When & Where?

Saturdays at 12pm, next round starting Spring 2025 @ 11th Street Office (163 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn NY 11215)

Group Description

A 8-week group for 3rd-5th graders looking for support with interpersonal relationships, self-esteem, and emotion regulation skills.

In this group, your child will have the opportunity to:

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

• Improve their relationships with others through empathy building, perspective taking, and conversation skills

• Practice conflict-resolution skills by learning how to regulate their body and emotions, self-reflect and communicate with others effectively

Clinical Team

Sara ElMakawy, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with over eight years of comprehensive experience working with children, adults, and families. She has provided mental health services in private practice, school, university, hospital, and residential settings. Sara’s therapeutic approach is person-centered, holistic, and trauma-informed. She profoundly values building positive therapeutic relationships with her clients. Sara creates an environment for clients to feel connected, safe, and empowered to facilitate hope, healing, and self-efficacy. Sara integrates various schools of thought to best support each person she works with. In her work with children, her approach draws heavily upon child-centered play therapy, internal family systems, and creative forms of expression and processing through art and movement.