Process Group for Autistic Young Adults
Group members get to check in and discuss current life events. Group members provide support for one another while learning tools to address daily stressors. The group provides a positive space that validates each members unique experience, while also normalizing ...
Hosted by Toribio Psychological Services
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fresno, CA 93722
Group members get to check in and discuss current life events. Group members provide support for one another while learning tools to address daily stressors. The group provides a positive space that validates each members unique experience, while also normalizing ...
Sexuality and Mindfulness
Eight session workshop for women to explore how using Mindfulness can enable enhancement of arousal, desire and sexual satisfaction. Mindfulness has proven to be the most powerful way learning how to enjoy our sexuality. Contact me for more information. This ...
Hosted by Ellen Noon
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT, CEMDR
Verified Verified
Group meets in Cupertino, CA 95014
Eight session workshop for women to explore how using Mindfulness can enable enhancement of arousal, desire and sexual satisfaction. Mindfulness has proven to be the most powerful way learning how to enjoy our sexuality. Contact me for more information. This ...
High School Support Group
The group members are high school students from the Conejo Valley and surrounding areas. Our group population struggles with mental health issues such as depression, anger, anxiety, friendships or family dynamics, COVID worries, and low self-esteem. We meet weekly from ...
Hosted by Daniel Veselak
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Westlake Village, CA 91361
The group members are high school students from the Conejo Valley and surrounding areas. Our group population struggles with mental health issues such as depression, anger, anxiety, friendships or family dynamics, COVID worries, and low self-esteem. We meet weekly from ...
Multifamily Teen DBT Group-Encino
In our DBT group, we meet with teens & parents for the first half of the session where we teach mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and effective communication skills. In the second half of each session, the group splits into ...
Hosted by Curt Widhalm
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Encino, CA 91436
In our DBT group, we meet with teens & parents for the first half of the session where we teach mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and effective communication skills. In the second half of each session, the group splits into ...
Gray Divorce Support Group-accepting new members
Many adults are faced with divorce after long marriages. These divorces can have unique challenges. Lessen the pain of your Gray Divorce and move on with the support of others. I am facilitating a Gray Divorce Support group for men ...
Hosted by Lynn Erwin
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Carlsbad, CA 92008
Many adults are faced with divorce after long marriages. These divorces can have unique challenges. Lessen the pain of your Gray Divorce and move on with the support of others. I am facilitating a Gray Divorce Support group for men ...
Womens Group
Women's group addressing issues that women encounter in later adulthood, divorce, empty nest, menopause
Hosted by Kathleen Laub, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Torrance, CA 90505
Women's group addressing issues that women encounter in later adulthood, divorce, empty nest, menopause
Quest Therapeutic Camp
"A place for spirits to soar", Quest provides an intensive five-day-week summer and once a week, 2-hour Afterschool program. The evidence-based summer program has been found to have "a strong treatment effect at reducing global impairment". Quest provides a therapeutic ...
"A place for spirits to soar", Quest provides an intensive five-day-week summer and once a week, 2-hour Afterschool program. The evidence-based summer program has been found to have "a strong treatment effect at reducing global impairment". Quest provides a therapeutic ...
Grief Process Group
Grief is not linear. Whether you are processing a recent loss or still reeling in waves of losing a loved one years ago — this group could be of benefit for you. There are many stages to the grief process ...
Hosted by Claire Blakey
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Grief is not linear. Whether you are processing a recent loss or still reeling in waves of losing a loved one years ago — this group could be of benefit for you. There are many stages to the grief process ...
Anger Management
An educational course for males and females. The 10-week course tackles topics like relationship roles, communication skills, triggers, and changing self-defeating behaviors. During the weekly group session, participants learn they cannot always change their external environment, but they can change ...
Hosted by I AM Solutions Counseling Services
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Bernardino, CA 92408
An educational course for males and females. The 10-week course tackles topics like relationship roles, communication skills, triggers, and changing self-defeating behaviors. During the weekly group session, participants learn they cannot always change their external environment, but they can change ...
Postpartum Support Group - Coming Soon!
This will be a support group offered at The Women’s Hospital at MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills, CA, for women who are in the postpartum stage of motherhood. It will be free to join. Due to COVID-19, the ...
Hosted by Melissa Wright
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Laguna Hills, CA 92653
This will be a support group offered at The Women’s Hospital at MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills, CA, for women who are in the postpartum stage of motherhood. It will be free to join. Due to COVID-19, the ...
Centro de Psicologia Cultural
We emphasize the right of families and individuals to complete treatment goals and receive services that enhance our human dignity and are consistent, continuous and intense as needed. We work for the right to linguistically and culturally competent mental health ...
We emphasize the right of families and individuals to complete treatment goals and receive services that enhance our human dignity and are consistent, continuous and intense as needed. We work for the right to linguistically and culturally competent mental health ...
Carter Psychotherapy Collective
Hosted by Joshua Sullivan
Pre-Licensed Professional, ACSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in South Pasadena, CA 91030
Storm Haven, Counseling & Wellness
Welcome to our practice of dedicated mental health providers! Supporting fellow humans is at the core of our mission. Life's storms can be overwhelming, leaving you feeling lost. Here, you'll find a safe haven where we comprehend the complexities of ...
Hosted by Christopher Figueroa
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Temecula, CA 92592
Welcome to our practice of dedicated mental health providers! Supporting fellow humans is at the core of our mission. Life's storms can be overwhelming, leaving you feeling lost. Here, you'll find a safe haven where we comprehend the complexities of ...
No More Nightmares Class
Learn how to use Planned Dream Intervention® to help you end nightmares. This is a class, not therapy, and also provides you with my book. Most individuals who learn how to effectively use this skill are no longer woken up ...
Learn how to use Planned Dream Intervention® to help you end nightmares. This is a class, not therapy, and also provides you with my book. Most individuals who learn how to effectively use this skill are no longer woken up ...
Transcendelic Retreats
Transcendelic’s mission is transcendence through psychedelic experiences. We host a variety of holistic wellness retreats utilizing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Ketamine is a legal psychedelic medicine that pairs well with psychotherapy in conjunction with a safe and compassionate space and time for ...
Hosted by Amy Milroy
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, APRN
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Diego, CA 92117
Transcendelic’s mission is transcendence through psychedelic experiences. We host a variety of holistic wellness retreats utilizing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Ketamine is a legal psychedelic medicine that pairs well with psychotherapy in conjunction with a safe and compassionate space and time for ...
Men's sexual addiction recovery group
Hosted by Mark Manley Counseling
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Temecula, CA 92590
In A Boring Relationship. Stuck And Hating It?
Learn how to better communicate, tackle sex and intimacy issues, make your relationship a priority, and develop skills to better handle conflict. Perhaps you've struggled with long-standing issues, and whether to get professional help. You want things to change but ...
Hosted by Reconnect Relationship - Dr. Gilbert Chalepas
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Hollywood, CA 90069
Learn how to better communicate, tackle sex and intimacy issues, make your relationship a priority, and develop skills to better handle conflict. Perhaps you've struggled with long-standing issues, and whether to get professional help. You want things to change but ...
DBT Skills Group
Hosted by Hannah Michele Raiden-Wright
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MPH
Verified Verified
Group meets in Oakland, CA 94610
Reflective Parenting
The Reflective Parenting Program is an experiential and evidence based 12-week workshop designed to enhance critical parenting skills, most notably the capacity to make meaning out of a child's behavior. Topics include: temperament, responding to children's emotions, separation and the ...
Hosted by Stephanie Mahalec
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90025
The Reflective Parenting Program is an experiential and evidence based 12-week workshop designed to enhance critical parenting skills, most notably the capacity to make meaning out of a child's behavior. Topics include: temperament, responding to children's emotions, separation and the ...
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in California?
Search for nearby support groups by inputting your city, zip 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 zip 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 counseling is typically less expensive than individual counseling, with each session costing on average between $60 to $75. Meanwhile, individual therapy sessions can run anywhere from $100 to $200 and up, even after insurance. It is possible to find low-cost group therapy options and many therapists offer group sessions free of charge.
Does insurance cover group therapy?
As with individual therapy, many insurance companies do offer coverage for group therapy sessions. However, the coverage varies based on your insurance plan details and whether you choose an in-network or out-of-network mental healthcare provider. Individuals are encouraged to check with their insurance providers to verify coverage.
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.