Caritas Mental Health Clinic / Group Therapy and Education
Group Therapy and Education
Group sessions allow peers to meet, identify, and explore the roots of problematic behaviors. Through the guidance of a mental health professional, clients learn and practice positive behaviors to help build successful relationships and lives.
- Attitude Change Today (ACT)
Twenty 1.5 hour sessions for youth ACT is a counseling and psycho-educational group for youth ages 13 - 17 who are experiencing difficulty in the community, at school, home, and with friends. Teens share their issues with their peers, discover alternatives to violence, and work on skills that help them lead safe and successful lives. The A.C.T. Group meets at the Center for Life Transitions in Sauk Rapids, 312 Second Avenue North, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.
- Co-Parenting
Eight hours of coursework for parents. Co-Parenting evening and weekend classes are designed for people who are separated, divorcing or divorced, or not married but sharing parenting responsibilities. The eight-hour educational program is approved by the Minnesota State Supreme Court. The intent of this training is to ensure that the task of sharing in the parenting of a child or children operates as smoothly as possible to minimize the stress felt by all involved.
- Domestic Abuse Counseling Program
24-week treatment program for men. Men who have been abusive, are concerned about the level of their anger, and want to know how to manage it may attend this program that focuses on ownership of feelings and actions, and on how to change their behavior to live a more non-violent lifestyle.
- Women's Anger and Self-Esteem (WASE)
20 week group for womenThis therapy group for women deals with anger management, self-talk, boundary setting, families-of-origin
issues, and improving self-esteem.
Catholic Charities Life Transitions Services also makes available community
support groups led by staff and trained volunteers. These gatherings of
persons with similar experiences help individuals who are recovering from
the death of a spouse or partner, death of a loved one or family member,
or from a divorce or separation. more>>
Catholic Charities Caritas Mental Health Clinic
Appointments, toll free: 800.830.8254, ext. 1660
After hours mental health crisis: 800.635.8008
Hours of Service are:
Monday - Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Clinic Receptionist
911 18th St N
PO Box 2390
St. Cloud, MN 56302-2390
ph: 320.650.1660
fx: 320.650.1672