The loss of a primary relationship can be deeply life altering. The experience of relationships whether romantic, friendships, or professional involves many nuances. After a major relationship ends, connections with friends, communities, and family members change and you may feel a blend of loneliness, tentativeness, alongside optimism and liberation. Eventually, though, you start to rebuild, and you find yourself excited about what you are building and eager to figure out a new framework for creating and sustaining new connections.
Discerning relationships is a unique endeavor that offers services for individuals and practitioners that is focused on the dynamics of relationships. Offerings include supportive groups, clinical supervision, and consultation.
UNDERSTANDING CONNECTION AFTER DIVORCE & SEPARATION
Discerning Relationship Groups
Services
Educational programs and professional services focused on understanding relational dynamics and supporting meaningful connections.
What We Offer
Discerning Relationship Groups
Educational, facilitated groups for individuals navigating life after divorce or separation, with a focus on reflection, clarity, and intentional connection.
Clinical Supervision
Clinical supervision available to practitioners seeking ongoing feedback on relationship-based work.
Availability limited to Massachusetts and Illinois (pending).
Organizational Consultation
Consultation services for organizations seeking to understand and address relational dynamics in the workplace. Scope and fees vary based on project needs.
A Group Offering
Group Format:
The group’s format draws on the principles of relational cultural theory to discuss characteristics of relationships such as connection, disconnection, mutuality, and so much more, that are regularly being negotiated when people engage with one another across different types of relationships.
Through discussion, engaging an assessment of existing relationships grounded in neuroscience, and concluding with an exercise that focuses on mapping the types of connections in your life, you will develop greater clarity and confidence in your relational choices.
Connections is a group designed to support individuals 40+ who have been divorced or separated for over a year and have been in the process of rebuilding and are considering or are actively dating again, as well as desiring a space to reflect on the relational infrastructure of ones life.
Connections: A Post-Divorce/Separation support group for individuals 40+
Program Details
You Are Not Alone in This Experience
Duration
The group meets once a week for 6 weeks, with the option of a bi-monthly check-in group with other peers from your group if you desire on-going support for a separate fee from the 6 week group.
This group is welcome to anyone!
One may have been in a relationship that looks like a “traditional” marriage or not. You may have never been legally married, but committed to a relationship for a significant period of time. You can be lgbtq, straight, and represent a range of identities and backgrounds.
Meet Lisa
has been described by friends, family, colleagues, and students as a connector—a bridge builder between people. It's a role that has defined her 26-year career as a social worker, facilitator, educator, and therapist.
Lisa was first introduced to couples therapy and relational cultural theory during her graduate education at Smith College School for Social Work in the 1990s. Since then, she has trained extensively in Relational Cultural Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, and Psychodynamic practice. She has been an invited speaker at major social work conferences, psychoanalytic institutes, and organizations serving the LGBTQ+ community..
Lisa L. Moore, LICSW, PhD
If you are interested in the group, please complete the interest form below to schedule a brief screening call with Lisa L. Moore, PhD, LICSW.
If you are interested in supervision or consultation services, please email Connections@discerningrelationships.com.