Our Summer Groups
We are pleased to announce that Community Counseling Services will be offering a range of mental health groups this summer. Our groups are designed to provide a supportive and safe environment for individuals who are seeking to improve their health and well-being. Our experienced counselors will guide you through each session, providing you with the tools and resources you need to manage your mental health effectively. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, or any other mental health issue, our groups are here to help. Join us this summer and take the first step towards a healthier and happier you.
Team Talkers
Utilizing PsychoEducation Therapy to help improve communication skills, and explore family dynamics to build and maintain healthy relationships.
Proof of Action:
This group will use PsychEducation Therapy as its non-directive client centered based model it is a client therapy that focuses on providing a supportive environment where individuals can learn from each other, share experiences, and practice new skills.
Who Qualifies:
Ages 18 +
When:
9/3/2025 - 10/8/2025
Wednesdays 2 PM - 3 PM
Where:
Huron Only
Questions? Please reach out!
Classroom Readiness
To support children in successfully returning to school by providing a head start on developing essential social and behavioral skills, promoting positive interactions, emotional regulation, and readiness for a structured learning environment
Proof of Action:
Social Skills Group developed by Viola Dean, MS, CCC-SLP
Who Qualifies:
Gender Inlcusive Children 7-11 years old
When:
8/8/2025 - 9/19/2025
Fridays 9 AM - 10:30 AM
Where:
Madison Only
Questions? Please reach out!
Happiness Workbook
It’s designed to help you enjoy more moments if happiness in your daily life. It will support your mental health and well being by helping you incorporate new ways of thinking, integrate new practices, and appreciate everyday moments so that you will be better equipped to find happiness and embrace joy.
Proof of Action:
A CBT based Guide to Fostering Positivity and Embracing Joy
Who Qualifies:
Closed for IMPACT Clients Adult males and Adult females every Wednesday
When:
Starts 6/16/2025
Mondays 1 PM - 2 PM
Where:
Huron Only
Questions? Please reach out!
Building Foundational Friendships
This group will use a mix of Psychoeducation and Behavioral Activation techniques to work on building social skills, confidence, increase self-love, and practice creating new friendships.
Proof of Action:
Psychoeducation, Behavioral Activation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques
Who Qualifies:
Girls group for 8-10yr olds
When:
Starts 7/8/2025 - Ends 8/12/2025
Tuesdays 10 AM - 11:30 AM
Where:
Madison Only
Questions? Please reach out!
Mindfulness and Meditation
An 8 week group where participants will learn and practice mindfulness techniques, introduction to meditation and benefits, and how to incorporate these practices together in daily life to reduce stress, improve focus, enhance emotional regulation, and improve overall mental health. Additional benefits can include pain management and better sleep.
Proof of Action:
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is an evidence based technique that uses methods to identify ways to better focus on the present and reduce worry and thoughts about negative experiences over and over.
Who Qualifies:
Adults, All ages
When:
Mondays
4 PM - 5:30 PM
6/2/2025 - 7/21/2025
Where:
Madison Only
Questions? Please reach out!
Be A Cool Kid/Anger Management for Kids
This group will help kids understand their anger: what is anger, signs, triggers and responses and provide coping strategies.
Proof of Action:
The curriculum will be in kid friendly language and will help the kids learn more about their anger, what coping strategies are, teach specific anger related coping strategies and each child will have cards to remind them of the different ways to manage their anger positively.
Who Qualifies:
Kids: ages 8-11 (Boys and Girls)
When:
Group will start on Tuesday; June 3rd 2025 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and will end Tuesday; on August 12th. 2025
Where:
The group will be held at Community Counseling Services Huron and transportation will be provided if necessary.
Questions? Please reach out!
WRAP Yourself
WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN (WRAP) PREVENTION AND WELLNESS PROCESS THAT ANYONE CAN USE TO:
• Get well
• Stay well
• Make life better with
• A series of tools & action
• Plans to improve the overall quality of life.
• DESIGNED BY: MARY ELLEN COPELAND MS, MA,
Proof of Action:
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) prevention and wellness process
Who Qualifies:
Gender Inlcusive Adults 18+
When:
8/6/2025 - 3/3/2025
Wednesdays 4 PM - 6 PM
Where:
Madison Only
Questions? Please reach out!
Food and Feelings Group
This is NOT a diet program or diet group. This group will effectively explores strategies on how to appropriately process emotions instead of burying them in food-related behaviors. We will use CBT to identify mindfulness, triggers and awareness of the relationship between food and emotions and how to manage this.
Proof of Action:
Using Community Coping and following "The Food and Feelings" workbook written by Karen Koenin, M.Ed., LCSW
Who Qualifies:
Adult clients - ladies over 30 year old.
When:
7/7/2025 - 9/22/2025
Mondays 4 PM - 5 PM
Where:
Madison Only
Questions? Please reach out!
Summer of Feelings
A safe group for youth to explore emotions, build coping skills and grow stronger inside and out.
Proof of Action:
This group is based on the "Inside Out 2 and Social & Emotional Learning: A Movie Guide and Lesson Plan for Your Classroom." This sequel movie guide helps address and explore kids' evolving emotions, sense of self, and anxiety. Over the course of 7-weeks, the paticipants will focus on emotional awareness, develop productive coping skills, and practive social-emotional learning through safe, structured group activities.
Who Qualifies:
Co-ed group for ages 9-12
When:
6/3/2025 - 8/5/2025
Tuesdays 2:30 - 4:00
Where:
Huron Only
Questions? Please reach out!
The Summer of Self-Love
Group for adult women to practice prioritizing self-care. Join us to learn inner balance, stress relief, and self-regulation techniques.
Proof of Action:
This group will utilize DBT and strengths-based principles.
Who Qualifies:
Adult women
When:
Starts 6/5/2025
Thursdays 9 AM - 10 AM
Where:
Huron only
Questions? Please reach out!
Vibrant Voices
Utilizing Person Centered Therapy to help increase well-being and self-care, by taking care of our emotions, phyiscal health, mind and thoughts.
Proof of Action:
This group will use Person Centered Therapy as its non-directive client centered based model it is a client therapy that focuses on clients understanding themselves their feelings and behaviors.
Who Qualifies:
Ages 13-17
When:
6/4/2025 - 7/2/2025
Wednesdays 3 - 4 PM
Where:
Huron only
Questions? Please reach out!
Paige Evenson - paevenson@ccs-sd.org
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
There are 4 core components of DBT:
1) Mindfulness
2) Emotion Regulation
3) Distress Tolerance
4) Interpersonal Effectiveness
Proof of Action:
DBT is an evidence-based treatment modality that has a primary goal of helping individuals build a mentally healthy life by improving their ability to manage emotions
Who Qualifies:
Open to all Clients
When:
Starting August 8th 2025
Lasting 6 months
Where:
Madison