Emotional Strength and Peace

Fall DBT Skill-Building Group
12 Sessions with Caryn Amandola
Group Therapy


Fall 2025: 12-week group

Dialectical Behavior
Therapy Group

  • Participants are required to be in individual therapy

  • 12 Sessions - mix of in person and online

    • $670 paid weekly: $50/session + $70 intake fee

    • First and last sessions at Redeemer Counseling offices in Midtown

    • Remaining sessions online

    • Payment is required, even if you miss a session

    • HSA/FSA Cards accepted for payment

    • Limited, income-based scholarships available

  • Meets every Tuesday

    • Begins September 2025

    • 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

  • Open to All New York State residents

Meet Group Facilitator Caryn Amandola
Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Caryn is a compassionate and skilled mental health counselor with a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Queens College. She is trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and brings a wealth of experience from her work as a former director at Mending the Soul, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting trauma survivors.

With a background in both pastoral ministry and leadership, Caryn offers a holistic, integrative approach to counseling. She works primarily with individuals dealing with childhood or religious trauma, as well as those navigating depression, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. Caryn is dedicated to creating a supportive and nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered to heal and grow.

Emotional Strength & Peace is helpful for all emotions
but especially for anxiety and stress.

Our group has four modules:
mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness,
emotion regulation, and distress tolerance.

Group Description

We hope this group will help members develop skills to help regulate moods, to be more effective in getting their needs met in relationships, and to increase their ability to direct their thoughts and actions. Members must be in individual counseling. This group will complement therapy being done with another counselor. Members will complete homework and practice the skills between sessions in order to achieve maximum benefit. The group will utilize materials developed by Marsha Linehan: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training modules. Biblical principles will be integrated into the curriculum.

WHAT IS DBT - Dialectical Behavior Therapy?