Counseling:
Support Groups Calendar
Our ongoing, drop-in groups:
Community Connection
Join JFCS for weekly conversations on Zoom: It is a space for anyone in the community to connect with others and share what’s on their mind. This group meets many Fridays at 10am on Zoom. Zoom link provided below.
Grief Connection
Grief affects every part of our lives and can be a lonely road to travel. Join us for our monthly grief-processing group for adults. In our virtual sessions, we will have the opportunity to share our own experiences with grief, connect with others, and learn strategies for moving through loss. This group meets on Zoom the first Friday of every month. Zoom link provided below. Click here to learn more.
Parent Support Group: Navigating Your Children’s Mental Health Challenges
Join us the first Monday of each month to connect with other parents experiencing similar challenges and to learn more about relevant topics relating to mental health in children and youth. Click here to learn more.
Cancer Support Group
Community is important. Cancer is lonely. Jewish Family & Child Service has combined these two truths to create this support group open to anyone with a cancer diagnosis. This group meets on Zoom the second Tuesday of every month. Zoom link provided below. Click here to learn more.
2023 CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER
Friday, September 1, 10am-11am
Grief Connection
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Friday, September 8, 10am-11am
Community Connection
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Tuesday, September 12, 3pm
Cancer Support Group
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Friday, September 15
No Groups
Friday, September 22, 10am-11am
Mental Health Spotlight: Change, Transition, & Adaptability
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Friday, September 29, 10am-11am
Community Connection
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OCTOBER
Monday, October 2, 7pm-8:30pm
Parent Support Group: Navigating Your Children’s Mental Health Challenges
Guest speaker Scotti Weintraub, founder of Reframe Parenting, on Navigating School Success
Eastside Jewish Commons, 2420 NE Sandy Blvd
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Friday, October 6, 10am-11am
Grief Connection
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Tuesday, October 10, 3pm
Cancer Support Group
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Friday, October 13, 10am-11am
Community Connection
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Friday, October 20, 10am-11am
Mental Health Spotlight: Chronic Pain and Mental Health
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Friday, October 27, 10am-11am
Community Connection
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NOVEMBER
Monday, November 6, 7pm-8:30pm
Parent Support Group: Navigating Your Children’s Mental Health Challenges
Eastside Jewish Commons, 2420 NE Sandy Blvd
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Friday, November 3, 10am-11am
Grief Connection
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Tuesday, November 7, 3pm
Cancer Support Group
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Friday, November 10, 10am-11am
Community Connection
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Friday, November 17, 10am-11am
Mental Health Spotlight: Forgiveness: Making Meaning Later in Life
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Friday, November 24
No Groups
DECEMBER
Monday, December 4, 7pm-8:30pm
Parent Support Group: Navigating Your Children’s Mental Health Challenges
Eastside Jewish Commons, 2420 NE Sandy Blvd
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Friday, December 1, 10am-11am
Grief Connection
Click here for Zoom link
Friday, December 8, 10am-11am
Community Connection
Click here for Zoom link
Tuesday, December 12, 3pm
Cancer Support Group
Click here to learn more and get Zoom link
Friday, December 15, 10am-11am
Mental Health Spotlight: Strategies to Manage Depression
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Friday, December 22, 10am-11am
Community Connection
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Friday, December 29
No Groups
For more information about any of our groups, contact the Counseling department at 503-226-7079, ext. 100 or by email.
Click here to read our June newsletter with a spotlight on our Counseling program.
Watch this short video above featuring JFCS’ clinicians discussing community need and their role in supporting clients’ mental health.
Missy Fry wins Rogoway Award
Congratulations to Missy Fry, behavioral health social worker, who was the 2022 recipient of the Laurie Rogoway Outstanding Jewish Professional Award, which recognizes a current Jewish communal professional in greater Portland.
With JFCS for 11 years, Missy was the first therapist to win this award in its eight-year history.
