. You get to rewire the spiral effect that happens when our children become activated or we become activated and they follow our lead. You will learn tools to form healthy attachments and help yourself and your children co-create the family your hearts long for.

    Learning about your attachment style empowers you to expand your capacity to meet your child where their needs are. In partnership, you both can learn ways to support each other’s strengths and step in to support the other with an understanding of each other’s styles.

  • Contact us about more detail :)

  • Pam Perkins and Marcy Pollitt

Groups for Clinicians and Healers

  • Are you a healthcare professional who needs a bit of the same care and attention you give to your clients? Our Deepening Practice service is designed with you in mind.

  • Spring clean your nervous system with our unique program. Break free from the confines of Zoom meetings and rejuvenate your spirit through our Ventral Vagal connection by meeting in person.

  • Deepening Practice is a somatically informed psychodrama group designed specifically for clinicians and healers. Psychodrama is a dynamic group model that uses action methods to engage the Ventral Vagal system, fostering group connections that will help you explore and understand your life stories better.

  • Through reenactments of experiences, you'll renegotiate moments of distress, release constrictions with Somatic Experiencing, create future projections, train for your next adventure, and rewrite your epigenetic scripts. This helps you live more embodied in the present, with your Soul Self leading the way to your optimal future.

    Our group comprises mental health workers who can hold a healing container and support each other with well-boundaried empathy. We will meet live to provide the Ventral Vagal Support that you've been longing for since Covid. This is a closed group limited to 8 people.

  • Location: Saugerties, NY

    Duration: 10 sessions

    Fee: Ask for detail

  • Marcy Pollitt LCSW-R, SEP, EMDR, PP, is a graduate of the Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute with 30 years of continuous training. She is approved to give sessions through all levels of SE Training.