HandinHand Counseling Services Presents

Untangle Your Mind

A capacity-building series for the season ahead

As summer winds down, life doesn't. This August, join the HandinHand team for a three-part series built to help you untangle the noise, build real capacity, and carry more ease into whatever comes next. Parts 1 and 3 are led by Christine Jones, LCSW, with Part 2, a self-care session, co-led with Johnnie Geathers, LSW.

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Part 1 · Aug 14

Mini Masterclass

Virtual · 12–1 PM · Suggested $25, Pay-What-You-Can

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Part 2 · Aug 22

The Art of Slowing Down

Highland Park · Co-led with Johnnie Geathers, LSW · Suggested $25, PWYC

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Part 3 · Aug 29

Experiential Workshop

In-person · Community Forge · Tiers from $29.99

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The Series

Built With a Purpose

Untangle Your Mind is for the broad range of people navigating a full life, wherever you are in your relationship to mental health support.

What You'll Walk Away With

Understand

How your thoughts, emotions, and reactions get tangled together, and why that tangle makes ordinary decisions feel so much harder.

Identify

The specific patterns and pressures, the "noise," getting in the way of your boundaries, your decisions, and your follow-through.

Implement

Practical tools for setting boundaries, making grounded decisions, and responding with more intention.

Recommit

To a wellness practice that's actually yours, with one concrete next step to carry past the series.

Who This Is For

This is for you if:

You've thought about starting therapy, or you're already in it and want more tools to use between sessions.
You're managing more than usual right now: shifting family roles, work pressure, life transitions, or the quiet weight of showing up for everyone else.
You want practical, actionable steps, not just conversation, around decision-making, boundaries, and refocusing on your own wellness.
You're looking for a space that understands the fullness of your life, including the generational and situational obstacles that don't show up in a one-size-fits-all wellness program.

If that sounds like you, we built this for you.

Part 1 · August 14

Mini Masterclass

A low-barrier introduction to the Untangle Your Mind framework: a look at how to start separating your thoughts, feelings, and reactions so life feels less tangled. This session is meant to be accessible: come as you are, no experience needed.

DateFriday, August 14

Time12:00 – 1:00 PM

FormatVirtual (link sent after registration)

Suggested Cost$25, Pay-What-You-Can, community-supported

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Part 2 · August 22

The Art of Slowing Down

Co-facilitated by Christine Jones, LCSW and Johnnie Geathers, LSW, this outdoor session blends gentle movement, guided meditation, and creative expression: space to breathe and reset as you move through the series.

DateSaturday, August 22

Time10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

LocationHighland Park Fountain (additional details to follow)

Suggested Cost$25, Pay-What-You-Can, community-supported

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Part 3 · August 29

Experiential Workshop

The deeper dive. This in-person session at Community Forge puts the framework into practice: choose the level of participation that fits how you learn best.

DateSaturday, August 29

Time11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

LocationCommunity Forge, 1256 Franklin Ave, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221

Observe

$29.99

15 spots

For those who learn best by listening, reflecting, and observing, without the pressure to speak in groups.

Engage

$39.99

7 spots

For those who enjoy collaborative discussion and experiential practice throughout the workshop.

Immerse

$54.99

3 spots

For those who learn best by applying concepts to their own lived experience, comfortable working through a real-life situation together as a demonstration for the group.

Meet Your Facilitators

Held by people who know the work

Christine Jones, LCSW

Lead Facilitator, Parts 1 & 3

Christine brings a CBT-based approach to capacity building, helping clients differentiate thoughts, emotions, sensations, and behavior.

Johnnie Geathers, LSW

Co-Facilitator, Part 2

Johnnie Geathers, LSW will lead the group in an expressive arts activity as part of The Art of Slowing Down, bringing a creative, hands-on approach to the closing self-care session.

Please note: Untangle Your Mind is an educational, community-based series. It is not therapy or clinical treatment, and it is not a substitute for individual or family counseling. Facilitators are licensed clinicians, but registering for or attending this series does not create a therapist-client relationship and does not make you a client of HandinHand Counseling Services. If you're looking for individual or family therapy, please reach out through our New Client form to get started.

Good to Know

Refunds & Cancellations

Part 1: Mini Masterclass

Contributions are non-refundable. Can't make it? Let us know, and we'll send the recording or roll your contribution toward Part 3.

Part 2: The Art of Slowing Down

Contributions are non-refundable. Can't make it? Let us know and we'll roll your contribution toward a future HandinHand offering. If we need to cancel or move the session due to weather, all registrants get a full refund or a transfer to the rescheduled date.

Part 3: Experiential Workshop

Full refund up to 7 days before. 50% refund or credit 3–6 days before. Inside 48 hours: non-refundable, but fully transferable. Just let us know who's coming instead.

If we cancel

If HandinHand needs to cancel or reschedule any session for any reason, registrants receive a full refund or the option to transfer to the new date. No exceptions.