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, parenting, 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:
- 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 American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, February, 2015
Past Presentations include:
- 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
- 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, 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
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Practice Development Series in Brookline, MA, 2013
- 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
- Day Long General Psychodynamic Experience Group for Clinicians with 0-2 Years of Group Therapy Experience at the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy Annual Conference in Boston, MA, 2010 and 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