Currently Enrolling Groups

Thursdays from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Current Middle Schoolers

Would you like to connect with other trans and genderqueer middle schoolers?
Join our therapist, Liz, for a group focused on topics such as: Exploring your gender identity, navigating gender expression, coming out, and building supportive relationships.

This group is held at our offices in Gresham (near SE 182nd Ave and NW Division St). This is NOT an equine-assisted therapy group.

Insurance accepted for this group: Aetna, BCBS, Moda, Providence, Pacific Source.

Cost: $55/group. An intake appointment is also required and is not included in the group fee. A 25% no-paperwork-hassle discount may be available for clients who are not accessing insurance coverage for this group.

Group Size Maximum: 8 Participants

Navigating Grief

Fridays starting September 19 from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Adults 18+

A 4-week equine-assisted Grief and Loss group for adults navigating loss in any of its forms.

Navigating Grief is based in an ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) framework. Each week offers an opportunity to learn a new ACT skill, practice it alongside the horses, and explore how this skill may support you between group sessions. 

Our group is infused with some gently encouraged, though not required, journaling opportunities between sessions. Journaling can mean a lot of different things! It may mean free-writing, drawing, writing bullet points or single words, collaging, or other creative expression. Your journal can be entirely private, unless there is something specific you’d like to share with the group.

Insurance accepted for this group: Aetna, BCBS, Kaiser, Moda, Providence, Pacific Source.

Cost: $60/group. An intake appointment is also required and is not included in the group fee. A 25% no-paperwork-hassle discount may be available for clients who are not accessing insurance coverage for this group.

Group Size Maximum: 8 Participants

Future Groups

Herd Meditations

Are you looking to find a sense of peace and calm? Are you feeling burned out and in need of some space to recharge and clarify your purpose? Our Herd Meditations offer a mix of facilitator-guided and self-guided meditation, alongside journal and art prompts — and, of course, time with our horse herd!

Herd Meditations are typically offered May – August each year.

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COVID Precautions for Groups

Effective April 3, 2023, OHA is no longer requiring masks for in-person services, and CHERIISH has transitioned to a masks-optional facility. If you are sick or have a known COVID exposure, we ask that you not attend group until you are healthy and/or have completed your COVID-exposure precaution window as defined by the CDC.

Masks and hand sanitizer are available for your use as needed. If you or anyone in your home has COVID or a recent exposure, we ask that you notify us ahead of time, stay home, and transition to a virtual appointment. If you are showing signs of illness at group, we may require that you wear a mask or leave group. These decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis, and we appreciate your partnership in promoting community wellness.

For our office-based groups, each of our client spaces has an air purifier running.
For our equine-assisted groups, our equine facility is primarily open air.