Support Groups in Ventura, CA

Family Group for Family Members Addiction
Support group for family members affected by a loved ones addiction. For parents, spouses, siblings who have been affected by a family members substance use. Weekly Support Group with educational material, support, process groups, coping tools. Join the confidential group ...
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Hosted by Dr. Maggie Lavey
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, PsyD, LPCC, EMDR
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
Support group for family members affected by a loved ones addiction. For parents, spouses, siblings who have been affected by a family members substance use. Weekly Support Group with educational material, support, process groups, coping tools. Join the confidential group ...
(805) 321-1547 View (805) 321-1547
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Groups-Ventura
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Life Skills Therapy Group in Ventura. VIDEO THERAPY. Decrease depression, anxiety, anger, relationship conflicts, mood disorders, personality disorders & other emotional/mental health issues. Teaches mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance & interpersonal effectiveness skills; offers support. Safe, ...
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Hosted by Heidi Allison Dbt Therapist; New Directions Dbt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, DBT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Life Skills Therapy Group in Ventura. VIDEO THERAPY. Decrease depression, anxiety, anger, relationship conflicts, mood disorders, personality disorders & other emotional/mental health issues. Teaches mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance & interpersonal effectiveness skills; offers support. Safe, ...
(562) 374-7916 View (562) 374-7916
Music and Art Therapy
This group is an hour and a half long music and art therapy group that is designed for individuals who want help managing stress, depression and for anyone interested in the therapeutic aspects of artistic and musical expression. We will ...
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Hosted by Sara Trevino Faulstich
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
This group is an hour and a half long music and art therapy group that is designed for individuals who want help managing stress, depression and for anyone interested in the therapeutic aspects of artistic and musical expression. We will ...
(805) 301-5917 View (805) 301-5917
Art Therapy/Men & Women In Transition
This group experience will help you cultivate your compassionate heart. Your sense of trust will grow. Your feelings of safety and comfort will increase. You will feel more confident to seek out new experiences and create new opportunities for yourself. ...
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Hosted by Bonnie Rose
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
This group experience will help you cultivate your compassionate heart. Your sense of trust will grow. Your feelings of safety and comfort will increase. You will feel more confident to seek out new experiences and create new opportunities for yourself. ...
(818) 850-7547 View (818) 850-7547
Triple P Positive Parenting Group
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Hosted by Rosetta Katin Willms
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 797-3691 View (805) 797-3691
Personal Trauma and Parenting
This group is a 8 week series geared to support parents whom have experienced emotional trauma in any form, and desire to explore how their personal trauma affects their parenting and relationships with their children. Coping skills and building mindful ...
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Hosted by Ragan Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, BCBA
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93001
This group is a 8 week series geared to support parents whom have experienced emotional trauma in any form, and desire to explore how their personal trauma affects their parenting and relationships with their children. Coping skills and building mindful ...
(747) 215-8617 View (747) 215-8617
Myths in Recovery: A Process Group
This is a process-oriented group that explores myths, legends, and folktales as a way to uncover hidden insights that support the process of recovery and create a meaningful life. Evidence-based techniques are used to help members identify and amplify personal ...
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Hosted by Kelsey Hawk
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, CADC-I
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
This is a process-oriented group that explores myths, legends, and folktales as a way to uncover hidden insights that support the process of recovery and create a meaningful life. Evidence-based techniques are used to help members identify and amplify personal ...
(805) 410-9807 View (805) 410-9807
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Both a women's and men's groups are facilitated separately adhering to Linehan's DBT model. The environment is safe and confidential and the focus is on recovery from life transition, grief, anxiety, addiction, eating disorders, emotion dysregulation, anger, depression, PTSD, and ...
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Hosted by Elizabeth A Hollon
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
Both a women's and men's groups are facilitated separately adhering to Linehan's DBT model. The environment is safe and confidential and the focus is on recovery from life transition, grief, anxiety, addiction, eating disorders, emotion dysregulation, anger, depression, PTSD, and ...
(805) 918-5927 View (805) 918-5927
First Responder Partner Support Group
This is a support group for all first responder partners and runs from 10/11/23 through 12/13/23. My purpose for this group is to support partners and normalize the unique first responder culture, and I provide a space for members to ...
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Hosted by Maggie Hernandez
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
This is a support group for all first responder partners and runs from 10/11/23 through 12/13/23. My purpose for this group is to support partners and normalize the unique first responder culture, and I provide a space for members to ...
(805) 918-8218 View (805) 918-8218
Creating Healthy Relationships
Creating Healthy Relationships, a therapy group for women, focuses on co-dependency issues and empowerment in relationships. In the safety of a secure environment, you will gain insight into yourself and how you function in relationships, starting with the relationship with ...
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Hosted by Healthy Relationships Services
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93001
Creating Healthy Relationships, a therapy group for women, focuses on co-dependency issues and empowerment in relationships. In the safety of a secure environment, you will gain insight into yourself and how you function in relationships, starting with the relationship with ...
(424) 294-8858 View (424) 294-8858
ZOOM- Group Meditation & Mindful Living
Beginners+ Virtual, Jan. 23, 2021, Saturday morning, 10-11 AM starts my next 6- week class. Learn how to meditate and to live more mindfully. The class combines meditation time followed by questions to help you tweak your meditation experience and ...
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Hosted by Kimberly Wulfert PhD
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
Beginners+ Virtual, Jan. 23, 2021, Saturday morning, 10-11 AM starts my next 6- week class. Learn how to meditate and to live more mindfully. The class combines meditation time followed by questions to help you tweak your meditation experience and ...
(805) 491-4509 View (805) 491-4509
Family Psychological Services
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Hosted by Traci Babcock
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 232-7943 View (805) 232-7943
Adult Responsibility
This is a group designed to instruct adults on the basic principles of finance: Budgetting, Effective Communication, Living within your means. This runs for 24 sessions, There is a waiting list, if interested please contact Dr T. Taylor
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Hosted by Dr T. Taylor
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93004
This is a group designed to instruct adults on the basic principles of finance: Budgetting, Effective Communication, Living within your means. This runs for 24 sessions, There is a waiting list, if interested please contact Dr T. Taylor
(805) 920-8375 View (805) 920-8375
DBT
Group Therapy
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Hosted by Changing Tides Treatment
Treatment Center, CATC, lll, CIP
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
Group Therapy
(805) 307-7715 View (805) 307-7715
Mens Group..... relationships and emotional growth
This is a men's group which allows for personal exploration and growth into the issues related to men's relational and emotive well being. The benefit of a cohesive, therapist supported peer group is healing and informative. The groups will run ...
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Hosted by Demi Shugrue
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, PsyD, RN, BS, MA, LPCC, MFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
This is a men's group which allows for personal exploration and growth into the issues related to men's relational and emotive well being. The benefit of a cohesive, therapist supported peer group is healing and informative. The groups will run ...
(805) 273-5336 View (805) 273-5336
Altar Building and Grief Process
Bring pictures of loved ones, artifacts that represent their life, foods they loved, flowers, cloth, and a box to build your altar. Group grief after altar building.
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Hosted by Jacqueline F Moore
Marriage & Family Therapist
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93001
Bring pictures of loved ones, artifacts that represent their life, foods they loved, flowers, cloth, and a box to build your altar. Group grief after altar building.
(805) 237-5080 View (805) 237-5080
Women's Support Group
This group provides an empathetic and supportive space for women who are seeking connection through reflection and introspection. We will use mindfulness, journaling and other creative methods to explore feelings, values and beliefs. The overall focus of the group is ...
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Hosted by Nicole Tries-Botti
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93001
This group provides an empathetic and supportive space for women who are seeking connection through reflection and introspection. We will use mindfulness, journaling and other creative methods to explore feelings, values and beliefs. The overall focus of the group is ...
(805) 519-8056 View (805) 519-8056
First Responder Partner Support Group
This is a group for all first responder partners. The purpose of this group is to support and normalize the unique culture that first responder families go through. My goal is to create a safe and understanding space to freely ...
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Hosted by Destiny Morris
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
This is a group for all first responder partners. The purpose of this group is to support and normalize the unique culture that first responder families go through. My goal is to create a safe and understanding space to freely ...
(805) 900-4038 View (805) 900-4038
Sex Addiction Recovery
Sex Addiction Recovery Education and Therapy for the addict and their spouses.
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Hosted by Paul R Booth
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, MFT, MAC, CSAT, CMAT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
Sex Addiction Recovery Education and Therapy for the addict and their spouses.
(805) 307-3542 View (805) 307-3542
Pregnancy Loss Support Group
Our group comes together to honor your loss while creating a space to share, receive support and connect with others who have experienced the loss of a pregnancy. Losing a pregnancy is often a loss that is undervalued in our ...
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Hosted by Laurel Connell
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93001
Our group comes together to honor your loss while creating a space to share, receive support and connect with others who have experienced the loss of a pregnancy. Losing a pregnancy is often a loss that is undervalued in our ...
(805) 242-0054 View (805) 242-0054

What is the difference between Group Therapy and a Support Group?
Ventura Support Groups and Group Therapy both offer a safe place to explore important issues. It is important, however, to understand the difference between the two.

Group therapy in Ventura is led by a therapist, group psychotherapist, or group counselor, and is generally structured around an issue. The therapist guides the group through a program as the group works together to better understand thoughts and feelings. Experienced therapists lead psychotherapy groups for various ages, such as adults, and specific issues including anger management, anxiety, and coping skills.

Support groups in Ventura are usually facilitated by a therapist or counselor, but can also be led by members with lived experiences. Generally, a support group is less structured than a therapy group. Support groups bring together members to provide support and strength to each other, often around a common challenge such as addiction or grief.

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.

Is Group Therapy Right For You?
Group therapy in Ventura allows you to benefit from the experiences and sharing of others. Listening to others, and recognizing what you have in common, allows you to learn about yourself. In the group environment, where therapy types such as Mindfulness Based group therapy are used, you can recognize aspects of yourself that you may choose to modify or change.

As other members share about their lives, you might see your own experiences or see patterns you hadn’t noticed previously. The group allows you to better understand issues you might not have noticed before.

Hearing the stories of group members gets you outside of yourself and helps you see your life differently. As you do that, a process of self-acceptance and empathy for others occurs as you learn to relate with others in the group.

Group therapy and support groups in Ventura can also be a less expensive alternative to individual therapy. While you should check with your insurance company, you’ll often find that therapist led group psychotherapy is covered, while peer-led support groups are not. Either way, group session costs are generally less expensive than individual therapy.