These therapy groups are geared towards teen girls with autism (or related disorders) who actively desire relationships with others. While group members want connections with their peers, they have difficulty knowing how to relate to them. They struggle with reciprocal communication, self-awareness, perspective-taking, initiating and sustaining conversations and/or going with the flow with others.
The goal of these groups is to help group members interact with each other, find common interests, and lessen feelings of loneliness and isolation.
Our therapists incorporate many different modalities to achieve the goals of the group, such as CBT techniques, activities/drawing, role-plays, mindfulness exercises, games and other interactive techniques to help teach and reinforce learned skills.
Parents receive feedback by one of the group leaders the last 15 minutes of the group to discuss topics such as improving communication and supporting group goals at home.