
Group Therapy Offerings
Ready, Set, School!
Tuesday @ 3:30pm starting in August 2025
Pleasantville Office
This is a playful and supportive group for children ages 4–6 to build confidence and comfort in peer interactions. Through games, stories, and guided activities, kids practice sharing, turn-taking, and expressing their thoughts and feelings. They also learn to manage big emotions in social settings, helping them feel more prepared for group experiences in school and other activities.​
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Groups focus on:
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Social Skills With New Friends
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Sharing and Turn-Taking
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Tolerating Big Emotions in Social Settings
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Labeling and Expressing Thoughts and Feelings
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Gain Readiness For Group Settings in School and Activities​​​
Groups are facilitated by registered play therapist Caroline Kovatch, MHC-LP
Groups cost $300 for a 3-week session. Insurance reimbursement may be available.​
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Contact info@PleasantvilleTherapy.com to register. Space is limited!
Parenting Skills Coffee Group
Thursdays @ 9:15am
Pleasantville Office
Join Dr. Rachel Lemonik, Psy.D. and Caroline Kovatch, MHC-LP to learn practical and evidence-based tools to help up your parenting game. This group teaches skills around praise and validation, the importance of warmth and limits, skillfully navigating reinforcement vs. punishment, tolerating big feelings as a parent, and engaging in self-care so that you can be in it with your kiddo.​​
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Groups are facilitated by parenting psychologist Dr. Rachel Lemonik and child-centered play therapist Caroline Kovatch, MHC-LP.
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Groups cost $50 per session. Insurance reimbursement may be available.
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Contact info@PleasantvilleTherapy.com to register. Space is limited.
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Art and Mindfulness for Parents
First Thursday of the month, 9:30am
Pleasantville Office
Join Melinda Ferraraccio, LCAT-lp for a monthly art and mindfulness group aimed at helping you create space for yourself. Use art making as a tool for stress release while also learning yoga sequences that enhance mindfulness and coping.
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Groups cost $100 per session (includes materials). Insurance reimbursement may be available.
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Contact info@PleasantvilleTherapy.com to register. Space is limited.
DBT Skills Group for Anxiety
Tuesdays @ 10:15am
Pleasantville Office
Interested in learning coping skills and managing your emotions, with an emphasis on anxiety? Acquire practical, easy, and evidence-based tools to help feel your best.
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Many people struggle with identifying and coping effectively with their emotions. This group teaches skills to regulate emotions, tolerate big feelings, and engage skillfully in interpersonal setting with an emphasis on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to target anxiety.
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Are you eligible?
- 18+
- Residing in New York State
- Desire to learn effective ways to manage anxiety
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Group Info
- Ongoing
- 90 minutes sessions/1x week
- Weekly attendance is expected
- Intake session with the group leaders is required prior to the start of group
- Group cost $150/week.
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Groups are facilitated by DBT skills trainer Dr. Rachel Lemonik, Psy.D..
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Contact info@PleasantvilleTherapy.com to register. Space is limited.
Body Image Group
Thursdays @ 5:45pm (Virtual)
Join psychotherapist Talia Shiovitz, LCSW, for a body image group for adults focused on developing positive self talk, combatting body focused distortions, and learning to accept your body as it is.
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Groups cost $125/weekly session. Insurance reimbursement may be available.
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Contact info@PleasantvilleTherapy.com to register. Space is limited.