Welcome! This page is dedicated to varying therapeutic groups led by our team of therapists at Healing Hearts Counseling. Please scroll through to see if there might be a group that interests you. If you do not see a group here that you would wish to attend, please feel free to contact us and make a recommendation of a therapeutic group you’d like to see offered. Whatever you are going through, you are not alone. Our groups are here to help you feel less alone in the journey you are walking toward healing. Contact Us

Beyond the Betrayal- A therapeutic group for men

This group meets one evening per week and runs for 6 weeks. The cost is $50 per evening. To join an upcoming group, please contact us at 865-283-1777.

If you are a man trying to heal from betrayal that has occurred in your past or present relationship that is impacting trust or forgiveness in your current relationship, or is leaving you struggling with grief, depression or anger, this is a group for you. The focus of the group will be support in the healing and recovery process.

This group is Facilitated by: Suzanne Robinson, LMSW and Doug Messer M.A. Location: Healing Hearts Counseling 10261 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN

Beyond the Betrayal- A therapeutic group for women

This group is one evening per week and runs for 6 weeks. The cost is $50 per evening. To join an upcoming group, please contact us at 865-283-1777.

This group is focused on helping women heal from sexual betrayal, whether from a past or current relationship. Walking through the pain, questions and confusion of sexual betrayal in a marriage can be lonely and overwhelming. During this heartbreaking time it can seem difficult if not impossible to believe the betrayal won’t define you, and that this is only a season of your life. However, I want you to know there is hope in the future and there can be healing. Beyond the Betrayal offers a safe place for women to process their experience, learn new or healthier ways to manage the grief as well as be encouraged by other women walking the journey with you. An important aspect of this group is that it has a maximum of 7 women and stresses the importance of confidentiality. The smallness of the group allows for more privacy but it also gives each person a chance to be heard. In addition, this group is for women that are still married, separated or divorced. The betrayal may be new or maybe time has passed but the wounds are still there. If you are walking this devastating journey and need support, please reach out to us. We will be glad to discuss with you any questions or concerns you may have. ~Suzanne

This group is run by Suzanne Robinson. Suzanne, is a Licensed Master Social Worker and is currently working toward clinical licensure. Suzanne received her Bachelor of Science in Social Work at the University of Tennessee. She then completed her masters from Salisbury University and was able to do clinical work in Germany with service members through work with a behavioral health clinic and the Red Cross. After moving back to the U.S. she returned to graduate school at Richmont Graduate University to be a Certified Sex Therapist. Suzanne is also an emotionally focused couples therapist. With experience and knowledge, Suzanne is passionate about helping women find peace and healing after betrayal.

Inhabiting Wholeness – A Counseling Group for Men Seeking to Heal Habits of Sexual Acting Out

The mission of Inhabiting Wholeness groups at Healing Hearts Counseling can best be summed up in the words of Henri Nouwen: “To offer a space where change can take place.” These groups offer such a space for men who are currently struggling with any range of sexual issues, so that they might find health or, in other words, inhabit wholeness. Toward this end, these groups seek to help men live more congruently with their own values and in the way they live out their sexual lives. These groups also offer a place to encounter other men with similar struggles, to decrease shame, and to increase self awareness and autonomy. Whether you are walking through the shame of sexually acting out through pornography, serial affairs, or other issues that have caused you shame around your sexual expression, we welcome you to a group that will strive to love you where you are, while also challenging you to experience something deeper, richer, and fuller.

If this description resonates with your experience and you would like to explore if you are a good fit for the group, please set up a screening appointment with Tyler Edmondson. To schedule this initial session, call (865) 283-1777, or email healingheartshelpdesk@counselingsecure.com.

For questions about Inhabiting Wholeness, contact Tyler Edmondson at (865) 351-6546. Or, see below for additional details:

Frequency/Duration: Weekly and ongoing; open to new participants (limited to 8 men)

Commitment: minimum of 3 months; may continue or opt out after initial commitment

Cost: $50/group session; payment required whether present or absent; $130 for initial individual session/screening

Location: Healing Hearts Counseling, 10261 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37922

Staffing: These groups are led by professional counselors, Tyler Edmondson and Adam York.

Prior to becoming a professional counselor in May 2022, Tyler spent the first half of his career as an experiential educator, primarily in the context of camps and other outdoor settings, where he led individuals and groups through intensive experiences aimed at connecting participants to themselves, others, and the world around them. He has also led and participated in several men’s groups and retreats, and he is passionate about facilitating opportunities for men to become more deeply engaged in their journeys toward growth and healing.

Adam has extensive experience facilitating groups for men with a variety of sexual compulsions and addictions including a few years as the leader of Restoring Integrity where he facilitated and supervised the leaders of several different support groups for men. He has a passion to help men engage in deeper relationships with their most significant others.

Hope in the Wondering & the Wrestling – A group for those wrestling with or alienated from religious beliefs and communities they grew up in and/or were significantly shaped by.

Meets on Wednesdays at 6:30pm starting September 13th. Group will meet for 6 weeks and is $50 per session with an 8 person limit.

Most people who find themselves in an uncertain stage of faith start by asking good (but difficult) questions. These questions sometimes seem to make people around them uneasy, and are often responded to with only “acceptable” answers. Unfortunately, this can lead to one feeling that even asking such questions was wrong to begin with. A complex experience of insecurity can follow. Wrestling with and/or doubting commitments to our deepest held beliefs and values can even leave one feeling marginalized and isolated from friends, family, and faith communities that have been very important to them.

A tension can arise: One of not being able to simply “go back” to previously held beliefs that felt so secure while experiencing significant uncertainty about moving forward — into unknown spiritual, emotional, and relational realities. Such an experience can be painful, scary, confusing…and hopeful. But what does hope look like when that which has felt so solid now feels so unsound? Where and who can I safely process all of this with but not feel like I’m doing something wrong, letting others down, or being foolish?

*Please note: This is a clinical counseling group meant for processing emotions and experiences around these issues.