Group Sessions
Children, Couples, & Family Group Therapy Activities
We are: “A Place to Start Healing.”
Baseline Therapeutic Services LLC is a therapeutic program locally owned and operated by Jonathan M. Blackwell-Rodgers Gurst, LCSW.
The program is designed to meet the needs of our community through various forms of expression, connection, socialization, and creativity with both individual and group sessions.
All groups are geared toward positive, healthy, and creative outlets. We enhance lives through building confidence, self-awareness, social support, acceptance, and understanding. Routine, structure, and consistency are reinforced through active play and hands on learning.
Couples Therapeutic Retreats
Weekends & Evenings Available
Improve communication, strengthen the bond, fall in love again, and discover both your partner's and your current needs. These groups will be scheduled throughout the year focusing on specific topics and themes. Mindfulness, relaxation, dating, professional fantasy living, and many more topics will be on the table.
Join us for these wonderful Summer FUN and CREATIVE outlets!
😎 🎨 🎶 🥁 🌈 ☀️
Join us for these wonderful Summer FUN and CREATIVE outlets! 😎 🎨 🎶 🥁 🌈 ☀️
Table-Top Role Playing Game (TTRPG) - Pilot Program
This group is designed for 10–14-year-olds to use role-playing, creativity, problem solving, and teamwork strategies. Each participant is able to role play a character that either represents their personality or has qualities that they hope to build. The social flourishing group is designed to further enhance communication, coping, and social skills through active play and shared experiences.
Reading In Motion
Ages: 3-7
Learn, Enhance, and Dance your way around the reading bases of success. Each session includes positive social interaction, story of the day, movement, recall, sight words, and encouragement. Effective and therapeutic strategies related to executive function skill building and academic success are integrated into this program. Perfect for your impulsive, hyper, anxious, energetic or even shy young learners and socializers.
C.L.O.W.N.S
Ages: 6-10
Creative Learning Opportunities with Neverending Socialization! This summer activity group is geared toward helping kids flourish socially. Through creative and expressive therapeutic techniques, the children will have the chance to learn juggling, joke telling, practice interactions, try make-up (clown style), and work on social/performance Anxiety. So much FUN and truly a CREATIVE way to spend your summer.
Drumming Circles for the Season
Baseline has begun to integrate active drumming, mindfulness, and executive function skill building groups. Drumming Circles have proven effective in helping individuals with ADHD, ASD, Depression, Emotion Regulation and Trauma express, identify, connect and grow through adversities. Through the summer we were granted funds to bring this group to a local daycare/preschool program. We are now sharing this form of expression, calming and self-awareness with grade school youth from Carbon, Northampton, Schuylkill, and Monroe Counties. Social Skills, Communication, Coping and executive function skills are learned through play, experience and music.
Sounds of the Summer
Ages: 8-12
Progressive Drumming Circle teaching rhythm, coordination, communication, mindfulness, calming strategies, active coping for Anxiety, Panic, Fear, Emotion Regulation and generally just FUN.
Arts All Around
Ages: 6-10
Children ages 6-10 will be able to paint, draw, color, and create various pieces over the 5 weeks of the group. These groups are designed to help you express, share, grow, and showcase your talents while building friendships and enhancing communication. Each participant will have an opportunity to display and speak about their exhibits. Seating is limited to 30 participants.
There are discounts for multiples of the same family, and a few grants are available to help reduce the cost for a few children. Enrollment in the groups is limited and required to ensure staffing and supplies.
For registration, details, and insurance eligibility, please contact us at 610-577-6980 or JBRGurst@BaselineTherapeutic.com.