If you have questions or feedback (date/time requests, program suggestions), contact the Cohen Clinic at (240) 847-7500 or info.mfc@eseal.org.

ACT for Caregivers Support Group

Dates: Every 2nd Wednesday from August 28 - October 2 
Time: 6:00 pm 7:00 pm
Registration: (240) 847-7500 or info.mfc@eseal.org
Connect with others and gain skills to take care of yourself while caring for a person with PTSD, chronic illness, disability, or special needs. Learn skills to support your own mental health, create a Self-Care Plan, and build community with other caregivers. Focus on you and build emotional flexibility to tackle the challenges of caregiving and self-care. 6 weeks of 60-minute virtual sessions. See flyer for more details.

DBT Skills Group for Teens

Dates: Begins on September 19 and continues on every following Thursday for 12 weeks
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30pm
Location: 1420 Spring St. Suite 300 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Registration: (240) 847-7500 or info.mfc@eseal.org
A 12-week skills-based group in which facilitators create a safe space to guide teens in learning effective tools to help them manage overwhelming emotions. Participants will learn how to tolerate distress, enhance emotional regulation skills, decrease reactivity when triggered, and increase interpersonal connectedness with others, including but not limited to peers and family. Facilitators will work to enhance self-esteem and growth, as well as improve problem solving capabilities. See flyer for more details.

LGBTQ+ Support Group for Active Duty and Veterans

Dates: Begins on June 26 and continues on every following Wednesday for 10 weeks
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Registration: (240) 847-7500 or info.mfc@eseal.org
This group will provide a safe, inclusive space for ALL LGBTQ+ service members and veterans to discuss the intersection of identities and the impacts of minority stress, while growing strategies to cope with such impacts. Group meets at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals, 1420 Spring Street, Silver Spring, MD.

Virtual Comedy Writing Workshop with Amelia Bane

Dates: 2nd Tuesday of every month
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Registration: cbaw.org/events
Give yourself a break from your routine and take some time to laugh in community. Each workshop, we will read a humor piece and react to it together. After some discussion about technique and what makes comedy writing work, we’ll write our own pieces. Come write with us or just come laugh with us!

Virtual Poetry Writing Workshop with Ben Weakley

Dates: 4th Tuesday of every month
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Registration: cbaw.org/events
Join us for a generative creative writing workshop where we use the written and spoken word to find healing and self-discovery together in a welcoming, safe community. Open to all voices. No experience necessary.

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