All Programs are virtual

COFFEE WITH A LILAC TREE COUNSELOR

Free Program! Join one of our Lilac Tree Counselors for a coffee (or tea!) and chat in a one-time small group format (max. 8 clients) via Zoom offering general conversation, connection, and support for coping through separation, divorce. All welcome, though sessions are gender specific. Must pre-register by calling 847-328-0313 or emailing info@thelilactree.org

NEXT SESSIONS:

Thursday, AUGUST 14 10am - 11am Topic: Men - any stage of the process (For Men Only)

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 11 10am - 11am Topic: Mothers - any stage of the process (For Women Only)

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 25 10am - 11am Topic: LGBTQ+ - any stage of the process (For LGTBQ+ Only)

Thursday, OCTOBER 9 10am - 11am Topic: Contemplating (For Women Only)

Pop-Up Support series

Join one of our Lilac Tree Staff for a one-time interactive Support Group type discussion focused around a topic or title or stage of the process. These are 1 meeting only, support-based interactive group meetings, and are limited to 8 or 9 attendees. Feel free to contact us and let us know what topic you would like us to cover or offer more often?

SUMMER & FALL 2025

Thursday, JULY 24 - 12pm - 1:30pm Cost: $45 Topic: In the Process (For Women Only)

Thursday, AUGUST 21 - 12pm - 1:30pm Cost: $45 Topic: Later in Life (For Women Only)

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 4 - 12pm - 1:30pm Cost: $45 Topic: Contemplating (For Women Only)

Thursday, OCTOBER 16 - 12pm - 1:30pm Cost: $45 Topic: Primary Earners (For Women Only)

support groups

Facing separation, trekking through a divorce or embarking on a new life after divorce can be a challenging, isolating, and sometimes a vulnerable period in your life.

Lilac Tree Support Groups are peer-based support groups, offering emotional shelter and respite in a compassionate, safe, structured, and supportive environment, facilitated by one of our experienced Lilac Tree Counselors. All groups are virtual.

Finding community, friendship and support from other people at the same stage of the process, facing similar challenges can be empowering, and provides a supportive and positive environment from which to learn and grow. This is your moment to empower yourself, build your resiliency, and learn to seek, give and receive peer-based support. We offer Support Groups regardless of gender identity, however, each group is single gender. Below are groups currently filling.

We are always building new groups, please call the office to be added to the waitlist for priority registration for the next group 847-328-0313, and consider an Information Session appointment in the meantime for immediate support.

Our groups fill fast! Call us today 847.328.0313 to join a group.

For Women - Contemplating

Currently Filling:

• FRIDAY Lunchtimes - Starts late JULY 25th - Contemplating Separation / Divorce 12noon - 1pm (4 weeks) $45 per meeting, total cost $180 ***ONLY 1 space open! STARTS THIS WEEK!

• FRIDAY Mornings - Starts AUGUST - TOPIC Group: Contemplating Separation / Divorce Later in Life 10am - 11am (4 weeks) $45 per meeting, total cost $180 ***NEW Group - 5 spaces open

For Women - In The Process

Currently Filling:

• MONDAY Lunchtime - Starts JULY 7 - TOPIC Group: Being the Primary Earner 12pm - 1:30pm (8 weeks) $45 per meeting, total cost $360. ***NEW Group - Just opened, 8 spaces open!

• WEDNESDAY Evenings - Starts JULY 23rd - GENERAL Group: In the Process 5:30pm - 7pm (8 weeks) $45 per meeting, total cost $360. *** ONLY 1 space open! STARTS THIS WEEK!

• MONDAY Mornings - Starts SEPTEMBER - TOPIC Group: Mothers in the Process 10am - 11:30am (8 weeks) $45 per meeting, total cost $360. ***NEW Group, Just Opened - 8 spaces open

For Women - Navigating Life After Divorce

1st Wednesday of the Month

NEXT Meeting: JULY 9th 12noon - 1pm

Conversation with Treasa Moran, Financial Advisor, Anchor Point Wealth Advisors LLC

Visit our Registration Page to Register

A monthly support / pop-up type program for those already divorced or fully separated, or those feeling ready to face what life after separation and divorce will look like.

• These groups are meant for any woman - but especially those who are finished (or almost finished) with the legal elements of their process and /or someone who feels ready to face and learn about a new stage of life.

• The focus mostly on the practical elements of navigating a life post divorce or separation, including creating your new identity, developing boundaries as a co-parent, taking care of yourself, finding new passions, focus and friends, managing a single household budget/finances, preparing to sell or stage your house etc.

• You can attend any meeting you want, as many meetings as you want, when you want.

• Let us know if you would like a specific topic and we will try to arrange that!

• UPCOMING MEETINGS:

  • Will always (*except during holidays) be the 1st WEDNESDAY of the Month

  • Lunchtimes 12pm - 1pm or Afternoons 4pm - 5pm (it varies)

  • Cost $45 per meeting - you can pay per meeting / month Register now!

  • Upcoming Meeting Dates: June 4th, July 9th, August 13th, September 3rd, October 1st, November 5th

    
    

For Men - Contemplating / About to Start the Process

• WEDNESDAY Lunchtimes - AUGUST /ASAP once full - GENERAL Group: Contemplating / Starting Separation or Divorce 12noon - 1:30pm (8 weeks) $45 per meeting, total cost $360 ***NEW Group just Opened - 8 spaces open

YOU deserve support and self care - contact us today 847.328.0313.

Group Requirements

What is important to us, is that you access the support you need, and join the right type of group for yourself.

To join any group, please call us and talk with Amy, our Intake Coordinator, or Julie, one of our Divorce Counselors, at 847.328.0313 or discuss during a Personalized Information Session appointment with one of our counselors.

SIZE & START DATES

Virtual Support Groups are limited in size and vary depending upon the length or topic of the group. Start dates are expected and only finalized when the group is full. All groups are run via Zoom and are managed by a Lilac Tree staff member or volunteer supporting the counselor when possible. All Zoom rooms are waiting room enabled, start on time and regular attendance is required, as rooms are locked as the meeting begins.

COSTS

Costs vary depending on length, size, and topic of the group. We are always adapting to client needs and ideas and we vary groups and thus costs. In general all meetings are $45, and payment is expected before the start of the group, but can be split into 2 half payments (commitment payment and 2nd payment).

Commitment Payments are $180 to secure a spot in a group. Fees are payable in installments, one to secure your spot in the group, a Commitment Payment, and the second or third is due before the start of the group once a start date is confirmed. Typically this means there’s a few weeks in between each payment. Payment plans or fee assistance can been arranged - just ask! Our Ila Chaiken Scholarship Fund offers partial fee assistance for each group on a first come, first served basis.

Please note that we are unable to issue refunds, even for Commitment Payments, once a group start date is confirmed and communicated to a group, unless the space is able to be filled before the group begins.

If you are interested in any support program or want more information please

Call 847.328.0313 or email info@thelilactree.org