Support Groups in Washington, DC
A 15 week treatment group that focuses on clinical issues of pre and postpartum depression and anxiety. Babies are welcome, along with parents.
Hosted by Washington Anxiety Center of Capitol Hill
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20003
** ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS (TELEHEALTH AND IN-PERSON) We work with AGES 4-99 (CHILDREN AND ADULTS) with anxiety disorders (e.g., Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder), School Refusal, "Failure to Launch" syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (e.g., Skin Picking, Trichotillomania), and depression. We work with those exhibiting behavioral problems (e.g., ADHD, toileting issues). Our ideal client is interested in a collaborative friendly relationship, where we work hard towards achieving therapy goals.
I'm running an ongoing anxiety group for young adults (26-38 years old). It meets in-person every Tuesday from 5:30 to 6:45 pm. There is a maximum of seven group members. We currently have one space available, so if you're interested please call 202-588-1288 or email me at info@dctalktherapy.com.
Hosted by Michelle Paul
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20008
Are you a young professional struggling with anxiety or depression? Or has substance abuse gotten the best of you? If so, you've come to the right place. I have several years of experience providing individual counseling and group therapy to those with mental health and substance abuse challenges. I provide in-person therapy and teletherapy. My style is warm and compassionate but also direct and challenging when appropriate. Therapy is an opportunity to grow and change, so I work collaboratively and efficiently on the goals that matter most to you.
This is a safe space for African American Psychotherapists to meet, support and discuss client issues. This will be a bi-weekly meeting.
Hosted by Schwanna Qualls
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20036
I think therapy is like a puzzle, you put the pieces together to create a full picture. I focus on helping you develop a deeper exploration of who you are and how you can feel whole again. By understanding what's working and what's not working, we will be entering a deeper exploration of the self. The ultimate goal of therapy with me is to develop greater self knowledge, self acceptance and be able to change the things that need changing. Bring your patience, this is hard work and it takes time. I welcome the opportunity to work with you.
Ongoing coed psychotherapy groups (Tues 7:45-9am; Weds 5:45-7pm; Thurs 12-1:15pm) where participants process all areas of relationships and their functioning in groups. The dialogue and process is supportive, intimate and intense and members learn how to better relate, assert themselves, share, work collaboratively, express feelings (including anger, sadness, and joy), set interpersonal boundaries and much more. Participants achieve healthier more gratifying relationships and better boundaries with partners, colleagues, family (children and parents) and friends.
Hosted by Nicholas Kirsch
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20009
In 35 years of practice, my peers have consistently recognized me in Washingtonian's "Best" therapists. I love my job; I get to connect deeply and personally with clients while the share the intense joy and pain of their paths to fuller lives. Therapy is a hero's journey involving courage, openness, and vulnerability as you work through shame, trauma, passivity, and dependencies. You take responsibility for bad habits, limitations and poor decisions. You take better care of yourself and loved ones, achieve goals, manage stressors, and grieve losses while improving relationships, job performance and decision making.
For adult women to address challenges they experience with trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and/or difficulties in their relationships in the presence of one another and in the safety of a co-lead group. Our women’s group provides an opportunity to explore, develop insight and grow. Our group is ongoing and new members are welcome to join. Group therapy can be used as the main treatment approach or in conjunction with individual therapy, as these interventions stimulate growth in different but complementary ways. Email dcwomensgroup@gmail.com or drbrookestroudpsyd@gmail.com to arrange an intake or learn more.
Hosted by Dr. Brooke Stroud
Pre-Licensed Professional, PsyD, MSc
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20007
I offer an integrative approach to therapy, incorporating Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic psychotherapy and mindfulness to achieve the change you seek. I am also trained in Play Therapy, SPACE for parents of anxious children, adolescents and young adults, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
Empowering parents with tools and knowledge to journey through this process of equipping our next generation of leaders by instilling morals, principles and family values that will live on in the community. Identifying your child's life purpose and helping to shape and point them in the right direction to make their potential become a reality requires insight and understanding. Lastly, we will put language to some of the experiences you have had that are linked to intergenerational trauma. This parenting group will be a journey worth taking, so register today to secure your spot in the group.
Hosted by New Hope Counseling Group LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20037
New Hope Counseling Group, LLC, is a group of diverse licensed therapists who take great pride in providing a safe and comfortable space to explore a range of challenges with each client we work with. We strive to empower our clients to navigate life's challenges through individualized, collaborative, trauma-informed treatment modalities. We seek to match you with the best fit therapist based on your presenting needs or personal goals.
This is a mixed gender adult interpersonal growth and therapy group. The focus of this group is the provision of feedback and support designed to assist members in the personal and professional challenges they may encounter. . The group also enables its members to experience here and now interactions designed to develop skills to enhance greater confidence, intimacy and connection in a healing and empathic therapeutic space.
Hosted by Stephen Robert Stein
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20008
In my years of practice and clinical experience I have been privileged to be actively engaged in a powerful and life enhancing experience that reduces suffering, promotes healing and opens a doorway to hope, compassion and growth. I believe that therapy offers a unique space to resolve life challenges and difficulties in a collaborative, respectful, empathic and effective way. It also offers an opportunity to become the best person we can be. I am a licensed psychologist in DC and MD. I have been in practice for 30 years and provide individual, couples and group therapy as well as supervision. consultation and clinical training.
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Hosted by Dr. Francine Baffa, LCSW — Balance, Focus, Support
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, BCBA-D
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20005
Do you feel stuck? Are external obstacles, or your own internal fears, holding you back from living a full and meaningful life? In therapy, you can grow, heal, and move forward. Anxiety, depression, ADHD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder are real challenges. You can expect to build lifelong coping skills that enable you to reach your goals and experience sustained healing. You can feel calmer, more balanced, more motivated, and more focused. You can learn to build and sustain healthier and more satisfying relationships with family, work colleagues, and romantic partners. Contact me today. I am looking forward to hearing your story.
A therapy group for clients in their 20s who identify as women and want to strengthen their relationships and work on underlying issues. Focusing on relationships, sex, self esteem, body image, identity, sexual orientation, anxiety, career uncertainty, financial issues, family stress, and life transitions. Trans and non-binary inclusive.
Hosted by Lisa Smith-Couples Counselor
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC, CST
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20009
Are you experiencing relationship issues? Working together, I can help you resolve problems and feelings that may seem overwhelming. Whether you're seeking couples counseling or individual therapy, I'll listen deeply and will help you forge a path towards your goals. You'll find an affirming, supportive environment and strategies to enable you to live your life more fully and joyfully. Clients have told me that my warm, non-judgmental, and collaborative approach helps them feel comfortable working through difficult issues.
I run a support group for couples who are using third party reproduction. Often times this experience can be isolating and difficult to talk to family and friends who want to be supportive but do not fully understand the process. This ongoing support group provides you the opportunity to meet and connect with others who are creating their families through donor assistance.
Hosted by Laura S Covington
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, PhD, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20006
I provide therapy for various life course adjustment, such as managing anxiety and depression, coping with grief and loss, challenges with relationships, and considerations for ways to grow a family. I partner with reproductive medical practices to provide psychological services and counsel the patients who are undergoing or have undergone fertility treatment, as well as those who have chosen not to proceed forward with fertility treatment. I provide third party reproduction counseling sessions for donor sperm, egg, & embryo and gestational surrogacy. I provide evaluations for gestational carriers and gamete donors.
Very pleasant group where everyone is able to express themselves and heal,
Hosted by Diamond Behavioral Services
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-B, APRN , DNP, MSN, RN
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20019
Welcome to Diamond Behavioral Services, where clients are treated with respect and dignity using evidence-based practices and individualized plans of care, with the goal of tailoring each patient's treatments based on his or her individual needs while implementing evidence-based treatment to promote mental health.
This group is co-led with Susan Berlin, LCSW. The focus is on self-esteem, relationships, and anxiety and depression related issues.
Hosted by Kelly G. Ezickson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20015
There are few things more painful than feeling isolated and alone. Many people enter therapy because they are feeling alone, disconnected and their relationships are suffering. I see therapy as a place where you can feel truly heard, seen, and understood and it is in this safe place that you can begin to make more satisfying and effective life decisions. I work with people to help them understand the unconscious role they may be playing in life decisions and to develop a life of confidence and joy. I work with adults, couples, and families around issues of depression, anxiety, relationship problems, and addictions.
This individual psychotherapy group focuses on developing self awareness and self understanding. Getting feedback from the group therapists as well as the other group members on how we are experienced by others helps facilitate the development of one's relationship skills in the outside world. Building better relationships, both personally and in the workplace lead to a more successful and fulfilling life. Come and experience the value of a group psychotherapy experience
Hosted by Robert G. Rosenblatt
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20007
I have been providing individual, couples, and group psychotherapy for over 25 years.
Typically, people enter therapy because they are having problems in their relationships. Successful psychotherapy must focus on helping develop more fulfilling and substantial interpersonal connections. Facilitating a client’s capacity to lead a richer and more emotionally balanced life is the objective. The therapeutic relationship is the road traveled, and enables the client to understand the choices they have made, the associated positive and negative consequences, and the freedom to make new, more effective and satisfying life decisions.
This is a long-term co-ed process group. The goal of the group is to provide a safe space for exploration of challenging life transitions such as career changes, marriage, parenthood, grief and identity. We examine relationship difficulties, family stressors and career concerns. This group would be a great fit for individuals of all ages.
Hosted by Adriana P. Robertson
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20036
My therapy work is focused on emotional health and wellbeing. I work individually with clients and tailor treatment to best fit each person's concerns, character and goals. I do this by integrating insight-oriented treatment and establishing new ways of being in the present. This combines the exploration of long-standing maladaptive patterns and a focus on present-day functioning. I help also people examine and improve relationship dynamics.
We are a premier psychotherapy and psychiatric practice and training institute in the DMV and we are committed to providing the highest quality mental health care. Our mental health team is a vibrant blend of award-winning authors, leaders, educators, clinicians, and researchers. Each of us brings knowledge, experience, and a passion for nurturing mental health in our community. Underpinned by our core values of compassion, collaboration, equity, and excellence, we empower our patients to reach their fullest potential. We provide psychiatry for adults and therapy for the whole family - children, adolescents, adults, and couples.
Hosted by Margo Pumar
Psychiatrist, MD, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20016
Hi! I'm a board-certified adult-trained psychiatrist with a holistic approach to working with patients and collaboratively creating evidence-based treatment. I have worked in a board range of clinical settings across the US and abroad and have been on faculty at UPenn and UCSF. For the last few years I served as the Medical Director for Perinatal Psychiatry in the UCSF Birth Center. Licensed in DC, MD, VA, and CA, I provide evaluations, psychotherapy, medication management and also focus on coping tools, nutrition, social supports and self-care to help patients achieve their goals.
Explore Personal Stress, Anxiety, Loneliness, Emptiness, and Isolation Deepen Self-Awareness Develop Skills for Healthy Relationships This group will enable members to explore personal issues and to deepen their self-awareness of the manner in which they interact with others. A structured process, led by a Certified Pastoral Counselor using Imago Relationship Theory, will create a safe space for members to integrate all aspects of self (spiritual, sexual, mental, emotional, and physical), thus gaining a clearer understanding of personal responsibility and expectations of others in establishing and developing significant relationships in their lives.
Hosted by Robert T Phillips
Pastoral Counselor, DMin
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20009
I believe that one of the ways in which self-awareness is achieved is through the sharing of one's story. Therefore, I strive diligently to create a safe space for one to share both the beauty and the brokenness of one's story with authenticity, genuineness, and integrity. When appropriate, I infuse spirituality and religion into my therapeutic practice; thus enabling my clients to articulate their feelings of dis-ease within the context of their faith. I have found this approach to be particularly effective in working with populations marginalized because of race, gender, or sexual orientation.
This OnLine Video Steaming experiential seminar focuses on the personal development of becoming aware of the awareness field and living within this awareness state in ongoing continuity. Preference is given to psychotherapist ,counselors , coaches and leadership consultants.The seminar uses both phenomenological psychological methods of bringing forth the state of awareness as well eastern awareness methods. Winnicott's understanding of transitional space, the experiential awareness of phenomenological psychotherapy and focusing methods as well as Dzogchen awareness of awareness methods are referenced and used in the seminar.
Hosted by Bauer and Associates
Psychologist, PhD, ABPP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20006
I am a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology and I have a practice in Existential l Psychotherapy for individuals and couples. I also offer cognitive experiential psychotherapy as well as clinical hypnosis. At one time I was Director of Psychology Training at the University of Maryland Medical School and on the faculty of Johns Hopkins. I completed post doctoral work at The University of Leuven . I teach post graduate seminars in Existential and Experiential Psychotherapy to psychotherapist at The Washington Center for Consciousness Studies. I have many publications. These papers can be found on rudolphbauer.academia. edu.
This is a time limited supportive psychotherapy group for women experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss.
Hosted by Megan Flood
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20036
For more than 23 years, I have been working with individuals and couples coping with depression, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, infertility and pregnancy loss, and post-partum anxiety and depression. In a supportive and confidential environment I help my clients develop their strengths to manage more effectively challenging situations, feelings, and relationships.
This is a Virtual group for Ethical Non-Monogamy support and education. We cover polyamory, swinging, FWB, any multi-partner arrangements. We dive into sexuality, resources, intimacy, jealousy, and many other topics. Space is limited. Virtual
Hosted by Infinite Zen Holistic Psychotherapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, ABS, LICSW, LCSW, CCATP, CST
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20003
Are you experiencing feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness, issues with intimacy, and sexual desire? I am a sex-positive, non-monogamous, BDSM/KINK, LGBTQIA+ affirming relationship therapist. Let's work together! Perhaps you lack self-compassion, you are self-conscious, or maybe you're unsure about the future of your relationship. An important aspect of therapy is examining our inner world, relationships, thoughts and feelings in a safe non-judgmental space. Using an integrative approach, I aim to create a positive therapeutic relationship that promotes healing with compassionate self-exploration. Contact me today!
Using the How We Love Single's Curriculum, we will look at the various attachment styles and identify your primary love style or imprint. We will meet online for 7 sessions. You must order your own How We Love Single's Participant Workbook. Check out my website www.CynthiaEmpowers.com for further info. Also send me an email at CynthiaEmpowers@gmail.com
Hosted by Cynthia G Crockett
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, Coach
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, DC 20017
I take a Christian and strength based approach to counseling and coaching to assist professional women and men who desire to improve their relationships with God, themselves, and others. I am also a Certified Aromatherapist and offer the opportunity to use essential therapeutic oils to assist in clearing emotional stuck places / hurdles.
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in Washington?
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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.