When & Where?

Sundays at 2pm, starting Fall 2025 @ Grand Army Plaza Office (34 Plaza Street East, Unit 106, Brooklyn NY 11238)

Group Description

A fun 8-week group for kids seeking support with interpersonal relationships, self-esteem, and emotion regulation skills. In this group, your child will have the opportunity to:

• Learn how to make and maintain friendships.

• Learn how to identify and express emotions in playful and creative ways.

• Improve relationships with others through perspective-taking and conflict-resolution strategies.

• Learn coping skills that incorporate unique communication styles, preferences, and strengths.

Clinical Team

Julia Heffernan, LCAT, ATR-BC (she/they) has experience supporting children, teens, adults, and families in clinics, schools, and community settings. Julia specializes in treating anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, Tourette’s/tic disorders, selective mutism, gender dysphoria, and OCD. Their therapeutic approach is grounded in warmth, creativity, and attunement, integrating art therapy, play-based techniques, and psychodynamic talk therapy. Julia is particularly passionate about working with neurodivergent and gender-expansive individuals, creating inclusive, affirming spaces for identity exploration, emotional growth, and self-expression.

Sophie Donlon, LMSW (they/she), specializes in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). They support children, adults, and families using a person-centered, holistic approach that integrates attachment-based therapy, play therapy, art therapy, and mind-body techniques. Sophie emphasizes the importance of a strong therapeutic relationship and collaborates with clients to foster growth, healing, and resilience. They are committed to creating an inclusive, affirming, and anti-oppressive space, grounded in an intersectional framework that is LGBTQIA+-affirming, neurodivergent-affirming, and anti-racist.