The Harbour
After 9 years of weekly meetings The Harbour has transitioned is being an on-line source of information and encouragement. We aim to re-start the group meetings in the future, but for now we hope you will find another group to ...
Hosted by Riverbend Counselling & Wellness
Counsellor, BRE, MA, CRPO
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R2G
After 9 years of weekly meetings The Harbour has transitioned is being an on-line source of information and encouragement. We aim to re-start the group meetings in the future, but for now we hope you will find another group to ...
long term women's group
My weekly women’s’ group has been running for the past fifteen years. This group is for women who, despite being bright and accomplished, have some degree of dissatisfaction in their personal lives. Members work on relationship issues, tolerating and resolving ...
My weekly women’s’ group has been running for the past fifteen years. This group is for women who, despite being bright and accomplished, have some degree of dissatisfaction in their personal lives. Members work on relationship issues, tolerating and resolving ...
Circle of Security Parenting
Circle of Security is an 8 week, once per week group offered to parents to explore secure-attachment-based parenting. I am a certified to offer this training to small groups of parents or individually (to single or co-parents). You can join ...
Hosted by Melissa Ann Steele
Pre-Licensed Professional, MMFT, RMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3M
Circle of Security is an 8 week, once per week group offered to parents to explore secure-attachment-based parenting. I am a certified to offer this training to small groups of parents or individually (to single or co-parents). You can join ...
7 Sacred Ways of Healing Trauma
Using principles of Psychodramatic Bodywork these groups incorporate personal healing through learning about where we hold our emotions and finding safe ways to express them. We enhance healing with the use of ceremony and ritual relevant to each group. Participants ...
Hosted by Sandi Taylor Counselling & Consulting
Registered Social Worker, MTS, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Headingley, MB R4H
Using principles of Psychodramatic Bodywork these groups incorporate personal healing through learning about where we hold our emotions and finding safe ways to express them. We enhance healing with the use of ceremony and ritual relevant to each group. Participants ...
Anger Management
The group consists of 8 sessions in total. Using a well crafted curriculum, group explores different topics such as communication, boundaries, stress management, among others.
Hosted by Amani Routes Counselling
Registered Social Worker, MSW , BSW , RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Brandon, MB R7A
The group consists of 8 sessions in total. Using a well crafted curriculum, group explores different topics such as communication, boundaries, stress management, among others.
The Giant In Me
TGIM is an empowerment youth group session helping youth (10 - 17) and (18 -29) connecting with their innate potentials. TGIM's main objective helps in building the participants' self-esteem towards building great leaders.
Hosted by Bolaji Akinyele-Akanbi
Registered Social Worker, BA Hons, MSW, PhD, RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R2J
TGIM is an empowerment youth group session helping youth (10 - 17) and (18 -29) connecting with their innate potentials. TGIM's main objective helps in building the participants' self-esteem towards building great leaders.
Making Connections for Emotional Health
Consider taking time for yourself, become more emotionally aware, connect your feelings with your past or current experiences. Being conscious of yourself, and how you connect with others, takes time and skill. These skills are learned within life experiences and ...
Hosted by Ruth B Z Thomson
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3J
Consider taking time for yourself, become more emotionally aware, connect your feelings with your past or current experiences. Being conscious of yourself, and how you connect with others, takes time and skill. These skills are learned within life experiences and ...
Bluebeard: Tracking the Saboteur
Hosted by Kristy Taylor Counselling and Psychotherapy
Counsellor, MEd, CCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3T
Anger Management Group
"Do you feel a deep and enduring sense of injustice, rage, and lost inner peace?" The anger management group will provide group support, anger coping skills, healthy anger expression, positive emotion skills, prevention of domestic abuse, personal empowerment, and relationship ...
Hosted by Proactive Rehabilitation And Therapy
Occupational Therapist, MOT, BA(PSY), BS(NUT), OTREG, (MB)
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3L
"Do you feel a deep and enduring sense of injustice, rage, and lost inner peace?" The anger management group will provide group support, anger coping skills, healthy anger expression, positive emotion skills, prevention of domestic abuse, personal empowerment, and relationship ...
DBT informed skills group for Adolescents
www.middlepathwpg.com Our DBT informed skills group for adolescents offers concrete skills to use in the moment to build awareness and regulate the intensity of emotional responses with the goal of building a life worth living. This group gives teens an ...
Hosted by Nadia MacKinnon
Occupational Therapist, BA, MOT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3B
www.middlepathwpg.com Our DBT informed skills group for adolescents offers concrete skills to use in the moment to build awareness and regulate the intensity of emotional responses with the goal of building a life worth living. This group gives teens an ...
DBT Family Skills and Support Group
DBT Family Skills and Support Group runs for 10 weeks. This group is for anyone who loves someone struggling with emotional dysregulation or borderline personality disorder. Seeing a loved one struggle to regulate their emotions and their life is a ...
Hosted by DBT Family Support
Psychiatric Nurse, BScPN, RPN
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3B
DBT Family Skills and Support Group runs for 10 weeks. This group is for anyone who loves someone struggling with emotional dysregulation or borderline personality disorder. Seeing a loved one struggle to regulate their emotions and their life is a ...
Anger Management / Domestic Violence Intervention
The group is open to all men who believe they may benefit from anger management / domestic violence counselling. Those who have been charged are welcome. The anger group for men runs on Monday evenings. You can start any Monday ...
The group is open to all men who believe they may benefit from anger management / domestic violence counselling. Those who have been charged are welcome. The anger group for men runs on Monday evenings. You can start any Monday ...
DBT Skills Group
This group covers the four modules of DBT: interpersonal effectiveness skills, mindfulness skills, emotion regulation skills, and distress tolerance. Group members learn how to build a life worth living through acquiring specific skills required to achieve their life goals. The ...
Hosted by Richard Lavoie
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3T
This group covers the four modules of DBT: interpersonal effectiveness skills, mindfulness skills, emotion regulation skills, and distress tolerance. Group members learn how to build a life worth living through acquiring specific skills required to achieve their life goals. The ...
Calm Kids - Coping Skills for Kids with Anxiety
Does your child become overwhelmed resulting in outbursts of anger, episodes of inconsolable crying, or withdraw. They may be lacking the coping skills or tools needed to manage big feelings that can come on in a world that they have ...
Hosted by Chatrath Counselling Center
Registered Social Worker, BA, BSW, RSW, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Steinbach, MB R5G
Does your child become overwhelmed resulting in outbursts of anger, episodes of inconsolable crying, or withdraw. They may be lacking the coping skills or tools needed to manage big feelings that can come on in a world that they have ...
Narrative Walks Manitoba
Registered social workers Candace Neufeld & Lise Brown lead Narrative Walks Manitoba - Narrative Walks involve walking with a problem in nature, while reflecting on 15 narrative questions. Spending time with the questions involves reflecting while walking, writing down some ...
Hosted by Lise Brown
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3G
Registered social workers Candace Neufeld & Lise Brown lead Narrative Walks Manitoba - Narrative Walks involve walking with a problem in nature, while reflecting on 15 narrative questions. Spending time with the questions involves reflecting while walking, writing down some ...
Men's Group Therapy
Explore the current issues deeply affecting men in contemporary society while helping each member of the group improve his ability to foster and develop positive relationships with other group members and the other people in their lives. Monthly 1.5 hour ...
Hosted by Peace of Mind Therapy and Consultation
Counsellor, PhD, CPsych
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3P
Explore the current issues deeply affecting men in contemporary society while helping each member of the group improve his ability to foster and develop positive relationships with other group members and the other people in their lives. Monthly 1.5 hour ...
CIrcle of Security Parenting
Parenting is the most important job a parent will ever have. It will likely also be the most challenging job that a parent will ever have, yet there is no formal training for the position of Parent. The Circle of ...
Hosted by Jasmin Finch
Marriage & Family Therapist, BSc, MMFT, RMFT, CCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3N
Parenting is the most important job a parent will ever have. It will likely also be the most challenging job that a parent will ever have, yet there is no formal training for the position of Parent. The Circle of ...
DBT Skills Group
DBT is used to treat behavioural and emotional problems, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression and eating disorders. The group covers all 4 DBT modules: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Group sessions are 2 hours in length and ...
DBT is used to treat behavioural and emotional problems, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression and eating disorders. The group covers all 4 DBT modules: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Group sessions are 2 hours in length and ...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical behavior therapy is a specialized skills development course for those with borderline personality. The program was designed by founder, Marsha Linehan, and targets four focus areas: mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Group members learn skills ...
Hosted by David Chochinov
Occupational Therapist, MOT, BA-Psyc, BS(NUT), OTREG, (MB)
Verified Verified
Group meets in Winnipeg, MB R3L
Dialectical behavior therapy is a specialized skills development course for those with borderline personality. The program was designed by founder, Marsha Linehan, and targets four focus areas: mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Group members learn skills ...
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in Manitoba?
Search for nearby support groups by inputting your city, postal code, or the name of the group into the search bar. From there, you can filter to find a group that suits your needs, whether you are looking for support for a teenager, a group that focuses on a specific issue, such as depression, or a particular program type, such as one geared toward developing social skills. To navigate between locations within the same country, enter a new city or postal code into the search bar.
How does group therapy work?
Therapy groups are led by one or more therapists and serve to help people process their experiences and learn from others who understand their challenges firsthand. They can be based on a specific issue, such as addiction, grief, physical illnesses, parenting, and caregiving. They can involve a specific type of program or therapy, such as a social skills group or CBT group. They can also be specific to a particular population or community, such as teens or LGBTQ.
Support groups, like Alcoholics Anonymous, also focus on a specific issue, but are typically led by members with lived experiences and are less structured than therapy groups. Most therapy groups will meet for a fixed length of time with a consistent group of members, while many support groups meet for an indefinite period of time with members coming and going.
Support groups, like Alcoholics Anonymous, also focus on a specific issue, but are typically led by members with lived experiences and are less structured than therapy groups. Most therapy groups will meet for a fixed length of time with a consistent group of members, while many support groups meet for an indefinite period of time with members coming and going.
What are the benefits of group therapy?
Support groups help connect people with shared challenges or physical and mental health conditions. In a group setting, participants can receive support and feedback from peers and can acquire new skills, strategies and perspectives by listening to one another. Discussing your experience with someone who also has a cancer diagnosis, or whose son also struggles with addiction, for example, can help you feel less alone, reduce distress, find empathy and connection, and learn practical or medical information that has helped others. Group therapy can also be a more affordable option than individual therapy and just as effective.
Is group therapy as effective as individual therapy?
Support groups can be deeply valuable for both emotional support and/or treatment outcomes. It’s difficult to make a blanket statement on efficacy due to the many different types of support groups and conditions treated, but group therapy has been found to be just as effective as individual therapy in establishing long-term abstinence for conditions such as substance abuse, addiction and alcohol abuse.
How much does group therapy cost?
Group counselling is typically less expensive than individual counselling, with each session costing on average about $90 to $100. Meanwhile, individual therapy sessions can run anywhere from $100 to $200. It is possible to find low-cost group therapy options and many therapists offer group sessions free of charge.
Does insurance cover group therapy?
If you have private insurance, your plan may cover some if not all of your group therapy sessions. You should contact your insurance provider to determine if they provide coverage for group therapy sessions and to determine what, if any, requirements they might have in order for your sessions to be covered, such as a referral from your GP or medical specialist.
How long does group therapy last?
The length of a support group session is often one hour but can fall anywhere between 45 minutes and two hours. The amount of time that people remain in a support group varies based on their specific needs and goals and the type of therapy. Some individuals may seek a shorter-term group, such as a bereavement group, that may last between six and 20 weeks. Some may seek a longer-term group that lasts for a year or indefinitely.
What are the limitations of support groups?
Support groups have many benefits, but there are a few limitations as well. Support groups do not constitute formal therapeutic or medical treatment, and are not run by licensed mental health professionals, so some people may opt for group therapy or individual therapy instead. Additionally, support groups can depend on the other participants, so a disruptive individual has the potential to mar the group dynamic, and the anecdotal information shared may sometimes be unhelpful or inaccurate. Because it is a group setting, confidentiality can be more difficult to guard and participants receive less personalized attention than they would in an individual therapy session.