Drama therapy for adolescents.
Drama therapy is an active experiential approach that uses theater techniques to promote mental health. Our group work uses issue oriented improvisational theater such as story, theater games, role play and performance in a fun and creative atmosphere. Focusing on ...
Drama therapy is an active experiential approach that uses theater techniques to promote mental health. Our group work uses issue oriented improvisational theater such as story, theater games, role play and performance in a fun and creative atmosphere. Focusing on ...
Group provides support and information for the journey.
Postpartum Support Group
Have you given birth within the last 6 months? Do you find yourself grappling with a whirlwind of emotions, questions, and uncertainties? You’re not alone! Our Postpartum Support Group offers: A Safe and Welcoming Space, Emotional Support, Information & Resources, ...
Hosted by Margaret Yeh
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Rye, NY 10580
Have you given birth within the last 6 months? Do you find yourself grappling with a whirlwind of emotions, questions, and uncertainties? You’re not alone! Our Postpartum Support Group offers: A Safe and Welcoming Space, Emotional Support, Information & Resources, ...
New Clinician Consultation Group
For newly-practicing mental health providers looking to gain insight, support, and experience in a process-oriented group. Group members will enhance their identity as counselors and receive support for many common feelings that arise for new clinicians such as perfectionism, the ...
For newly-practicing mental health providers looking to gain insight, support, and experience in a process-oriented group. Group members will enhance their identity as counselors and receive support for many common feelings that arise for new clinicians such as perfectionism, the ...
Women's Group
Women's group for women who want to connect, share, support and grow with other women. Group members gain and lend support from one another.
Hosted by Amira R Martin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
Group meets in Brooklyn, NY 11233
Women's group for women who want to connect, share, support and grow with other women. Group members gain and lend support from one another.
Adult Psychotherapy Group
Group Psychotherapy is an invaluable experience, wherein adults, openly and honestly, in an atmosphere of safety and respect, share their issues, problems, hopes, and dreams. Group members offer support, compassion, and helpful feedback as to how each group member experiences ...
Hosted by Iris Vivian Goldman
Creative Arts Therapist, MPS, LCAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10016
Group Psychotherapy is an invaluable experience, wherein adults, openly and honestly, in an atmosphere of safety and respect, share their issues, problems, hopes, and dreams. Group members offer support, compassion, and helpful feedback as to how each group member experiences ...
Complex Trauma Virtual Support Group for Adults
Complex trauma refers to the experience of numerous traumatic events in a person’s life, often stemming from childhood. Individuals may be exposed to multiple instances of trauma such as physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, witnessing abuse, domestic violence, ...
Complex trauma refers to the experience of numerous traumatic events in a person’s life, often stemming from childhood. Individuals may be exposed to multiple instances of trauma such as physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, witnessing abuse, domestic violence, ...
Black Folx Deserve a Space to Breathe
Do you hunger for a space to affirm your whole self, decompress in light of the recent Black murders, and speak about ways to maintain your mental health during this time of intense grieving, mourning, and outrage? This VIRTUAL group ...
Hosted by Sabrina Sarro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MFA, LCSW, C-DBT, CCTP, SIFI
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10175
Do you hunger for a space to affirm your whole self, decompress in light of the recent Black murders, and speak about ways to maintain your mental health during this time of intense grieving, mourning, and outrage? This VIRTUAL group ...
Women's Group/ Relationships throughout the life
Women's Psychotherapy Group (Ages: mid 30's - 70's) Join a group of smart, wise and compassionate women who are grappling with the challenges of a woman's life cycle. Work on parenting skills, finding love relationships, financial and career concerns, grieving. ...
Hosted by Fran Weiss
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, BCD, DCSW, CGP, AGPA-F
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10024
Women's Psychotherapy Group (Ages: mid 30's - 70's) Join a group of smart, wise and compassionate women who are grappling with the challenges of a woman's life cycle. Work on parenting skills, finding love relationships, financial and career concerns, grieving. ...
Rebuilding Resilience Women's Group
This group is a blend of interpersonal processing and trauma-healing with a focus on people who are particularly looking to learn more about how relational trauma (family adversity, break-ups, divorce, separation, harmful relationships of all kinds) impacts their wellbeing and ...
Hosted by Corinne Cappelletti
Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, MFA, R-SMT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Brooklyn, NY 11242
This group is a blend of interpersonal processing and trauma-healing with a focus on people who are particularly looking to learn more about how relational trauma (family adversity, break-ups, divorce, separation, harmful relationships of all kinds) impacts their wellbeing and ...
Anxiety Support Group
Welcome to our ten-week anxiety support group, specifically designed to attack your anxiety from multiple angles. During our initial session, we will focus on building connections among group members, enabling us to better understand and support each other. Subsequent sessions ...
Welcome to our ten-week anxiety support group, specifically designed to attack your anxiety from multiple angles. During our initial session, we will focus on building connections among group members, enabling us to better understand and support each other. Subsequent sessions ...
Couples Therapy
To understand yourself and each other in new ways.
Hosted by Charlotte S. Melnik
Licensed Psychoanalyst, PsyaD, LP
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10011
To understand yourself and each other in new ways.
Mother's Group
Small process and skills group for Mother's. Please contact therapist for further details.
Hosted by Adriana Eylise Rogachefsky
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Rochester, NY 14601
Small process and skills group for Mother's. Please contact therapist for further details.
Thrive: Stress Management for Teens, SPRING 2024
THRIVE – Teens Honoring Resilience and Independence in Versatile Experiences is a 10-week group therapy for 15–18-year-olds focusing on stress management. This group will teach evidence-based approaches to reducing stress, understanding self-care, creating an individual plan for self-care, identifying solutions ...
Hosted by Gina Tripodo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
Group meets in Long Beach, NY 11561
THRIVE – Teens Honoring Resilience and Independence in Versatile Experiences is a 10-week group therapy for 15–18-year-olds focusing on stress management. This group will teach evidence-based approaches to reducing stress, understanding self-care, creating an individual plan for self-care, identifying solutions ...
Blossoming After Baby
Have you been feeling depressed, anxious, or overwhelmed after having a baby? You are not alone. One in four birthing people experience a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder (PMAD). This psychoeducational group will help you connect with other people experiencing ...
Hosted by Danielle Stoner
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Williamsville, NY 14221
Have you been feeling depressed, anxious, or overwhelmed after having a baby? You are not alone. One in four birthing people experience a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder (PMAD). This psychoeducational group will help you connect with other people experiencing ...
Bereavedment: Understanding Grief and Loss
In a safe and compassionate environment, participants share and receive support from an experienced therapist and from peers, in learning to live with a loss. This may be loss of any kind, which may have left you feeling that life ...
Hosted by Ziva Zaff
Art Therapist, MS, LCAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Scarsdale, NY 10583
In a safe and compassionate environment, participants share and receive support from an experienced therapist and from peers, in learning to live with a loss. This may be loss of any kind, which may have left you feeling that life ...
Interpersonal Process Group for Young-ish Adults
For adults in their 20s-30s. In a group setting, the therapist can help you learn about your interpersonal habits in real time and you have a safe space to express yourself, receive feedback, and try new behaviors. If you are ...
Hosted by Dr. Philip Bender
Psychologist, PhD, CGP
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10003
For adults in their 20s-30s. In a group setting, the therapist can help you learn about your interpersonal habits in real time and you have a safe space to express yourself, receive feedback, and try new behaviors. If you are ...
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Group
Group therapy is a long-term treatment where a small group of people engage in a group process whereby the individuals in the group explore the interpersonal relationships within the group. This process of exploring dynamics within the groups allows for ...
Hosted by Golzar Selbe Naghshineh
Licensed Psychoanalyst, LP
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10003
Group therapy is a long-term treatment where a small group of people engage in a group process whereby the individuals in the group explore the interpersonal relationships within the group. This process of exploring dynamics within the groups allows for ...
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in New York?
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.