Six adults in a green room group. Most write in notebooks; one woman speaks. Mugs and tissues are on the table.

It's All About Perspective

An Online Art-Based Processing of the Current Moment Support Group

8-week Online ACT & Art Group: Exploring the Impact of the Current Moment in the U.S.

Dates of the Group

8-Weeks Online Monday's from 2:00pm-3:30pm Dates of the group: May 25th-July 13th

Investment

Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Ambetter, BCBS, Cigna, Coordinated Care, First Choice, Kaiser PPO, LifeWise, Molina Medicaid, Molina Marketplace, Premera, and Regence. Private Pay: $30/session.

Community Matters

By reflecting in a supportive group setting, you realize your "inner critics" and anxieties are common experiences, reducing the isolation that often keeps us stuck in our own heads.

Why ACT & Art Therapy Work Together

Sometimes words aren't enough. Whether you can't stop scrolling the headlines, feel like you're just going through the motions, or find yourself numbing out to what's happening in the world around you — this group offers something different. What if instead of feeling stuck, you could make meaning?

Build Cognitive Flexibility: Learn to hold difficult thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them, creating space between what you experience and how you respond.
Practice Acceptance: Move through the discomfort of current events using the Four A's — acknowledge, allow, accommodate, and appreciate — rather than pushing it away.
Reconnect with Your Values: Clarify what truly matters to you and explore how your actions can align with your values even in uncertain times.
Express What Words Can't: Art-based interventions offer a unique, creative outlet to process your thoughts, feelings, and experiences in ways that go beyond traditional talk therapy.

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What You'll Experience in Our 8-Week Group

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Our 8-week ACT & Art Group blends structured ACT psychoeducation with hands-on art-based activities and open group discussion, creating space to process the mental health impact of living in today's world:

Expert-Led ACT Psychoeducation: Each session introduces a core ACT process — acceptance, values, cognitive defusion, present-moment contact, and committed action — with direct connection to what's happening in your life right now.
Art as a Processing Tool: No art experience needed. Each week's directive is designed to help you externalize and explore your inner experience in a tangible, creative way.
A Safe, Closed Community: This is a closed group meeting weekly on Mondays from 2:00pm-3:30pm. The same people, the same space, every week — trust and confidentiality are central to how we work.
Skills You'll Use Beyond the Group: The processing tools you build here are designed to travel with you — applicable any time you interact with a challenging, overwhelming, or uncertain world.

Your 8-Week Journey

Each session builds on the last, moving through the core processes of ACT while grounding every concept in creative expression and real-world application.

Week 1 – Orienting the Group: Get acquainted, form the group contract, and receive an introduction to ACT and art-based intervention. Set your personal intention for the weeks ahead.
Week 2 – Acceptance: Explore the Four A's of acceptance — acknowledge, allow, accommodate, appreciate — and practice creating space for uncomfortable inner experiences through a water affirmation art directive.
Week 3 – Avoidance: Identify patterns of avoidance, examine how they serve you in the short and long term, and explore what you may be avoiding in the current moment through a closing-and-opening curtains art activity.
Week 4 – Values: Clarify your core values and explore where they align or conflict with the current moment in time through a personal values collage.
Week 5 – Self as Context: Step into the observer self — learning to witness your thoughts and feelings as passing moments rather than absolute truth through a spiral of thought art activity.
Week 6 – Cognitive Defusion: Separate your core identity from your mental content, practicing the skill of observing thoughts and feelings as experiences rather than facts through an identity defusion art exercise.
Week 7 – Contact with the Present: Explore what it means to stay rooted in the present moment — rather than jumping to future worry or past experience — through an intuitive mark-making directive.
Week 8 – Intention & Committed Action: Reconnect with your values from week 4 and translate them into real, actionable goals — practicing value-aligned living through an ACT matrix art activity and closing reflection.

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Frequently Asked Questions

This 8-week online group uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and art-based interventions to help you process the mental health impact of current events. It offers a unique space to explore difficult thoughts and feelings, reconnect with your values, and build resilience.

Absolutely not! The group is designed for everyone, regardless of artistic skill. Art is used as a processing tool to help you externalize and explore your inner experiences in a creative way, not to create masterpieces.

Each week focuses on a core ACT process, including acceptance, values clarification, cognitive defusion, present-moment contact, and committed action. You'll learn to hold difficult thoughts, align actions with values, and build cognitive flexibility, all through expert-led psychoeducation and hands-on art activities.

Sometimes words aren't enough to express what you're feeling. Art provides a creative outlet to explore thoughts and emotions that might be hard to articulate, while ACT offers frameworks for understanding and responding to discomfort. Together, they help you make meaning and move through challenging times.

This is an 8-week online group held on Mondays from 2:00pm-3:30pm, running from May 25th to July 13th. It's a closed group, meaning the same participants attend each week to foster trust and a safe community environment.

The private pay rate is $30 per session. We accept a variety of insurance plans including Aetna, Ambetter, BCBS, Cigna, Coordinated Care, First Choice, Kaiser PPO, LifeWise, Molina Medicaid, Molina Marketplace, Premera, and Regence. Your benefits will be verified before scheduling.

Being a closed group means the same participants attend each week, creating a consistent and confidential space. This fosters a strong sense of trust and support among members, allowing for deeper processing and connection without the need to re-introduce yourself or your story each time.

Each session builds on the last, moving through the core processes of ACT while grounding every concept in creative expression and real-world application.

Week 1 – Orienting the Group: Get acquainted, form the group contract, and receive an introduction to ACT and art-based intervention. Set your personal intention for the weeks ahead.
Week 2 – Acceptance: Explore the Four A's of acceptance — acknowledge, allow, accommodate, appreciate — and practice creating space for uncomfortable inner experiences through a water affirmation art directive.
Week 3 – Avoidance: Identify patterns of avoidance, examine how they serve you in the short and long term, and explore what you may be avoiding in the current moment through a closing-and-opening curtains art activity.
Week 4 – Values: Clarify your core values and explore where they align or conflict with the current moment in time through a personal values collage.
Week 5 – Self as Context: Step into the observer self — learning to witness your thoughts and feelings as passing moments rather than absolute truth through a spiral of thought art activity.
Week 6 – Cognitive Defusion: Separate your core identity from your mental content, practicing the skill of observing thoughts and feelings as experiences rather than facts through an identity defusion art exercise.
Week 7 – Contact with the Present: Explore what it means to stay rooted in the present moment — rather than jumping to future worry or past experience — through an intuitive mark-making directive.
Week 8 – Intention & Committed Action: Reconnect with your values from week 4 and translate them into real, actionable goals — practicing value-aligned living through an ACT matrix art activity and closing reflection.

It's All About Perspective

8-week Online ACT & Art Group: Exploring the Impact of the Current Moment in the U.S.

Dates of the Group

Investment

Community Matters

Why ACT & Art Therapy Work Together

What You'll Experience in Our 8-Week Group

Your 8-Week Journey

Get the Support You Deserve

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the "It's All About Perspective" group all about?

Do I need any artistic talent or experience to join this group?

What specific ACT processes and skills will I learn during the 8 weeks?

How does combining ACT and art therapy help me process difficult experiences?

What are the practical details for joining the group, like dates and times?

What is the investment for this group, and do you accept insurance?

What does it mean that this is a "closed community" group?

8-week Online ACT & Art Group: Exploring the Impact of the Current Moment in the U.S.

Dates of the Group

Investment

Community Matters

Why ACT & Art Therapy Work Together

What You'll Experience in Our 8-Week Group

Your 8-Week Journey

Get the Support You Deserve