Therapy Groups

The CMHRT Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) group for adults with eating disorders is 12 weeks long, with weekly 2-hour group sessions. Fees for compassion-focused therapy group are on a sliding fee scale. All sessions are offered VIRTUALLY ONLY.

This group is currently CLOSED for registration.

For more information, please see the CFT Group Information Letter.

For teens, ages 13 to 17, experiencing anxiety. This Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) group, called Facing Fears Together (FFT), is a 6-week long program, with a follow-up booster session. This group is designed to help adolescents to understand and reduce their anxiety with the support of their peers facing similar challenges.This group is typically offered every year in the spring. Fees are charged on a sliding scale with additional accommodation for financial need available. 

The group will be led by senior doctoral students in clinical psychology at the University of Waterloo and be supervised by Dr. Elizabeth Stevens.

For more information, please see a previous FFT Information Letter for this group.

Parents of potential clients should complete the FFT Intake Form. We hope to run this group in the future.

Parents/Teens who express interest in the groups will be contacted by CMHRT staff to arrange a more detailed assessment at the CMHRT to determine their eligibility for the group. Non-eligible clients can be referred to the individual waitlist for therapy services at the CMHRT. 

For adults with social anxiety. This is a 12-week imagery-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) group program, with a follow-up session one month after the program ends. Fees for Social Anxiety Group are on a sliding fee scale. All sessions are offered in person only.

NOTE: This group is not accepting referrals at this time. We are hopeful that the next group will run sometime in Fall 2026. Please check back to this website for updates on when the next group will be offered.

The CMHRT Triple P Teen Positive Parenting Program (PPP) group for parents of teenagers ages 11 to 16, seeking strategies to manage challenging tween and teen behaviours, wanting to learn new ideas, to reduce parenting stress, or to feel more confident in their parenting. The Teen Triple P Positive Parenting program is 8 weeks long, with 2 individual virtual sessions. Fees for this group can be accessed through the information letter link below. All sessions are offered in-person only.

This group is currently CLOSED for registration - please check back later for posted dates. We hope to run the group again Sept 2026.

For more information and details, please see our PPP Information Letter for this group.

The CMHRT Triple P Child Positive Parenting Program (PPP) group for parents of children ages 3 to 11, seeking strategies to manage challenging child behaviours, wanting to learn new ideas, to reduce parenting stress, or to feel more confident in their parenting. The Teen Triple P Positive Parenting program is 8 weeks long, with 2 individual virtual sessions. Fees for this group can be accessed through the information letter link below. All sessions are offered in-person only.

The Triple P Positive Parenting Program group for parents of children ages 3 to 11 years is currently at capacity, and thus CLOSED.  We hope to offer our next PPP group in either spring 2026 or fall 2026.  

For more information and details, please see our PPP Information Letter for this group.