Groups, Workshops & Retreats

Therapy support groups, workshops, and retreats are designed to provide a safe, confidential space for individuals to address mental health conditions through shared experiences, while receiving professional guidance and peer support. This fosters social connection, reduces isolation, improves interpersonal skills, and offers unique perspectives on coping with challenges.

Benefits of Participating in Groups, Workshops, and Retreats

  • Support: Participants realize they are not alone, which reduces stigma and loneliness and fosters social connection.
  • Shared Experience and Insight: Hearing others’ perspectives allows members to gain new insights into their own lives and behaviors.
  • Safe Space to Try New Skills: Groups function as a mini-society, allowing members to practice new skills and coping strategies in a supportive environment.
  • Guidance and Feedback: Trained therapists provide experiential activities and interactions, providing immediate, constructive feedback and emotional support.
  • Accountability: Group members motivate one another to stay on track with treatment goals and expand their support network.
  • Cost: Groups and Workshops are often more affordable than individual sessions while being equally effective for many conditions. However, many group facilitators do not accept insurance for groups.  Retreats, while ranging in cost, offer an immersive experience away from everyday distractions, allowing you to truly focus on healing.

Groups, Workshops & Retreat Focus

The focus may be psychoeducational (teaching specific, skills-based techniques for stress or emotional regulation), support-focused (dealing with specific life challenges like grief or cancer), or interpersonal processing-oriented.  Groups may be open (anyone can join at any time) or closed (once registration is complete, that group does not add new members for the specified duration).

What’s the Difference?

  • Groups usually meet weekly, biweekly, or once a month and can last 1-2 hours.  Groups usually involve voluntary interaction.  Since groups are usually smaller, participants have often reported feeling safer to be vulnerable and to grow.
  • Workshops are usually half to full-day events that include more instruction and experiential group activities with less sharing of personal experiences.
  • Retreats offer the best of both worlds, allowing participants to escape from the outside world, join an intimate and supportive group of like-minded people, and receive educational instruction, guidance, and support.

Current Offerings

Sacred Circle Counseling, in conjunction with Inner Harmony Retreats, is offering the following groups, workshops, and retreats.

Groups

Virtual

Internal Family Systems – Virtual Group beginning February 3, 2026, at 6 PM for 90-120 minutes.  Each session is $30 per person. The group is open to new members and meets every other week. This group will provide instruction about Internal Family Systems, voluntary interactive activities, open discussion, and support.  Register here.  Payments can be made through Zelle or Venmo. Participation in groups includes invitations to join our Discord Community for ongoing connection and support.

In-Person

Internal Family Systems – In-Person group coming soon.  This group will provide instruction about Internal Family Systems, voluntary interactive activities including sculpts, art activities, making parts cards utilizing Soul Collage®, open discussion, and support.

Workshops

Coming Soon

Retreats

Inner Harmony Retreats – Women’s Retreat Fall 2026

SIGN UP FOR THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL BY March 15, 2026, FOR $250 OFF!

When: Sunday, October 11, 2025 – Thursday, October 15, 2025

Plan to arrive no later than 5 pm Sunday evening and leave after the closing ceremony on Thursday evening (after dinner).  You are welcome to stay Thursday night and leave Friday morning if you prefer not to drive at night.

Where: The Outer Banks, 4X4, NC

Summary: This healing–centered week will include gentle movement practices, art therapy projects, parts work (Internal Family Systems—IFS), EMDR, SoulCollage™, beachcombing, and group meals.  This is an opportunity to build connections and community, deepening into mind, body, and spirit.  Participation in retreats includes invitations to join our Discord Community for ongoing connection and support.

Cost: Base price is $1,700.00. Costs may vary depending on room selection. Limited spaces available.  Price includes all meals, activities (supplies), and rooms.  

For more information on room selection, visit here.