DBT Skills Group
Weekly 90 minute group. DBT Skills Group covers the 4 modules: Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness skills. In this group you will learn how to: * Improve coping skills to better manage stress & crises * ...
Weekly 90 minute group. DBT Skills Group covers the 4 modules: Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness skills. In this group you will learn how to: * Improve coping skills to better manage stress & crises * ...
Living with Autoimmune Disease Support Group
These online support group meetings will provide a warm, supportive environment where you can talk openly and honestly about your feelings, improve coping skills, and share and compare new ideas for better health and well-being. To join our fall 2023 ...
Hosted by Melissa Marconi
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Garden City, NY 11530
These online support group meetings will provide a warm, supportive environment where you can talk openly and honestly about your feelings, improve coping skills, and share and compare new ideas for better health and well-being. To join our fall 2023 ...
Career & Relationship Focused Groups
I would like to start up career and relationship groups with interested parties. Please inquire.
I would like to start up career and relationship groups with interested parties. Please inquire.
CBT Skills for Social Anxiety
Our cognitive-behavioral group therapy will provide you with psychoeducation and evidence-based skills to reduce the overwhelming effects of social anxiety. This eight-week group will grant you the virtual space to build social skills in a safe, supportive, and non-threatening environment—and ...
Hosted by Victoria Licandro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Brooklyn, NY 11242
Our cognitive-behavioral group therapy will provide you with psychoeducation and evidence-based skills to reduce the overwhelming effects of social anxiety. This eight-week group will grant you the virtual space to build social skills in a safe, supportive, and non-threatening environment—and ...
Anxiety Group - Young Adults (late teens/20's)
This will be a closed group with focus on education, learning skills to manage symptoms and obtaining support from others also dealing with various forms of anxiety (social anxiety, generalized anxiety, obsessive thoughts, etc.. I am anticipating a start date ...
Hosted by Michelle Stone
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
Group meets in Rochester, NY 14624
This will be a closed group with focus on education, learning skills to manage symptoms and obtaining support from others also dealing with various forms of anxiety (social anxiety, generalized anxiety, obsessive thoughts, etc.. I am anticipating a start date ...
Gottman’s 7-Principles of Couplehood Group
Gottman’s 7-Principles for Couplehood is a group based on 30 years of research into what makes relationships work developed by Dr. Gottman and, his wife, Dr. Julie Gottman. Their approach to couples’ therapy prioritizes the strengthening of relationships by building ...
Gottman’s 7-Principles for Couplehood is a group based on 30 years of research into what makes relationships work developed by Dr. Gottman and, his wife, Dr. Julie Gottman. Their approach to couples’ therapy prioritizes the strengthening of relationships by building ...
Blackbird Counseling, LCSW, PLLC
Blackbird Counseling is a mental health and addiction private practice in Western New York. This counseling service offers safe telehealth sessions to individuals, couples, and families that are looking for supportive therapy. The goal of Blackbird Counseling is to help ...
Hosted by Erin Fritz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CASAC
Verified Verified
Group meets in North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Blackbird Counseling is a mental health and addiction private practice in Western New York. This counseling service offers safe telehealth sessions to individuals, couples, and families that are looking for supportive therapy. The goal of Blackbird Counseling is to help ...
Mother and Daughter Group
Hosted by Patti Kaleck German
Marriage & Family Therapist, MEd, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10023
Relationship Group
Group as a Whole: Being present with feelings and thoughts that are occurring in the moment. We learn to deepen our relationships by building trust, and creating a safe space as a laboratory for intimacy.
Hosted by Susan MacNeil
Counselor, PhD, NCC, BCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10024
Group as a Whole: Being present with feelings and thoughts that are occurring in the moment. We learn to deepen our relationships by building trust, and creating a safe space as a laboratory for intimacy.
Weekly Anxiety Support Group
**New Group Starting Spring 2024** Come and process how anxiety influences your behaviors and relationships with others. Practice ways to reduce anxiety and increase self-care. Discuss social anxiety and ways to form friendships. Learn about how your thinking style impacts ...
Hosted by Cayla Cahoon
Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Albany, NY 12208
**New Group Starting Spring 2024** Come and process how anxiety influences your behaviors and relationships with others. Practice ways to reduce anxiety and increase self-care. Discuss social anxiety and ways to form friendships. Learn about how your thinking style impacts ...
DBT skills
Dialectal Behavioral Therapy is an effective model of treatment to assist in emotion identification and regulation. Group therapy allows us to validate ourselves and others to build strength in coping skills while learning new ways to shift our focus from ...
Hosted by Melissa Gallup
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW, -PIP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Auburn, NY 13021
Dialectal Behavioral Therapy is an effective model of treatment to assist in emotion identification and regulation. Group therapy allows us to validate ourselves and others to build strength in coping skills while learning new ways to shift our focus from ...
Support Group for Trans Masc and Nonbinary People
Are you looking for a supportive space to share your gender experience with other trans masc and nonbinary people? Whether it is transitioning, relationship distress, dysphoria, sex, intimacy, or navigating gendered aspects of life, this group run by a trans ...
Hosted by Ash Choi
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10019
Are you looking for a supportive space to share your gender experience with other trans masc and nonbinary people? Whether it is transitioning, relationship distress, dysphoria, sex, intimacy, or navigating gendered aspects of life, this group run by a trans ...
Anxiety and Grief Support Group
We are happy to announce that Transformative Mindset is launching an Anxiety and Grief Support Group. If you or anyone you know is struggling with either anxiety or grief, this may be the group you have been waiting for. The ...
We are happy to announce that Transformative Mindset is launching an Anxiety and Grief Support Group. If you or anyone you know is struggling with either anxiety or grief, this may be the group you have been waiting for. The ...
Adult support
Anxiety group -Every other Wednesday 6-7pm
Hosted by Desmonique Homs
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-, BC, MSN, RN
Verified Verified
Group meets in Galway, NY 12074
Anxiety group -Every other Wednesday 6-7pm
Positive Energy Counseling Center
Advanced Holistic therapists are trained in combining the best tools from traditional Psychotherapy, action-oriented Life Coaching, barrier-busting Energy Healing, empirical Science, and enlightening Spiritual Counseling. Our clients are treated as whole beings who deserve a holistic, intuitive approach. And we believe ...
Advanced Holistic therapists are trained in combining the best tools from traditional Psychotherapy, action-oriented Life Coaching, barrier-busting Energy Healing, empirical Science, and enlightening Spiritual Counseling. Our clients are treated as whole beings who deserve a holistic, intuitive approach. And we believe ...
The Grief Recovery Method ®
The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses: People say you have to let go and move on in your life, but they don't tell you what you need to do to accomplish that. The Grief Recovery ...
Hosted by Alana Millings
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Mamaroneck, NY 10543
The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses: People say you have to let go and move on in your life, but they don't tell you what you need to do to accomplish that. The Grief Recovery ...
Crystal Methamphetamine Use
For gay men wanting to slow or stop using crystal methamphetamine, effective support can be difficult to find. One-treatment-fits-all addiction treatment programs founded on precepts of powerlessness and substance use as ‘moral defect’ may stall healing or worse yet, cause ...
Hosted by Seth Adam Walker
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in New York, NY 10010
For gay men wanting to slow or stop using crystal methamphetamine, effective support can be difficult to find. One-treatment-fits-all addiction treatment programs founded on precepts of powerlessness and substance use as ‘moral defect’ may stall healing or worse yet, cause ...
Grief Support Group; Divorce Recovery Group; and P
Grief support groups are help with cohorts of 3-5 individuals and meet weekly for 6 week sessions. Divorce recovery groups are help with 3-4 individuals and meet weekly as needed. Parenting support groups are held weekly for 6 week sessions.
Hosted by June Ann Smith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, NCC, ACS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Westbury, NY 11590
Grief support groups are help with cohorts of 3-5 individuals and meet weekly for 6 week sessions. Divorce recovery groups are help with 3-4 individuals and meet weekly as needed. Parenting support groups are held weekly for 6 week sessions.
The Dancing WEB~Woman.Earth.Body. Healing Circles
Throughout all ages and cultures, traditional circle dances were used to honor the divine, to heal, to affirm connection to the earth and each other, to build community and celebrate rites of passages and life transitions. The danced patterns illuminate ...
Hosted by Nada Khodlová
Creative Arts Therapist, MA, BC-DMT, LCAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Beacon, NY 12508
Throughout all ages and cultures, traditional circle dances were used to honor the divine, to heal, to affirm connection to the earth and each other, to build community and celebrate rites of passages and life transitions. The danced patterns illuminate ...
Onliine Worry Workshop Psychoeducation Group
Starting March 2024! This six-session psychoeducation group will be focused on helping people who struggle with anxiety in the form worry, over-thinking and rumination. Groups will run 1 hr 15 minutes and will focus on a combination of teaching about ...
Starting March 2024! This six-session psychoeducation group will be focused on helping people who struggle with anxiety in the form worry, over-thinking and rumination. Groups will run 1 hr 15 minutes and will focus on a combination of teaching about ...
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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.