Oona Metz, Certified Group Psychotherapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Supervision, Consultation & Training Offerings
I am available for supervision, consultation, and training on a wide variety of topics. I present both locally in the Greater Boston area and nationally on group therapy, divorce, adolescence and crisis response. In addition, I consult to community mental health centers, local schools and colleges regarding group therapy. Please contact me if you wish to schedule a time for me to present at your school, agency or organization.
Group Therapy Consultations for Staff include:
- Boston Institute for Psychotherapy in Boston, MA
- South Shore Mental Health in Quincy, MA
- Prospect Hill Academy in Somerville, MA
- Brighton Allston Mental Health in Brighton, MA
- Quincy Mental Health in Quincy, MA
- Simmons College Counseling Center in Boston, MA
Upcoming Presentations:
- Two-Day Long Psychodynamic Process Group for Clinicians with 0-4 Years of Group Therapy Experience at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference in Boston, MA 2019
Presentations include:
- From "On the Zoom" to "In the Room": Considering a Return to In-Person Therapy with Amy Matias, Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy, May 2021
- Shame and Humiliation in Group Therapy: Be Careful What You Wish For with Joseph Shay, Aaron Black, Chera Finnis, and Molyn Leszcz, American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting, February 2021
- Metaphor and Meaning in Group Therapy: Expanding our Toolbox, Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy, December 2020
- Restoring Hope in a Time of Uncertainty, Half Day Group for Therapists, Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy, 2020
- Minding the Body: Self-Care in the Time of Zoom with Robin Shaw, Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy, 2020
- Two Day Long Psychodynamic Process Group for Clinicians with Mixed Levels of Group Therapy Experience at the American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting, in New York, March 2017 & March 2020
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Practice Development Series in Brookline, MA, 2013 and 2020
- Day Long Experiential Group, Principles Course, Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Training Program, May 2019
- Women's Voices in a World Gone Mad: A Day Long Experience Group with Debora Carmichael at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference, in Boston, MA, 2019
- Anger in Group Therapy: Grist for the Mill vs. When Rage Kills with Joseph Shay, Ronnie Levine, Molyn Leszcz, and Stewart Aledort at the American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting, in Los Angeles, CA, 2019
- Day Long General Psychodynamic Experience Group for Beginning Level Clinicians at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference, Boston, MA, 2018, 2013 and 2010
- Our Love/Hate Relationship with the Difficult Patient with J. Scott Rutan and Joseph Shay at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference, in Boston, MA, 2017
- This Group is a Lasagna: The Group Leader's Use of Metaphor and Images in Group Psychotherapy at the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society Annual Conference, NY, NY, 2016 and 2017; and at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference, Boston, MA, 2016
- Group Psychotherapy Practice of the Future at the American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, 2015
- Two Day Long Psychodynamic Process Group for Clinicians with 0-4 Years of Group Therapy Experience at the American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, 2015
- What You Don't Know Could Hurt You: Secrets in Group Psychotherapy at the American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Conference in San Diego, CA, 2010 and New York, NY, 2011; and at the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society Annual Conference in New York, NY, 2013 and 2014
- Understanding the Psychological Implications of Divorce at the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Wellesley, MA, 2014
- Did I Stay or Did I Go? at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Practice Development Series in Newton, MA, 2014
- Considering Divorce? An Evening for Questions & Answers at the Newton Marriott Boathouse, Newton, MA, 2014
- Psychological Aspects of Divorce at the Divorce Center, Newton, MA, 2014
- Creating Connection Through Resonance with Loss at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference in Boston, MA, 2014
- Two Day Long Psychodynamic Process Group for Clinicians with 4-9 Years of Group Therapy Experience at the American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, 2014
- Divorce Support Groups for Women at The Brookline Center in Brookline, MA, 2014
- Field Notes from a Psychodynamic Therapist Leading Divorce Support Groups: Is it Support or is it Therapy and What is the Difference Anyway? at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy in Newton, MA, 2013
- The Seduction of Secrets in Group Psychotherapy: Day Long Experience Group at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference in Boston, MA, 2012
- Group Interventions in the Aftermath of Disaster: How We Can Help at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference in Boston, MA, 2010
- Up, Up and Away: Getting Groups Going at Bayview Associates in Quincy, MA, 2009
- Day Long General Psychodynamic Institute for Clinicians with 3 to 7 Years of Group Therapy Experience at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference in Wellesley, MA, 2008
- Introduction to Group Therapy at UMASS Boston Counseling Center in Boston, MA, 2006
- The Benefits of Group Psychotherapy at Brighton Allston Mental Health Center in Brighton, MA, 2005
- Contagion and Containment in Adolescent Group Therapy at Two Brattle Center in Cambridge, MA, 2003 and at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference in Wellesley, MA, 2004
- Built to Last: Building and Maintaining a Robust Child and Adolescent Group Program at the Children's Group Therapy Association Annual Conference in Newton, MA, 2004
- Group Therapy 101 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, MA, 2004
- Developing a Successful Group Therapy Program at Greater Boston Family Services in Roxbury, MA, 2003
- Treating Grieving Children and Adolescents at The Brookline Center in Brookline, MA, annually 1998 - 2003
- 9/11 Groups For Family Members: One Year Later with Cecil Rice, Ph.D at Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy in Belmont, MA, 2002