Group Coaching 2025
The Deconstructing Anxiety Group
WEDNESDAYS FROM 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. EST
This group uses the foundational principles and practices from the Deconstructing Anxiety method. Participants bring whatever problems they wish to resolve, deconstruct them down to their core fear, understand how some form of the chief defense is backfiring to make the problem a problem, and use the master key to healing: “doing the opposite of the defense”. Powerful structures for support are built into this (and all) group(s), to help ensure growth each week.
This group has been running for a couple of years now, with remarkable results. This (and all) group(s) also builds a wonderful sense of community among group members.
If you were unable to get into the 5 Ingredients for Fulfillment group or the Deconstructing Relationships group, you will be able to incorporate those principles and practices in the Deconstructing Anxiety group as well.
Training the Trainers Program
MONDAYS FROM 5:30 TO 7:00 P.M. EST - Starting Sept 8th
The Training the Trainers program is the highest level of certification in the Deconstructing Anxiety method. Designed for graduates of both the Intensive and Mastery Programs, this advanced training offers two tracks:
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Track 1: Deep mastery of DA theory and advanced application of its exercises—for profound personal transformation and therapeutic skill.
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Track 2 (optional): Learn to teach, present, and eventually train others in Deconstructing Anxiety, with direct mentorship from Dr. Pressman.
This immersive group experience offers rigorous practice, close guidance, and the opportunity to join a community of committed practitioners. Graduates will be certified to teach and share this powerful work with others—potentially even building a CE-based seminar career.
Prerequisites: Completion of the Deconstructing Anxiety Intensive and Mastery Programs.
Follow all below steps to register
Step 1
Sign the Informed Group Consent
Step 2
Enroll in Auto-pay
Additional Information
- All meetings are live on Zoom.
- Sessions are recorded, so if you miss a week, you can watch the recording at your convenience.
- Cost: $250 per month.
Informed Consent For Group
INFORMED CONSENT FOR DA GROUP
INFORMED CONSENT for Group Coaching
Welcome to the group!
We look forward to working with you. Please review the following information, and sign at the end to acknowledge your agreement with what you have read.
Confidentiality:
Confidentiality is of paramount importance. The agreement among all group members to strictly maintain confidentiality is what makes the deep work of the group possible.
It creates the safety necessary for people to open up and develop the bonds of trust between
members that is an essential part of the experience. By signing at the bottom, you agree to keep everything you learn about others in this group completely confidential, as they will do for you.
Coaching and Education: This is not a therapy group but rather a group coaching and educational experience. That means that Dr. Pressman is not functioning as a psychotherapist and cannot provide the same services as one would expect from a psychotherapist. Specifically, this group focuses on the Deconstructing Anxiety method and, as such, follows a set of principles and practices that are different from those offered in psychotherapy. Dr. Pressman functions as a coach, a facilitator, and educator of this method, as opposed to a therapist utilizing the methods of standardized psychotherapeutic schools of thought. No particular results from this program are implied or guaranteed as a result of your participation.
Availability:
Dr. Pressman is not available for communications in between group sessions. If Dr. Pressman has to cancel a particular meeting of the group, he will give as much advance notice as possible.
Permission:
Because between-session contact with another group member or members is an important part of the work in this experience, by signing below you give permission for Dr. Pressman to share your contact information (email address and/or phone number) with the other
members of the group, for the sole purpose of reaching out to each other for this between-session support. You also agree unequivocally not to use the others’ contact information for any other purpose, as they will do for you.
Insurance:
Coaching and educational services are not reimbursable by insurance.
Responsible for self:
If you are having a mental health crisis, you agree to find appropriate help, and understand that Dr. Pressman cannot be available for contact in such situations. During the group, it is understood that you are responsible for your own self-care, and that neither Dr.
Pressman nor the group can function as a source of help or support for circumstances beyond the focus of the group (the principles and practices of the Deconstructing Anxiety method).
Consistent attendance:
To achieve the healing effect of the group bond, it is necessary that each person commits to attending each meeting. Of course, we understand when circumstances make missing a session truly unavoidable. If you have to miss a particular session, we ask that you let us know in advance. We also request, for the sake of group continuity, that you provide a brief explanation of why you will be missing the session, so Dr. Pressman can share this with the group. This is optional and is not meant to be invasive of your privacy; rather, it helps other
group members feel a sense of continuity week-to-week with the entire group.
Length of attendance:
There is no set number of sessions that one must attend the group. You simply attend as long as you feel the group is providing benefit to you, and conclude when you
are ready to move on without the support of the group. If you conclude your participation before the end of a particular month that has been paid for, you will not be entitled to a refund for all or part of that month. Alternatively, if for any reason Dr. Pressman feels the group is no longer the appropriate place for you to meet your goals, he reserves the right to conclude your participation in the group at any time. Of course, this would be done in discussion with you, and Dr. Pressman can suggest alternative options he believes would be more beneficial for you if you’d like. Under these circumstances, you would be entitled to a refund of that portion of the month that has been paid for where services would no longer be received.
No-harm contract:
You agree unequivocally that you will not harm yourself during the time of our work together. You further agree that should you have thoughts about self-harm, you will
discuss them in session. Finally, you understand, as stated above, that Dr. Pressman is functioning as a life coach and educator in these sessions and not as a psychotherapist, so he is therefore unable to provide the support and other services that a psychotherapist would in the event that you had thoughts of self-harm.