Support Groups in Ventura, CA
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 for 6 weeks and commitment to the group is essential. The groups are confidential and the setting is comfortable and welcoming. Feel free to call the office with questions or more information. 805-910-5944
Hosted by Dr. Demi Shugrue
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, PsyD, RN, BS, MA, LPCC, MFT
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 for 6 weeks and commitment to the group is essential. The groups are confidential and the setting is comfortable and welcoming. Feel free to call the office with questions or more information. 805-910-5944
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, confidential, non-judgmental & compassionate environment to heal, discover one's strengths, learn effective coping skills. Evidence-based practice; trained by Marsha Linehan, founder of DBT; 18-20 weeks, Mons, 4p-6p. Groups are ongoing; spots open. Heidi Allison, LCSW, 562-449-7298; email: heidiar@sbcglobal.net. Cost: I bill Gold Coast/Beacon, Medicare and Kaiser, or Cash: $50 per session.
Hosted by Heidi Allison Dbt Therapist; New Directions Dbt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, DBT
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, confidential, non-judgmental & compassionate environment to heal, discover one's strengths, learn effective coping skills. Evidence-based practice; trained by Marsha Linehan, founder of DBT; 18-20 weeks, Mons, 4p-6p. Groups are ongoing; spots open. Heidi Allison, LCSW, 562-449-7298; email: heidiar@sbcglobal.net. Cost: I bill Gold Coast/Beacon, Medicare and Kaiser, or Cash: $50 per session.
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 narratives and increase motivation for positive change. The primary focus of this group is to facilitate discussion related to growth and resilience in the recovery process that assist members in creating a sense of meaning and purpose in their lives.
Hosted by Kelsey Hawk
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CADC-II
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 narratives and increase motivation for positive change. The primary focus of this group is to facilitate discussion related to growth and resilience in the recovery process that assist members in creating a sense of meaning and purpose in their lives.
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 borderline PD. The groups are two hours long and are offered weekly. The atmosphere is warm, inviting, non-judgemental with a focus on validation, understanding, and healing, What will be achieved is an in depth understand of mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation. The journey is life changing!
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 borderline PD. The groups are two hours long and are offered weekly. The atmosphere is warm, inviting, non-judgemental with a focus on validation, understanding, and healing, What will be achieved is an in depth understand of mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation. The journey is life changing!
Join our FREE nationwide online support group for young people (16+) with OCD! This safe, judgment-free space offers an opportunity to connect with others and discuss challenges like mental compulsions, shame, and more. Moderated by an experienced ERP therapist, the group provides support for those new to treatment or seeking a community that understands. Meetings are held every 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM PST. We look forward to having you! Learn more & join here [anxietyexperts.com/supportgroup]
Hosted by Alexandra Neff
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
Join our FREE nationwide online support group for young people (16+) with OCD! This safe, judgment-free space offers an opportunity to connect with others and discuss challenges like mental compulsions, shame, and more. Moderated by an experienced ERP therapist, the group provides support for those new to treatment or seeking a community that understands. Meetings are held every 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM PST. We look forward to having you! Learn more & join here [anxietyexperts.com/supportgroup]
Sex Addiction Recovery Education and Therapy for the addict and their spouses.
Hosted by Paul R Booth
Marriage & Family Therapist, LPCC, MFT, MAC, CSAT, CMAT
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
Sex Addiction Recovery Education and Therapy for the addict and their spouses.
8-Week Grief Support Group in Ventura Hosted by Ceci Frost, AMFT You don't have to navigate grief alone. If you are in your first year of loss, this closed, in-person group offers a supportive space to process emotions, connect with others, and learn tools for healing. Starts: May 22, 2025 — Thursday evenings Location: Coastal Coworking, Ventura, CA Format: Closed group (4–8 participants, same members throughout) Cost: $50 per week, paid in 4-week installments Space is limited.
8-Week Grief Support Group in Ventura Hosted by Ceci Frost, AMFT You don't have to navigate grief alone. If you are in your first year of loss, this closed, in-person group offers a supportive space to process emotions, connect with others, and learn tools for healing. Starts: May 22, 2025 — Thursday evenings Location: Coastal Coworking, Ventura, CA Format: Closed group (4–8 participants, same members throughout) Cost: $50 per week, paid in 4-week installments Space is limited.
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. Your inner wisdom will become available to you. Your relationships will blossom. Join us.
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. Your inner wisdom will become available to you. Your relationships will blossom. Join us.
This Group is for Adults who identify as ADHD and want to find connection with other ADHDers. This is a virtual group that will meet for 12 weeks at a time. Email josh at josh@joshmanneytherapy.com to schedule a phone consult and to sign up.
This Group is for Adults who identify as ADHD and want to find connection with other ADHDers. This is a virtual group that will meet for 12 weeks at a time. Email josh at josh@joshmanneytherapy.com to schedule a phone consult and to sign up.
The DBT group focuses on learning the main tenets of dialectical behavioral therapy in a group setting. Focus will be on distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal connectedness. This is a safe and warm place to learn these skills. Perfect for people who have difficulty with emotion regulation, abandonment and attachment issues, anger management, and impulse control. Group totally confidential.
The DBT group focuses on learning the main tenets of dialectical behavioral therapy in a group setting. Focus will be on distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal connectedness. This is a safe and warm place to learn these skills. Perfect for people who have difficulty with emotion regulation, abandonment and attachment issues, anger management, and impulse control. Group totally confidential.
Our Batterer's Intervention Program meets court mandates and probation requirements. Both court mandated and volunteer individuals are welcome. Our program teaches what domestic violence is, how is starts, how is affects children and other family members and tools to manage anger and aggression. Call today to schedule an intake appointment. At the intake please bring the following: Court Minutes, ID and intake fee of $70. Weekly fee is $35. Sliding scale for those who qualify.
Our Batterer's Intervention Program meets court mandates and probation requirements. Both court mandated and volunteer individuals are welcome. Our program teaches what domestic violence is, how is starts, how is affects children and other family members and tools to manage anger and aggression. Call today to schedule an intake appointment. At the intake please bring the following: Court Minutes, ID and intake fee of $70. Weekly fee is $35. Sliding scale for those who qualify.
This group is designed for those we have worked with in the past and or who have experience with KAP. We ask that all participants engage in integration therapy with myself or their primary therapist with whom we collaborate. There are 3-5 participants and these groups are held as needed 1-3 times per month. They are 3 hours long and provide medical and therapeutic support from me and Dr Ben Mati, MD.
This group is designed for those we have worked with in the past and or who have experience with KAP. We ask that all participants engage in integration therapy with myself or their primary therapist with whom we collaborate. There are 3-5 participants and these groups are held as needed 1-3 times per month. They are 3 hours long and provide medical and therapeutic support from me and Dr Ben Mati, MD.
Join our FREE nationwide online support group for young people (16+) with OCD! This safe, judgment-free space offers an opportunity to connect with others and discuss challenges like mental compulsions, shame, and more. Moderated by an experienced ERP therapist, the group provides support for those new to treatment or seeking a community that understands. Meetings are held every 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM PST. We look forward to having you! Learn more & join here [anxietyexperts.com/supportgroup]
Join our FREE nationwide online support group for young people (16+) with OCD! This safe, judgment-free space offers an opportunity to connect with others and discuss challenges like mental compulsions, shame, and more. Moderated by an experienced ERP therapist, the group provides support for those new to treatment or seeking a community that understands. Meetings are held every 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM PST. We look forward to having you! Learn more & join here [anxietyexperts.com/supportgroup]
This group is for moms who have recently given birth H 0-12 months) and would like a warm sharing sensitive group to discuss ups and downs of new motherhood.
Hosted by Vanessa Schor-Yakobian, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
This group is for moms who have recently given birth H 0-12 months) and would like a warm sharing sensitive group to discuss ups and downs of new motherhood.
Online Support Group. Did you grow up feeling as if no matter what you did it wasn't enough for your mother? There was always something she found to criticize you. Even though you've grown up you are still looking for her approval. This group is a process group for women who are looking for support and understanding from other women that have gone through the same experience. Starting July 27th
Online Support Group. Did you grow up feeling as if no matter what you did it wasn't enough for your mother? There was always something she found to criticize you. Even though you've grown up you are still looking for her approval. This group is a process group for women who are looking for support and understanding from other women that have gone through the same experience. Starting July 27th
This group is not currently active. Please feel free to email me to be placed on a waitlist for any upcoming groups.
Hosted by Kelsey Hawk
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CADC-II
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93003
This group is not currently active. Please feel free to email me to be placed on a waitlist for any upcoming groups.
Join our FREE nationwide online support group for young people (16+) with OCD! This safe, judgment-free space offers an opportunity to connect with others and discuss challenges like mental compulsions, shame, and more. Moderated by an experienced ERP therapist, the group provides support for those new to treatment or seeking a community that understands. Meetings are held every 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM PST. We look forward to having you! Learn more & join here [anxietyexperts.com/supportgroup]
Join our FREE nationwide online support group for young people (16+) with OCD! This safe, judgment-free space offers an opportunity to connect with others and discuss challenges like mental compulsions, shame, and more. Moderated by an experienced ERP therapist, the group provides support for those new to treatment or seeking a community that understands. Meetings are held every 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM PST. We look forward to having you! Learn more & join here [anxietyexperts.com/supportgroup]
Take the next step on your personal journey! Embrace spontaneity and freedom. Cultivate presence. Find inspiration. Make commitments. Invite curiosity. Balance mind, body and spirit. Value self-love. Be brave. Know empathy. Open to the mystery Celebrate life. Have fun! Every time you listen to your heart, you move closer to your souls' true calling. Explore freedom, acceptance and experimentation as Bonnie guides you to tune into your intuition, release expectations and welcome joyful authentic expression into your life and creative process.
Take the next step on your personal journey! Embrace spontaneity and freedom. Cultivate presence. Find inspiration. Make commitments. Invite curiosity. Balance mind, body and spirit. Value self-love. Be brave. Know empathy. Open to the mystery Celebrate life. Have fun! Every time you listen to your heart, you move closer to your souls' true calling. Explore freedom, acceptance and experimentation as Bonnie guides you to tune into your intuition, release expectations and welcome joyful authentic expression into your life and creative process.
Join our FREE nationwide online support group for young people (16+) with OCD! This safe, judgment-free space offers an opportunity to connect with others and discuss challenges like mental compulsions, shame, and more. Moderated by an experienced ERP therapist, the group provides support for those new to treatment or seeking a community that understands. Meetings are held every 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM PST. We look forward to having you! Learn more & join here [anxietyexperts.com/supportgroup]
Join our FREE nationwide online support group for young people (16+) with OCD! This safe, judgment-free space offers an opportunity to connect with others and discuss challenges like mental compulsions, shame, and more. Moderated by an experienced ERP therapist, the group provides support for those new to treatment or seeking a community that understands. Meetings are held every 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM PST. We look forward to having you! Learn more & join here [anxietyexperts.com/supportgroup]
A safe, supportive group-engage with women in connected, heart-centered work. Bring your real life-your pain, joys, fears, and relationships to share in a deeper conversation about where you are; what you choose as you move forward in a place for body-positive, honest, emotional self-work, forgiveness, & soul-growth, that welcomes diversity and inclusion. Tara's a psychotherapist, formerly a doula and in arts & entertainment. Tara's led groups since 2008 & studied understanding dreams. Tara is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute, and is a Ph. D. candidate of Pacifica's Integrative Therapy & Healing Practices Program.
Hosted by Tara Gilmaher
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MFA, CHT
Group meets in Ventura, CA 93001
A safe, supportive group-engage with women in connected, heart-centered work. Bring your real life-your pain, joys, fears, and relationships to share in a deeper conversation about where you are; what you choose as you move forward in a place for body-positive, honest, emotional self-work, forgiveness, & soul-growth, that welcomes diversity and inclusion. Tara's a psychotherapist, formerly a doula and in arts & entertainment. Tara's led groups since 2008 & studied understanding dreams. Tara is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute, and is a Ph. D. candidate of Pacifica's Integrative Therapy & Healing Practices Program.
