Indygroupwork

07/08/2022

New openings in our Addiction and Attachment group on Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:50 pm. $60/session. If you want explore your relationship with substances or addictive processes and the ways that is influenced by the challenges of your interpersonal life, contact us for an interview.

01/03/2020

Hangover : Working with Couples and Addiction Through an Attachment Lens

This one-day workshop explores the significance of attachment theory when working with couples as one partner struggles with an addiction. Through role play, videos, small group exercises, and lectures, participants will learn how to discern the attachment dynamics within couples and deepen the couple’s emotional connection as a catalyst to advance couples therapy and healing.
Join us to learn more about:
o The strong relationship of attachment theory to addiction
o How emotional dysregulation results in addictive behaviors
o The most common attachment dynamics in couples relationships coping with an addiction to improve treatment outcomes
o Your own attachment style and its influence in working with couples struggling with
an addiction

Workshop Date/Time, Cost, Location, and CEU’s
CIRC is the workshop sponsor. To register, contact Louise-Polansky@sbcglobal.net

Date/Times: January 17, 2020; 9:00am – 3:15pm
Cost: $45.00 (US) - $50.00 (US) – including coffee and light lunch
Location: North United Methodist Church, 3808 N. Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN
CEU’s: Available through NASW at end of workshop

Presenters:
Bernie Lyon, PhD, LMHC. Private Practice in Individual and Group Psychotherapy; Co-Executive Director, Indygroupwork (www.indygroupwork.com). Bernie facilitates several groups a week working with addictions as well as working with individuals. He is a certified Group Psychotherapist, Approved Clinical Supervisor, Center for Credentialing and Education, a Diplomate and Clinical Mental Health Specialist in Trauma Counseling, and is an Accredited Practitioner in Mentalization Based Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders by the British Psychoanalytic Council. Prior to his current fulltime practice Bernie was a professor at Christian Theological Seminary teaching courses in psychotherapy and supervising advanced standing internship students.

John Nolan, LCSW, CEAP. Private Practice, Indianapolis, IN; On-Site Anthem EAP Consultant for Lilly, Indianapolis, IN. John’s sees mostly couples in his private practice and utilizes on the attachment-based approach of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). He is a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist for couples and has completed the Gottman advanced training. In addition, he holds a certification from International EAPA as a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP) and provided EAP services for 20 years. John was an adjunct faculty member who taught masters level mental health courses and supervised graduate students at the IU School of Social Work.

Indygroupwork, a psychotherapeutic and consultative resource located in Indianapolis, Indiana

01/12/2019

We currently have several openings in multiple groups with a focus on Addiction and Attachment. Groups meet weekly, for one hour and twenty minutes. The fee is $60 per group meeting. These groups help clients explore the ways their relationships with substances (alcohol, opioids, etc.) or processes (gambling, love & s*x, po*******hy, etc.) affects and is affected by their emotional connections with others. These groups are ideal for clients who are interested in exploring these dynamics and increasing their success with regulating their addictive patterns. Clients who have recently been discharged from rehab find these groups particularly helpful. Clients who have been working on their addictive patterns in individual therapy also find these groups useful. The group therapist will work closely with the referring therapist and we request that clients remain in therapy with their current therapist until termination is agreed upon by all parties.

Group therapy has been a standard, evidence-based part of mental health treatment programs for over 60 years. Group therapy works by providing the group as a living laboratory in which to learn about the patterns which inhibit or complicate how we relate to others. It then helps members try out or experiment with new behaviors in the immediate-feedback environment of the group.

If you have questions or your client would like to schedule an interview to determine the suitability of the group to their needs, please contact Karis Klassen at 317-259-0911 or Bernie Lyon at 317-908-5657.

09/16/2018

Phil Flores, PhD, CGP will speak on Addiction and Attachment, October 27. For information, go to ipiindy.org

04/15/2018

New weekly Adult Group Therapy Opportunity! Wednesday’s 3:30-4:50, beginning June 6. Group will be led by Karis Klassen, MA, LMFT, LMHC, CGP. For more information: karisklassen@earthlink.net or 317-259-0911, ext 2.

04/03/2018

Want to explore group therapy options for enriching your relationship abilities or dealing with your relationship with addictive substances or behaviors? Contact us for information.