Summer 2025 Social, Emotional, and Creative Therapy Groups and Workshops for Kids and Teens

Child Therapy Boston is excited to offer both weekly and week-long workshops this Summer.  We have a variety of 8-week groups in Needham and Sudbury as well as week-long workshops.  If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to reach out any time!  We are always happy to chat.

Weekly Social, Emotional & Creative Therapy Summer Groups

Our 8-Week groups will run from 6/23/25 through 8/18/25.  We hope to have something for everyone and if we don’t, please let us know.

Needham Location Weekly Groups

Social Skills Groups

Tuesday     3:30PM      K & 1st Grade All Gender
Thursday    4:30PM      3rd & 4th Grade All Gender
Monday      5:30PM      4th & 5th Grade All Gender
Thursday    5:30PM      4th & 5th Grade Boys
Wednesday   4:30PM      Middle School Girls
Wednesday   6:30PM      Middle School Boys
Monday      6:30PM      High School All Gender Processing and Social Skills

Creative Therapy & Coping Skills Groups

Calm Together Friendship & Emotional Regulation Group
Sunday      9:00AM      Preschool (3 & 4 y/o) All Gender
Sunday      11:00AM     Pre-K/ K All Gender

Coping Outside the Box Groups
Tuesday     4:30PM      K & 1st Grade All Gender
Wednesday   4:30PM      2nd & 3rd Grade All Gender
Wednesday   5:30PM      4th-6th Grade All Gender

Social Skills & Coping Outside the Box Combo Groups
Sunday      11:30AM     K & 1st Grade All Gender
Thursday    6:30 PM     High School Boys (Gender Inclusive)
Sunday      12:30PM     4th & 5th Grade Girls

Yes And… Therapeutic Improv Group
Tuesday     6:00PM      Middle School All Gender Improv

Sudbury Location Weekly Groups

Social Skills Groups

Wednesday   4:00PM      2nd & 3rd Grade All Gender
Wednesday   6:00PM      Middle School Girls
Tuesday     6:00PM      Middle School Boys
Tuesday     7:00PM      High School Girls

Creative Therapy & Coping Skills Groups

Coping Outside the Box Groups
Monday      4:00PM      K & 1st Grade All Gender
Tuesday     4:00PM      1st & 2nd All Gender
Tuesday     5:00PM      2nd & 3rd All Gender
Monday      5:00PM      3rd-5th Grade All Gender
Thursday    6:00PM      Middle School All Gender

Social Skills & Coping Outside the Box Combo Groups
Saturday    9:00AM      PreK/ K All Gender
Wednesday   5:00PM      3rd-5th Grade Girls
Saturday    10:00AM     3rd-5th Grade Boys
Thursday    7:00PM      High School Boys

High School Processing Group
Monday      7:00PM      High School Girls

Week-Long Workshops

Needham Location

Social Skills Workshops

Let’s Get Social
8/11-8/15   10:00AM-1:00PM    3rd-5th Grade All Gender
7/14-7/18   10:00AM-1:00PM    Middle School All Gender

Creative Therapy & Coping Skills Workshop

Coping Inside and Out
6/23-6/27   10:00AM-1:00PM    3rd- 5th Grade All Gender
7/28-8/1    10:00AM-1:00PM    Middle School All Gender

Sudbury Location

Social Skills Workshops

Let’s Get Social
8/4-8/8     10:00AM-1:00PM    3rd-5th Grade All Gender

Creative Therapy & Coping Skills Workshop

Coping Inside and Out
7/7-7/11    10:00AM-1:00PM    3rd- 5th Grade All Gender

More About Our Groups

8-Week Groups

Social Skills Groups

These groups are for kids who have ADHD, Anxiety, or for kids who have trouble making friends, struggle to connect with their peers, read social cues, and navigate their social world. In this group we work on joining in with friends, conversation skills, taking other’s perspectives, building connections, problem solving, cooperating, being flexible, sportsmanship, teamwork challanges and many more skills. We use fun games, activities, stories, projects, team work challenges and play to practice and reinforce friendship and social skills.

Coping Outside the Box Groups

Coping Outside the Box is a weekly therapeutic group. The group will work toward building coping skills with a focus on regulation, anxiety and stress management. We will be using a variety of creative outlets, including but not limited to, music, art, crafts, and mindfulness. Introducing different types of creative and artistic interventions gives participants an opportunity to explore new ways of managing difficult feelings, expressing their thoughts, and supporting themselves emotionally.

Calm Together Friendship & Emotional Regulation Groups

Calm Together is an anxiety management and coping skills group for our younger clients. Using play, games, stories, drama, and art, kids will learn ways to recognize, understand and cope with their big (often anxious) feelings. This is a great way for kids to connect with other kids who experience similar things and to gain skills in a fun and supportive group.

Weeklong Workshops

Our “Coping Inside and Out” & “Let’s Get Social” workshops will meet Monday-Friday in our Needham & Sudbury locations from 10:00am-1:00pm.

Our weeklong workshops will have up to 6 members and will be facilitated by a licensed therapist and a clinical assistant. An intake is completed with all kids and teens so that we can get to know your child, understand their goals and to make sure that the group is a good fit.

Information is shared with parents/guardians via email at the end of every day about what was covered in the group, what skills were learned and how to practice these skills at home. At the end of the week, parents/guardians receive an individualized update that highlights progress made and any further recommendations that we may have.

Coping Inside and Out

Our weeklong “Coping Inside and Out” group is a therapeutic group that will work on coping skills, anxiety management, stress management, and more. We will use all different types of artistic and creative interventions to learn new ways of managing difficult feelings, expressing thoughts and emotions, and coping with current stressors. Each day will focus on one of the 5 senses, understanding how we can support our own regulation using our senses and come away at the end of the week with a toolkit of strategies that can easily be used in all different environments.

Social Skills Workshop: Let’s Get Social

Our weeklong “Let’s Get Social” group is the perfect place to learn and practice the essential skills for making and keeping friends. In our fun, creative and supportive workshops, kids and teens work on connecting with peers, joining in, reading social cues, teamwork, and reading the social cues or small nuances involved while being with a group of friends. We include creative and expressive therapies, games, art, improv, teamwork challenges, and so much more.