Mens Groups

Some of the most meaningful growth happens not in a one-on-one therapy room

but in a room full of people doing something intentional together.

Our adult groups are structured, clinically grounded, and designed for real connection — not just conversation. Each group has a specific focus, a specific population, and a specific format. All of them are built around the same conviction: that genuine growth happens when people feel safe enough to be honest — with themselves and with each other. You do not have to be in crisis to join a group. Many people come because they want to grow. Some come because they want connection. Some come because something in their life is hard and they are tired of navigating it

The Forge — Men's 10-Week Group

The ancient Greeks had two words that together describe what this group is built around. Thumos — the spirited strength that lives in every man. The courage to be both powerful and present. The part of you that knows how to lead, to protect, and to show up fully for the people who matter most. Zeteo — to seek. To pursue earnestly. To go after what matters rather than waiting for it to arrive. Most men have both of these things somewhere inside them. Life has a way of burying them.

There is a word for what we are trying to recover here. The ancient warriors understood it — that real strength is not just the capacity to fight but the willingness to feel. That the most courageous thing a man can do is not to shut down what is inside him but to know it, own it, and bring it into the relationships and responsibilities that define his life. The heart of a warrior is not hardness. It is the combination of strength and tenderness — the man who is both powerful and present, both capable and connected.

The Forge is a structured 10-week men's group for men who are ready to do something about that. Not by becoming someone different — but by getting back to something real. The strength that is already there. The capacity for honest connection that has been waiting for a room safe enough to use it. This is not a support group where you sit in a circle and talk about your feelings until the hour is up. It is structured, it moves, and it asks something of the men in it. There is real conversation. There is honesty. There is also laughter — because that is how men actually connect when they feel safe enough to.

The men who get the most out of The Forge are usually the ones who showed up most reluctantly. The ones whose partner suggested it. The ones who sat in the parking lot for five minutes before coming in. Those men almost always end up being the ones who do not want it to end.

Facilitated by Tim Collins, CLC and Chris Biddix, LPC — a general contractor and a retired Navy veteran. Two men who have done their own work in the forge and who show up to this group as whole people, not polished facilitators with clipboards.

Investment: $600 — includes all materials10 weeks — ask us about current dates and times.

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Connected & Regulated — Parent Group for Co-Regulation & Connection

Parenting is hard. Parenting a child who melts down, shuts down, or pushes every boundary you have — is harder.

Connected & Regulated is an 8-week structured parent group designed to help parents better understand their child's behavior, respond to big emotions with confidence, and build a stronger, more connected relationship at home.

This group is grounded in co-regulation and connection — two of the most evidence-supported frameworks for understanding and responding to children's emotional and behavioral challenges.

In this group you will learn:

  • How to stay calm when your child isn't — and why your regulation is the most powerful tool you have

  • What is really driving your child's behavior — and how to respond to the need underneath it rather than the behavior on top of it

  • How to set limits without power struggles

  • Practical co-regulation strategies that actually work in real life

  • Ways to build connection and reduce daily stress at home

The approach:

  • Behavior is often a signal of an overwhelmed nervous system — not defiance

  • When adults stay regulated children are more able to come back to regulation themselves

  • Connection creates the safety that is the foundation for all learning and behavior change

  • Skills like coping and problem-solving can only be accessed after a child is calm

  • Consistent connected responses from parents build long-term emotional resilience in children

This is not a behavior management program. It is a framework for understanding your child — and yourself — at a deeper level.

Groups are kept small to ensure a supportive and interactive experience.

Co-facilitated by Beverly Lemmons, LCSW and Michaela Glowacki, MSW.

Investment: $70 per session | $520 pay in full — saves $40 | Payment plan available — $280 at registration and $280 at week 48 weeks —

ask us about current dates and times.

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Adult D&D Therapy Group

Our Adult Dungeons & Dragons Therapy Group is a structured group for adults who connect more naturally through doing something together than through traditional conversation.

Led by Scott Foor, MSW — a Certified Geek Therapist — this group uses collaborative storytelling and role-play as a genuine therapeutic framework. The emotions explored through the game are real. The skills built — emotional regulation, frustration tolerance, communication, social confidence, and teamwork — transfer directly into everyday life.

This group is particularly well suited for adults navigating anxiety, depression, or social disconnection — and for people who have always felt more at home in imaginative worlds than in conventional social spaces.

If you or someone you know has ever felt like traditional group formats were not designed for people like you — this one might be.

Investment: $600 for 10 week process. Ask us about current dates and times.

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Not Sure Which Group Is Right for You

Reach out and tell us a little about what you are looking for. We will help you find the right fit — whether that is one of our current groups, an upcoming group, or a different offering that better matches where you are. Our team responds within one business day. Contact Us — We'll Help You Find the Right Group

Questions About Our Adult Groups

  • No. Our groups are open to anyone regardless of whether they are currently in individual or couples therapy. Many group members are not in therapy — they come specifically for the group experience. Others combine group with ongoing therapy. Both work well.

  • All of our groups are kept intentionally small to ensure a genuinely supportive and interactive experience. Ask us about current group sizes when you reach out.

  • Yes. All group members agree to confidentiality as a condition of participation. What is shared in the group stays in the group.

  • That is the most common feeling people bring to their first group session. Most people who are most nervous about joining end up being the most grateful they did. The structure of our groups creates enough safety that the nervousness usually settles quickly. If you want to talk through what the group involves before committing, reach out and we will answer any questions you have.

  • No. Our groups are not eligible for insurance reimbursement or superbills. They are priced as structured group experiences rather than clinical therapy services.

  • It depends on the group and where they are in the process. Some groups accept new members at the beginning of each new cohort only. Others have more flexibility. Ask us about current availability when you reach out.

  • All groups are held in person at 725 Jackson Street Suite 104 Fredericksburg Virginia 22401 unless otherwise noted.