Step into the peace of the natural world with our Nature Therapy & Mindfulness Walks series. Through them we will tap into the seasonal cycles of Nature, learning to use Mindfulness practices to help you unwind, reconnect, and find mental clarity and balance. This special series is exclusively for women, ages 18 and up, and runs for approximately 3 months, meeting every other week on Saturday mornings on a different and gentle trail within New Haven County. Each walk will take roughly 90 mins total, with guided exercises and mindfulness skills-building. Series will run year-round - join one or all!
Hosted by Mindful Nature Counseling and Psychotherapy
Professional Counselor Associate, LPCA, C-NIP
Group meets in Guilford, CT 06437
Step into the peace of the natural world with our Nature Therapy & Mindfulness Walks series. Through them we will tap into the seasonal cycles of Nature, learning to use Mindfulness practices to help you unwind, reconnect, and find mental clarity and balance. This special series is exclusively for women, ages 18 and up, and runs for approximately 3 months, meeting every other week on Saturday mornings on a different and gentle trail within New Haven County. Each walk will take roughly 90 mins total, with guided exercises and mindfulness skills-building. Series will run year-round - join one or all!
Join us for an ongoing group focused on YOUR needs. Part psychoeducation, part therapy & coping, part peer support; offering a welcoming space to explore mental health, resilience, and personal well-being in a supportive, empowering environment. We’ll learn about topics like managing stress, emotional wellness, life transitions, illness, loss, loneliness, and more—providing tools for navigating uniques challenges for this life stage, with confidence. This is a working group, so expect a little bit of prep (maybe some reading or worksheets) now and then, but mostly we will learn from each other in real time. Refreshments will be available!
Hosted by Mindful Nature Counseling and Psychotherapy
Professional Counselor Associate, LPCA, C-NIP
Group meets in Guilford, CT 06437
Join us for an ongoing group focused on YOUR needs. Part psychoeducation, part therapy & coping, part peer support; offering a welcoming space to explore mental health, resilience, and personal well-being in a supportive, empowering environment. We’ll learn about topics like managing stress, emotional wellness, life transitions, illness, loss, loneliness, and more—providing tools for navigating uniques challenges for this life stage, with confidence. This is a working group, so expect a little bit of prep (maybe some reading or worksheets) now and then, but mostly we will learn from each other in real time. Refreshments will be available!
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Experiencing a domestic violence situation is traumatic and can cause a survivor to feel isolated and confused. In this group you will join others who have similar experiences and can often offer comfort and healing. This support group offers a safe and caring environment for survivors to heal from their traumatic relationship, improve coping skills and self-esteem, and develop healthy relationships. The group leader has knowledge and experience specific to trauma and domestic violence. If you are currently in a domestic violence relationship or a survivor in need of support, please call to schedule appointment today.
I work with clients who might be struggling with depression, anxiety, or healing from traumas.
Experiencing a domestic violence situation is traumatic and can cause a survivor to feel isolated and confused. In this group you will join others who have similar experiences and can often offer comfort and healing. This support group offers a safe and caring environment for survivors to heal from their traumatic relationship, improve coping skills and self-esteem, and develop healthy relationships. The group leader has knowledge and experience specific to trauma and domestic violence. If you are currently in a domestic violence relationship or a survivor in need of support, please call to schedule appointment today.
As a team of licensed professional counselors, we provide therapy for a range of mental health issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, and more. We work with our clients to develop coping strategies and build resilience in the face of life's challenges.
Hosted by Jennifer Marie Nevadomski
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMHC
Group meets in Middlebury, CT 06762
Most of my work is surrounded by those struggling with anxiety and depression, and I spend a lot of time with clients working on past traumas.
As a team of licensed professional counselors, we provide therapy for a range of mental health issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, and more. We work with our clients to develop coping strategies and build resilience in the face of life's challenges.
Join us and let's talk about it! This is an open space for you to be able to feel your feelings and to be heard unconditionally without judgement. This is your safe place. Some of the topics we will address include: Depression. anxiety. OCD. PTSD. ADHD. Stress reduction. Healthy Relationships. Forgiveness. Raising Self-confidence/Self-esteem. Coping strategies in stressful situations. Mindfulness. Overcoming fears. Working through the past and moving toward the future. Our group is currently on Zoom. Please call/text 203-606-2071 now for the Zoom link to be included in the next session.
Hosted by Annahaven Behavioral Health Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BSW, MSW, LCSW
Group meets in West Haven, CT 06516
Join us and let's talk about it! This is an open space for you to be able to feel your feelings and to be heard unconditionally without judgement. This is your safe place. Some of the topics we will address include: Depression. anxiety. OCD. PTSD. ADHD. Stress reduction. Healthy Relationships. Forgiveness. Raising Self-confidence/Self-esteem. Coping strategies in stressful situations. Mindfulness. Overcoming fears. Working through the past and moving toward the future. Our group is currently on Zoom. Please call/text 203-606-2071 now for the Zoom link to be included in the next session.
At Caden Psychiatry we take a holistic approach to mental health, offering medication management, psychotherapy, and integrative psychiatry. By addressing the whole body and identifying the root causes of symptoms, we allow for true healing.
I'm passionate about the work I do with anxiety, depression, mood, and ADHD.
At Caden Psychiatry we take a holistic approach to mental health, offering medication management, psychotherapy, and integrative psychiatry. By addressing the whole body and identifying the root causes of symptoms, we allow for true healing.
Divinely You Trans Group hopes to uplift and honor the experience and body individual’s medical, social, and psycho-emotional needs. Safe place trans individuals Divinely Y support, uplift, strengthen, empower, and educate
I work with clients who are trans / LGB and who may be struggling with their mental health issues related to emotional/physical suicidality, depression, anxiety, self-expression, inherent sense of not belonging, discrimination, sexual/physical abuse, and addressing the whole self.
Divinely You Trans Group hopes to uplift and honor the experience and body individual’s medical, social, and psycho-emotional needs. Safe place trans individuals Divinely Y support, uplift, strengthen, empower, and educate
Welcome to our mental health group private practice; Divine Resilience, where compassionate care meets personalized support. Our dedicated team of licensed therapists provides a safe and nurturing environment for individuals seeking to enhance their emotional well-being. Through evidence-based practices and tailored treatment, we empower our clients to navigate life's challenges with resilience and confidence. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or simply seeking personal growth, our practice is here to support you on your journey towards healing and self-discovery. Contact us today to schedule a confidential consultation and take the first step towards a brighter tomorrow.
I specialize in helping clients overcome depression and trauma.
Welcome to our mental health group private practice; Divine Resilience, where compassionate care meets personalized support. Our dedicated team of licensed therapists provides a safe and nurturing environment for individuals seeking to enhance their emotional well-being. Through evidence-based practices and tailored treatment, we empower our clients to navigate life's challenges with resilience and confidence. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or simply seeking personal growth, our practice is here to support you on your journey towards healing and self-discovery. Contact us today to schedule a confidential consultation and take the first step towards a brighter tomorrow.
Psychosocial group to help children and adolescents cope with everyday issues, peers, school, family. Open ended group based on current issues. Individual counseling also available.
Hosted by Annahaven Behavioral Health Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BSW, MSW, LCSW
Group meets in West Haven, CT 06516
Psychosocial group to help children and adolescents cope with everyday issues, peers, school, family. Open ended group based on current issues. Individual counseling also available.
Self confidence/Self Esteem. Positive vs. Negative relationships. Stress reduction. Coping strategies. Mindfulness. Overcoming fears. Love. Working through past and toward the future. Grief and acceptance. Finding your passion/hobby.
Hosted by Annahaven Behavioral Health Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BSW, MSW, LCSW
Group meets in West Haven, CT 06516
Self confidence/Self Esteem. Positive vs. Negative relationships. Stress reduction. Coping strategies. Mindfulness. Overcoming fears. Love. Working through past and toward the future. Grief and acceptance. Finding your passion/hobby.
In a safe, welcoming environment, we help you navigate your personal journey toward growth and healing. We have helped individuals restore balance and joy to their lives through exploring with them what is causing a sense of uncertainty, communication barriers, intimacy loss, or general dis-ease. ?Trust, compassion, and collaboration is the basis of our therapeutic relationship and at the heart of the healing process. We adhere to the highest professional and ethical standards in my field. We provide a caring and responsive therapeutic space for you to feel safe, respected, supported, and heard.
I work with clients who may be struggling with depression, anxiety, substance use, loss or trauma.
In a safe, welcoming environment, we help you navigate your personal journey toward growth and healing. We have helped individuals restore balance and joy to their lives through exploring with them what is causing a sense of uncertainty, communication barriers, intimacy loss, or general dis-ease. ?Trust, compassion, and collaboration is the basis of our therapeutic relationship and at the heart of the healing process. We adhere to the highest professional and ethical standards in my field. We provide a caring and responsive therapeutic space for you to feel safe, respected, supported, and heard.
DBT Skills Training is a didactic psycho-educational group where individuals learn specific and concrete skills that cover four areas: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. These skills are taught to help individuals learn to manage difficult emotions, reduce emotions that lead to destructive behavior, challenge cognitions and improve relationships while supporting goals to creating a meaningful life. We offer DBT SKILLS Group for adolescents and their families (in person, in our office in Madison) as well as DBT Skills Training for Adults and Young Adults, virtually.
DBT Skills Training is a didactic psycho-educational group where individuals learn specific and concrete skills that cover four areas: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. These skills are taught to help individuals learn to manage difficult emotions, reduce emotions that lead to destructive behavior, challenge cognitions and improve relationships while supporting goals to creating a meaningful life. We offer DBT SKILLS Group for adolescents and their families (in person, in our office in Madison) as well as DBT Skills Training for Adults and Young Adults, virtually.
We offer a Graduate group for individuals whom have completed DBT Skills training and are working towards generalizing the acquired skills to their lives, while engaging in continued group support. Grad Group offers the opportunity for individuals to provide DBT-informed feedback to one another, practice mindfulness, and commit to goals each session to support their living meaningful lives.This group is offered to adolescents (in person, in Madison office) and virtually for young adults.
We offer a Graduate group for individuals whom have completed DBT Skills training and are working towards generalizing the acquired skills to their lives, while engaging in continued group support. Grad Group offers the opportunity for individuals to provide DBT-informed feedback to one another, practice mindfulness, and commit to goals each session to support their living meaningful lives.This group is offered to adolescents (in person, in Madison office) and virtually for young adults.
I will also be having an upcoming Mindfulness Group designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12. This group will meet on a weekly basis for a duration of 12 weeks. If you're interested in learning more about this opportunity, please don't hesitate to contact our office. We'd be happy to provide you with additional information. We also accept insurance and self-pay.
I work with clients who may be experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, and other various life stressors.
I will also be having an upcoming Mindfulness Group designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12. This group will meet on a weekly basis for a duration of 12 weeks. If you're interested in learning more about this opportunity, please don't hesitate to contact our office. We'd be happy to provide you with additional information. We also accept insurance and self-pay.
All of us have to be in some type of group most of the time, at work, home , friends and family. We can learn to be less stressed about being in any group. Join a weekly therapy group. Bring your shyness, skepticism, and or anger into safe group for 6-8 people. TWO experienced therapists guide the group.Give and receive constructive feedback. Learn about yourself twice as fast as individual can offer! Call me with your questions.
All of us have to be in some type of group most of the time, at work, home , friends and family. We can learn to be less stressed about being in any group. Join a weekly therapy group. Bring your shyness, skepticism, and or anger into safe group for 6-8 people. TWO experienced therapists guide the group.Give and receive constructive feedback. Learn about yourself twice as fast as individual can offer! Call me with your questions.
A coping skills group to help tweens and teens build strategies for managing emotions and behaviors. Learning objectives: • to identify and understand thinking patterns & emotions • to develop skills to manage strong emotions • to create personalized coping skills tool kits • to understand how to increase positive feelings and reduce negative feelings • to introduce the practice of mindfulness. Kid are placed by age and assessed for group appropriateness.
A coping skills group to help tweens and teens build strategies for managing emotions and behaviors. Learning objectives: • to identify and understand thinking patterns & emotions • to develop skills to manage strong emotions • to create personalized coping skills tool kits • to understand how to increase positive feelings and reduce negative feelings • to introduce the practice of mindfulness. Kid are placed by age and assessed for group appropriateness.
Learn more about depression, healthy eating ,and weight loss while getting excellent support and motivation.
Hosted by The Healthy Weigh MD PLLC
Psychiatrist, MD, MPH, FAPA, DipABOM, DipABLM
Group meets in New Haven, CT 06510
For depression and anxiety related to weight issues, We do problem-focused therapy techniques and explore stressors.
Learn more about depression, healthy eating ,and weight loss while getting excellent support and motivation.
Is your teenager struggling with anxiety or depression? Feeling disconnected with peers or withdrawing from typical activities? Come join our teen group to learn new coping skills, have a safe place to talk and connect with peers. Teens must complete an intake assessment to ensure good fit prior to starting the group. Call 203-314-0940 or visit www.inspirerecoveryct.com for more information.
Hosted by Inspire Recovery LLC in Connecticut
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LADC
Group meets in Wallingford, CT 06492
Is your teenager struggling with anxiety or depression? Feeling disconnected with peers or withdrawing from typical activities? Come join our teen group to learn new coping skills, have a safe place to talk and connect with peers. Teens must complete an intake assessment to ensure good fit prior to starting the group. Call 203-314-0940 or visit www.inspirerecoveryct.com for more information.
Meditation and mindfulness are processes that have evidence based positive outcomes to target depression and anxiety. In our four or eight week course you will learn the tools to the art of being present without judgement. We will introduce or help deepen meditative practices as tools for targeting stress and anxiety. Please visit our website or call our office for more information
Meditation and mindfulness are processes that have evidence based positive outcomes to target depression and anxiety. In our four or eight week course you will learn the tools to the art of being present without judgement. We will introduce or help deepen meditative practices as tools for targeting stress and anxiety. Please visit our website or call our office for more information
Hosted by Salvatore Joseph Martone
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LADC, CH, CI, RMT
Group meets in Southbury, CT 06488
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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 recognize 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 behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral 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.