Orna Goldwater, PhD Psychologist & Life Coach

Why PsychoYoga Group?

Group therapy is one of the only places that one can talk about anything at all, solve private and difficult problemswithout risking lack of confidentiality and gossip.  What you talk in group stays in group.  Individuals experience being part of something, learn and role play difficult situations from home and work, and improve their ability to interact with otherseffectively.  Group therapy is one of the best antidotes to social isolation and the need to always watch what you say.   (You don’t have to have background and experience with yoga to participate in this group)

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Living in this era, we often don’t get a chance to process the physical stress& tension we accumulate daily, weekly, and from year to year. So we no longer able to get rid of the extra stress. Loving and affectionate physical connections not always available even to married couples who have become emotionally distanced. It can lead to feeling isolated, and alone. Adding breath work and healing yoga to group therapy allows the group work to also take on our body’s stress.

Aaron Price and I have created a group activity that integrates physical movement & breath work together with talk therapy in a small group setting. We decided to create a safe environment for people to join in with each other. We are providing verbal and nonverbal communication and experiences to process life and learn skills to manage stress and connect. Safe means HIPPA Compliant, but also, it means that we can talk openly without being hurt, or ridiculed for showing weakness.

“I believe that yoga is not only an incredibly effective form of exercise and relaxation — far more importantly, it’s a complete system, millennia-old, that encompasses absolutely every aspect of the human experience, one that can lead us to more joy, less fear, and greater fulfillment in this life and beyond. I do teach asanas and salutations, but potentially in sequences and variations that many are unfamiliar with, because they tend to be drawn from Krishnamacharya’s viniyoga and Swami Rama’s Sri Vidya Tantra (though some western “power-flow vinyasa” still shows up here and there). I’ve been told that I teach in a way that is incredibly easy to follow, accessible to anyone, yet challenging for everyone; and, if true, those would be the greatest compliments I could receive.” - Aaron Price

Using Remote Technology

To Care for Caregivers

Compassion Fatigue: is the possible burnout, simple heartache, and the feeling of being overwhelmed with repeated exposure to patients who are hurting.

Right now, health and mental health providers are responding the many people who are ill, or isolated or both. People who cannot visit a sick family member or cannot reach out to their older parents or grandparents due to the fear of infecting them. These helpers and providers need support in their work, so they can maintain their effectiveness. Dr Goldwater provided group and individual supervision and training to other psychologists and mental health providers since 1991. 

The topics always included supervising and training mental health providers to increase their skills working with children, youth, and their families, and to expand the participants' knowledge in family systems theory and practice.   

Call Dr. Goldwater if you are a practicing therapist or providing healthcare in need of support. Additionally, learn to notice signs ofcompassion fatigue, burn out related to repeated exposure to others' pain and suffering.