Support Groups and Workshops
Helping people connect, heal, and grow—together.
About Our Group Experiences
Our support groups and healing workshops are held in our Franklinville, NJ studio and are open to individuals throughout South Jersey who are seeking connection, understanding, and practical tools for navigating life’s challenges. Each group is thoughtfully facilitated in a calm, welcoming space where you can feel supported at your own pace.
Why Join a Group or Workshop?
Discover tools and supportive practices that help you navigate stress, anxiety, and daily life challenges.
🔨Build Emotional Resilience
You’ll feel seen, validated, and supported by people who understand your journey.
💫Connect with Community
💪🏼Strengthen Self-Awareness and Confidence
Explore your thoughts, patterns, and emotions in a supportive setting that helps you understand yourself more deeply.
What to Expect
At Waves of Change in Franklinville, NJ, our support groups are designed to help you feel safe, supported, and understood as you explore personal growth and emotional wellbeing.
Classes are limited to 10 participants to ensure comfort, safety, and personalized support.
Small Group Sizes
Our Franklinville studio space is intentionally designed to help you relax and feel grounded from the moment you arrive.
A Calm, Healing Environment
Every group is led with sensitivity, compassion, and awareness.
Trauma Informed Approach
Our Support Groups and Workshops
View our current and upcoming support group sessions in Franklinville, NJ
Grief & Loss: Navigating the Death of a Loved One
A progressive healing workshop series
January 14 - February 11, 2026
Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
A five-week workshop offering compassionate support for those grieving the death of a loved one, with space to understand, honor, and carry grief forward in meaningful ways.
Weekly Topics
Weekly topics are designed to build upon one another while honoring individual readiness and capacity. Participants are invited to engage at their own pace, with sharing always optional in a supportive, welcoming space.
💠Week 1 — January 14
Making Sense of Grief: Exploring the Emotions of Grief
This session focuses on understanding grief after the death of a loved one, including the wide range of emotions that arise such as shock, numbness, anger, guilt, relief, and confusion.
💠Week 2 — January 21
Grief Beyond Sadness: The Many Ways Grief Appears
This session explores the many forms grief can take after death, including how it can resurface unexpectedly through thoughts, physical sensations, memories, and personal triggers such as anniversaries, holidays, or sensory reminders.
💠Week 3 — January 28
Honoring Love After Loss: Continuing Bonds
This session focuses on how love and connection can continue after death, exploring meaningful ways to remember a loved one while allowing space for joy and life to move forward.
💠Week 4 — February 4
Living With Loss: Coping in Daily Life
This session focuses on navigating daily life while grieving, offering practical ways to cope, set boundaries, ask for support, and recognize when additional help may be needed as grief continues day by day.
💠Week 5 — February 11
Carrying Love Forward: Living With What Has Changed
This session explores how meaning and healing can gently take shape after loss, reflecting on identity changes, personal growth, and ways to carry love forward without forcing positivity or “silver linings.”
Depression Workshop
Coming February 2026
Details to follow.
Meet Your Facilitator
Amanda M. Gonzalez is a Clinical Mental Health student and counselor-in-training with 12+ years in child and family services. She works with children, families, and survivors of domestic violence, integrating holistic, nature-based approaches. Fluent in Spanish, she provides culturally sensitive, compassionate care.
