Depression Support Groups in East Sussex

The Andala Journey Therapy Marathon is a two-day intensive group experience for psychotherapists, counsellors, and trainees who wish to explore their own depth through creativity and relational process. Blending Transactional Analysis, Jungian Analytical Psychology, Art Therapy, and Dance Movement Psychotherapy, the marathon invites participants to move beyond words and engage with the unconscious through image, body, and dialogue. Guided by three facilitators in a small group setting, it offers both individual work within the group and collective exploration. Includes traditional Italian lunch and refreshments. Counts as personal therapy or CPD hours.
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Hosted by Giovanni Felice Pace
Psychologist, MSc, HCPC - Couns. Psych.
Group meets in Hove BN3
I work with trauma, identity, anxiety, depression, and relational difficulties.
The Andala Journey Therapy Marathon is a two-day intensive group experience for psychotherapists, counsellors, and trainees who wish to explore their own depth through creativity and relational process. Blending Transactional Analysis, Jungian Analytical Psychology, Art Therapy, and Dance Movement Psychotherapy, the marathon invites participants to move beyond words and engage with the unconscious through image, body, and dialogue. Guided by three facilitators in a small group setting, it offers both individual work within the group and collective exploration. Includes traditional Italian lunch and refreshments. Counts as personal therapy or CPD hours.
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This group will run for approximately 6 weeks. The group therapy will include talk therapy as well as psychoeducation around the role of sleep, nutrition and movement. It is possible the group could run for longer if participants want this. The group will run from Saturday 17th January at 12noon for 6 weeks.
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Hosted by Rachel Sills Penny-Lanyi
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Group meets in Crowborough TN6
This group will run for approximately 6 weeks. The group therapy will include talk therapy as well as psychoeducation around the role of sleep, nutrition and movement. It is possible the group could run for longer if participants want this. The group will run from Saturday 17th January at 12noon for 6 weeks.
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This group is for anyone over 18 who has experienced or is currently experiencing depression and anxiety. Opening up to others can be difficult. Being true to ourselves in relationship with others can be hard. This group is a safe space to be, explore and learn about depression and anxiety. And it is also a space to practice and challenge ourselves in a supportive and encouraging environment. This group will have no more than 6 participants. We are stronger together
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Hosted by Laurence Baretto de Souza
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Group meets in Seaford BN25
I have worked with people dealing with many issues including bereavements and loss, anxiety, depression, addictions, OCD, PTSD, phobias and eating disorders.
This group is for anyone over 18 who has experienced or is currently experiencing depression and anxiety. Opening up to others can be difficult. Being true to ourselves in relationship with others can be hard. This group is a safe space to be, explore and learn about depression and anxiety. And it is also a space to practice and challenge ourselves in a supportive and encouraging environment. This group will have no more than 6 participants. We are stronger together
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How to start lifting depression with tools and understanding by getting our emotional needs and system back in balance. Gain clarity about how it can help you, your family and friends to lift depression, so everyone can live happier and more effective lives. • How does depression take hold? • What can start making a difference now? • Tools and focus for the future. £6-8
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Hosted by Bunty Dann
Psychotherapist, MHGI
Group meets in Haywards Heath RH17
How to start lifting depression with tools and understanding by getting our emotional needs and system back in balance. Gain clarity about how it can help you, your family and friends to lift depression, so everyone can live happier and more effective lives. • How does depression take hold? • What can start making a difference now? • Tools and focus for the future. £6-8
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This group is for anyone over 18 who has been suffering of Chronic Pain. This group is a safe space to be, explore, learn and practice psycho-social treatments for chronic pain conditions such as IBS, Fibromyalgia, Functional Neurological Disorder whether they have been formally diagnose or not. The group will offer a supportive and encouraging space for people who suffer from chronic pain, reducing and freeing them through psychotherapeutic strategies.
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Hosted by Laurence Baretto de Souza
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Group meets in Seaford BN25
I have worked with people dealing with many issues including bereavements and loss, anxiety, depression, addictions, OCD, PTSD, phobias and eating disorders.
This group is for anyone over 18 who has been suffering of Chronic Pain. This group is a safe space to be, explore, learn and practice psycho-social treatments for chronic pain conditions such as IBS, Fibromyalgia, Functional Neurological Disorder whether they have been formally diagnose or not. The group will offer a supportive and encouraging space for people who suffer from chronic pain, reducing and freeing them through psychotherapeutic strategies.
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Online Groups

This is a supportive therapy group for individuals recovering from eating disorders, blending relational psychotherapy, parts work (IFS-informed), and psychoeducation. In a safe and compassionate space, we explore the emotional and relational roots of disordered eating. The group offers both experiential and educational elements, helping participants understand the psychology of eating disorders while practicing new ways of relating—to food, to others, and to themselves. Some of the topics we cover are: understanding the eating disorder as the tip of an iceberg, the neurobiology behind eating disorders, internal parts and their dynamics, body image etc.
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Hosted by Dunja Sullivan- Eating Disorders
Psychotherapist, MA
Group meets in London SW1V
This is a supportive therapy group for individuals recovering from eating disorders, blending relational psychotherapy, parts work (IFS-informed), and psychoeducation. In a safe and compassionate space, we explore the emotional and relational roots of disordered eating. The group offers both experiential and educational elements, helping participants understand the psychology of eating disorders while practicing new ways of relating—to food, to others, and to themselves. Some of the topics we cover are: understanding the eating disorder as the tip of an iceberg, the neurobiology behind eating disorders, internal parts and their dynamics, body image etc.
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Counselling for the LGBT community. Contact 07594 970537 https://www.ca-counselling.co.uk
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Hosted by Cesar Azevedo
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBACP
Group meets in London W1B
I work with anxiety, depression, stress, relationship issues, and personal growth.
Counselling for the LGBT community. Contact 07594 970537 https://www.ca-counselling.co.uk
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From birth, we are part of many groups — family, friends, school, work. Our lives are shaped by these experiences, often in ways we don't fully understand. Group Analytic Psychotherapy offers a unique space to explore relational difficulties in a safe, confidential setting. Within the group, you can reflect on patterns, build insight, and experiment with new ways of relating — without the real-life consequences. It’s a powerful and cost efficient way to understand yourself through others.
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Hosted by Katerina Dafini
Psychotherapist, MA, MUKCP
Group meets in Bromley BR1
From birth, we are part of many groups — family, friends, school, work. Our lives are shaped by these experiences, often in ways we don't fully understand. Group Analytic Psychotherapy offers a unique space to explore relational difficulties in a safe, confidential setting. Within the group, you can reflect on patterns, build insight, and experiment with new ways of relating — without the real-life consequences. It’s a powerful and cost efficient way to understand yourself through others.
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Most of us feel better when we have spent time in the great outdoors. At Wild Wellbeing we take this a step further by supporting our participants to engage in the natural world in holistic, meaningful and healing way using a proven and carefully crafted model of practice called the NatureWell Approach developed by Natural Academy. Our Nature Connection workshops provide groups with a fulfilling and healing experience which benefits individuals, communities and the natural world. Each workshop supports the group to engage with nature through the Five Pathways of Connection, Beauty, Emotion, Compassion & Meaning.
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Hosted by Edward Silver Ba (Hons)
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Group meets in Ipswich IP6
I work with clients who may be struggling with depression or trauma related to their relationships or family.
Most of us feel better when we have spent time in the great outdoors. At Wild Wellbeing we take this a step further by supporting our participants to engage in the natural world in holistic, meaningful and healing way using a proven and carefully crafted model of practice called the NatureWell Approach developed by Natural Academy. Our Nature Connection workshops provide groups with a fulfilling and healing experience which benefits individuals, communities and the natural world. Each workshop supports the group to engage with nature through the Five Pathways of Connection, Beauty, Emotion, Compassion & Meaning.
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Online group sharing experiences of living with adult ADHD and learning techniques and coping strategies to optimise potential. Group meets locally in London Borough of Sutton or surrounding locations
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Hosted by Matthew Butler
Verified Verified
Group meets in Carshalton SM5
Online group sharing experiences of living with adult ADHD and learning techniques and coping strategies to optimise potential. Group meets locally in London Borough of Sutton or surrounding locations
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This Online group is for you if you are currently struggling to maintain social connections, feeling lonely, feeling anxious, experiencing low moods, worried about getting sick, worried about loved ones getting sick, worried about financial insecurity and employment. I welcome you to share your experiences and work on understanding yourself in a compassionate and therapeutic environment. This group setting can help you realise that you are not alone and help you on your journey towards improving your mental health.
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Hosted by Melissa Thompson
Counsellor, DCounsPsych, MBACP
Group meets in London SE1
This Online group is for you if you are currently struggling to maintain social connections, feeling lonely, feeling anxious, experiencing low moods, worried about getting sick, worried about loved ones getting sick, worried about financial insecurity and employment. I welcome you to share your experiences and work on understanding yourself in a compassionate and therapeutic environment. This group setting can help you realise that you are not alone and help you on your journey towards improving your mental health.
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If you experience social-anxiety, feel excluded in social situations or insecure in your relationships, psychodrama could be for you. Psychodrama offers a dynamic and creative way to explore your emotions, relationships, and personal challenges in a group context. Psychodrama works creatively, through action and role-play to bring your experiences to life, helping you gain insight, develop spontaneity, and build emotional resilience within a supportive group setting. No acting experience is needed. Whether you want to process past experiences, improve relationships, or discover new ways of being, this group offers a safe, evidence-based and transformative space.
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Hosted by William Berisch-Secretan
Psychotherapist, MA, MUKCP
Group meets in London NW1
If you experience social-anxiety, feel excluded in social situations or insecure in your relationships, psychodrama could be for you. Psychodrama offers a dynamic and creative way to explore your emotions, relationships, and personal challenges in a group context. Psychodrama works creatively, through action and role-play to bring your experiences to life, helping you gain insight, develop spontaneity, and build emotional resilience within a supportive group setting. No acting experience is needed. Whether you want to process past experiences, improve relationships, or discover new ways of being, this group offers a safe, evidence-based and transformative space.
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Analytic group therapy - meeting in person weekly. People joining this carefully selected group seek to work through personal and/or professional issues. Group aims to achieve a climate where each member has the feeling of being supported towards creativity, freedom and connection. Hoping to work towards courage to go on, climbing the mountain, to understand self and others. To find out more please visit http://thegrouptherapyspace.com or any questions do get in touch on Vasili@thegrouptherapyspace.com for a discussion and a free 1-1
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Hosted by Vasilios Magalios
Psychotherapist, MUKCP
Group meets in London NW3
Analytic group therapy - meeting in person weekly. People joining this carefully selected group seek to work through personal and/or professional issues. Group aims to achieve a climate where each member has the feeling of being supported towards creativity, freedom and connection. Hoping to work towards courage to go on, climbing the mountain, to understand self and others. To find out more please visit http://thegrouptherapyspace.com or any questions do get in touch on Vasili@thegrouptherapyspace.com for a discussion and a free 1-1
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This group offers a compassionate and safe space for anyone navigating the pain of loss. Whether your grief is six months old or long-held you are welcome here. Through gentle sharing, deep listening, and the presence of others who understand, you will be reminded you are not alone. Grief is not something you 'get over' - it's something we learn to move with as our lives grow around it. This group offers space to explore the grief that shapes you, teaches you, and transforms you over time. Together we will honor your process and support one another.
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Hosted by Lisa Goldsmith
Psychotherapist, MSc, BACP
Group meets in London SW6
This group offers a compassionate and safe space for anyone navigating the pain of loss. Whether your grief is six months old or long-held you are welcome here. Through gentle sharing, deep listening, and the presence of others who understand, you will be reminded you are not alone. Grief is not something you 'get over' - it's something we learn to move with as our lives grow around it. This group offers space to explore the grief that shapes you, teaches you, and transforms you over time. Together we will honor your process and support one another.
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Depression is a mood state ranging from sadness and unhappiness to feelings of dejection and hopelessness. At their most severe these emotions are usually accompanied by high levels of pessimism with lack of hope for the future. On completion of the group programme members will understand the cycle of depression. Develop skills and coping strategies to manage the symptoms and achieve their personal goals and use contingency planning strategies to resolve any setbacks in their progress. Closed group. Attendance is weekly for 9 sessions inclusive of one follow up session. Groups are a safe and confidential method of therapeutic intervention.
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Hosted by One -&- One
Psychologist, MSc, HCPC - Couns. Psych.
Group meets in London E18
Depression is a mood state ranging from sadness and unhappiness to feelings of dejection and hopelessness. At their most severe these emotions are usually accompanied by high levels of pessimism with lack of hope for the future. On completion of the group programme members will understand the cycle of depression. Develop skills and coping strategies to manage the symptoms and achieve their personal goals and use contingency planning strategies to resolve any setbacks in their progress. Closed group. Attendance is weekly for 9 sessions inclusive of one follow up session. Groups are a safe and confidential method of therapeutic intervention.
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"One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is to listen to each others stories" - Rebecca Falls. Join me as we talk about relationships, abuse, anxiety or depression in a safe and supportive group environment and feel less isolated. Groups are to be held online on a weekly basis giving you the space to reflect, overcome, strengthen and feel empowered. Minimum of 6 participants. Contact talkingminds.sabrina@gmail.com or 07701371334 to make a booking. Groups will take place every Thursday from 10am-11:30am or Sundays 10am-11:30am. Concessions available for block booking.
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Hosted by Sabrina Khan
Counsellor, BACP
Group meets in Uxbridge UB8
"One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is to listen to each others stories" - Rebecca Falls. Join me as we talk about relationships, abuse, anxiety or depression in a safe and supportive group environment and feel less isolated. Groups are to be held online on a weekly basis giving you the space to reflect, overcome, strengthen and feel empowered. Minimum of 6 participants. Contact talkingminds.sabrina@gmail.com or 07701371334 to make a booking. Groups will take place every Thursday from 10am-11:30am or Sundays 10am-11:30am. Concessions available for block booking.
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Family Constellations is an approach to help us find peace and reconciliation with the members of our family, or anyone with whom we are closely related. We learn to understand the underlying cause of any relationship problem, and discover how we are connected to the collective energy field of our family, culture or country, and how traumas of past generations still influence our lives and the decisions we take.
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Hosted by Family Constellation London
Psychotherapist, MSc, MUKCP
Group meets in London SW7
Family Constellations is an approach to help us find peace and reconciliation with the members of our family, or anyone with whom we are closely related. We learn to understand the underlying cause of any relationship problem, and discover how we are connected to the collective energy field of our family, culture or country, and how traumas of past generations still influence our lives and the decisions we take.
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Ecotherapy weaves together the relational aspects of self, others (group participants) and nature to regain a sense of belonging, identity and collective healing. The group experience draws upon spiritual elements and psychotherapeutic theories to create a relational wholeness of our inner and outer worlds.
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Hosted by Hulya Kusella
Psychotherapist, MBACP Accred
Group meets in Mitcham CR4
Ecotherapy weaves together the relational aspects of self, others (group participants) and nature to regain a sense of belonging, identity and collective healing. The group experience draws upon spiritual elements and psychotherapeutic theories to create a relational wholeness of our inner and outer worlds.
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A year-long, ONLINE course for 20-25 year olds to learn practical mental health tools, therapeutic arts and psychological theories to enable emotional self-care and appropriate care of others. Please note: although this group will include therapeutic components which help issues such as depression and anxiety, it is not a therapy group, nor a replacement for one-to-one therapy. Participants who are struggling with their mental health are very welcome to join, but are required to take responsibility for ensuring they have adequate therapeutic support outside of the group to address challenges they may be navigating.
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Hosted by Gen Z Therapy - James Arnoldi MBACP
Counsellor, MBACP
Group meets in London N20
A year-long, ONLINE course for 20-25 year olds to learn practical mental health tools, therapeutic arts and psychological theories to enable emotional self-care and appropriate care of others. Please note: although this group will include therapeutic components which help issues such as depression and anxiety, it is not a therapy group, nor a replacement for one-to-one therapy. Participants who are struggling with their mental health are very welcome to join, but are required to take responsibility for ensuring they have adequate therapeutic support outside of the group to address challenges they may be navigating.
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This is a challenging and nourishing space for personal growth. We meet online Thursday mornings and in person on Monday evenings in NW3. People stay for at least a year which enables them to make deep and lasting changes. It is helpful for people who would like to achieve their life ambitions, get a stronger sense of self, be more confident, better at saying no, less anxious/ depressed and more connected to others. This is a space to slow down, get to know yourself more and experience yourself as others see you. Clients work with Anna 1-1 before joining.
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Hosted by Anna Maratos
Psychotherapist, MSc, MUKCP
Group meets in London NW3
This is a challenging and nourishing space for personal growth. We meet online Thursday mornings and in person on Monday evenings in NW3. People stay for at least a year which enables them to make deep and lasting changes. It is helpful for people who would like to achieve their life ambitions, get a stronger sense of self, be more confident, better at saying no, less anxious/ depressed and more connected to others. This is a space to slow down, get to know yourself more and experience yourself as others see you. Clients work with Anna 1-1 before joining.
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Depression Support Groups
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognise and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.

What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.

What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioural activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.

Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.

How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.