A co-ed group for teens 13–17 to build social confidence, navigate social anxiety, and a real sense of belonging.

Hosted by Christiana Griffith-Keith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW
Group meets in Saint Augustine, FL 32084
I have over a decade of experience helping youth and families in crisis.
A co-ed group for teens 13–17 to build social confidence, navigate social anxiety, and a real sense of belonging.
If your teen struggles with relationships, managing their mood, and making healthy choices, this group might be a good fit. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on developing emotional regulation skills, interpersonal effectiveness skills, and distress tolerance skills. With mindfulness as a central theme, teens learn to manage emotions and relationships with increased success.

Hosted by Melody Marzulli Ott
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Group meets in Saint Augustine, FL 32086
I am certified in Exposure and Response Prevention, Adolescent Anxiety disorder treatment, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
If your teen struggles with relationships, managing their mood, and making healthy choices, this group might be a good fit. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on developing emotional regulation skills, interpersonal effectiveness skills, and distress tolerance skills. With mindfulness as a central theme, teens learn to manage emotions and relationships with increased success.
Is your child struggling with regulating intense emotions and as a result potentially engaging in maladaptive behaviors? Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is an evidence based treatment that supports clients in developing greater self awareness, while acquiring behavioral tools to more effectively manage life. This is a telehealth group that meets weekly. Open to teens in both New Jersey and Florida. Develop skills in the following areas: Mindfulness; Emotional Regulation; Distress Tolerance; and Interpersonal Effectiveness. 24 Week Group -Ongoing with revolving entry -Ages 13-18 -Consultation is required to determine appropriateness for group. -Insurance accepted: Optum, Cigna, Aetna -$50 per session Out of Pocket

Hosted by Jennifer Arevalo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Group meets in Saint Augustine, FL 32092
Is your child struggling with regulating intense emotions and as a result potentially engaging in maladaptive behaviors? Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is an evidence based treatment that supports clients in developing greater self awareness, while acquiring behavioral tools to more effectively manage life. This is a telehealth group that meets weekly. Open to teens in both New Jersey and Florida. Develop skills in the following areas: Mindfulness; Emotional Regulation; Distress Tolerance; and Interpersonal Effectiveness. 24 Week Group -Ongoing with revolving entry -Ages 13-18 -Consultation is required to determine appropriateness for group. -Insurance accepted: Optum, Cigna, Aetna -$50 per session Out of Pocket
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills training group for adolescents.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills training group for adolescents.
Wild & Rooted is a virtual supportive group for teen girls who want to feel more grounded, confident, and connected to themselves. This circle offers space to slow down, reflect, and better understand emotions, relationships, and identity in a way that feels safe and real. Through collaborative conversation and gentle experiential practices, we explore themes such as stress, friendships, boundaries, self-trust, and navigating life transitions. This group is a space for honesty, connection, and growing self-awareness alongside others doing the same.

Hosted by Chiedza Mashava
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Group meets in Saint Augustine, FL 32080
I work with teens, families & individuals navigating relationship challenges, life transitions, anxiety, stress, self-worth concerns, and family or attachment patterns.
Wild & Rooted is a virtual supportive group for teen girls who want to feel more grounded, confident, and connected to themselves. This circle offers space to slow down, reflect, and better understand emotions, relationships, and identity in a way that feels safe and real. Through collaborative conversation and gentle experiential practices, we explore themes such as stress, friendships, boundaries, self-trust, and navigating life transitions. This group is a space for honesty, connection, and growing self-awareness alongside others doing the same.
This group is for high school aged girls who want to learn distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. This group runs in six week sessions. It is $65 per group.

This group is for high school aged girls who want to learn distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. This group runs in six week sessions. It is $65 per group.
PEERS is an evidenced based treatment that works with both adolescents and their parents to strengthen social skills. Through didactic learning, role plays, and out of group skills practice teens grow more confident and skillful in connecting same aged peers. Adolescents and parents attend 16 weekly group sessions for 90 minutes per week. Participants are taught social skills through didactic lessons and role-play demonstrations, and practice these skills during group socialization activities. Parents attend separate sessions simultaneously and are taught how to assist adolescents in making and keeping friends (parent participation is required).

Hosted by Jennifer Arevalo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Group meets in Saint Augustine, FL 32092
PEERS is an evidenced based treatment that works with both adolescents and their parents to strengthen social skills. Through didactic learning, role plays, and out of group skills practice teens grow more confident and skillful in connecting same aged peers. Adolescents and parents attend 16 weekly group sessions for 90 minutes per week. Participants are taught social skills through didactic lessons and role-play demonstrations, and practice these skills during group socialization activities. Parents attend separate sessions simultaneously and are taught how to assist adolescents in making and keeping friends (parent participation is required).
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Being a teen can feel overwhelming—between school, friendships, and expectations. You don’t have to figure it out alone. Live Out Loud is a supportive, judgment-free group where teens can connect, share openly, and feel understood. Sessions combine conversation with creative and interactive activities to help express thoughts and emotions. The group focuses on building confidence, managing stress, and feeling more comfortable being yourself. It may be especially helpful for teens experiencing anxiety, low mood, stress, life transitions, self-esteem challenges, social difficulties, or ADHD. Your story matters—you deserve a space to show up as you are.

Being a teen can feel overwhelming—between school, friendships, and expectations. You don’t have to figure it out alone. Live Out Loud is a supportive, judgment-free group where teens can connect, share openly, and feel understood. Sessions combine conversation with creative and interactive activities to help express thoughts and emotions. The group focuses on building confidence, managing stress, and feeling more comfortable being yourself. It may be especially helpful for teens experiencing anxiety, low mood, stress, life transitions, self-esteem challenges, social difficulties, or ADHD. Your story matters—you deserve a space to show up as you are.
Being a teen can feel overwhelming—between school, friendships, and expectations. You don’t have to figure it out alone. Live Out Loud is a supportive, judgment-free group where teens can connect, share openly, and feel understood. Sessions combine conversation with creative and interactive activities to help express thoughts and emotions. The group focuses on building confidence, managing stress, and feeling more comfortable being yourself. It may be especially helpful for teens experiencing anxiety, low mood, stress, life transitions, self-esteem challenges, social difficulties, or ADHD. Your story matters—you deserve a space to show up as you are.

Hosted by Jack Davis
Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, MS, RMHCI
Group meets in Jacksonville, FL 32256
Being a teen can feel overwhelming—between school, friendships, and expectations. You don’t have to figure it out alone. Live Out Loud is a supportive, judgment-free group where teens can connect, share openly, and feel understood. Sessions combine conversation with creative and interactive activities to help express thoughts and emotions. The group focuses on building confidence, managing stress, and feeling more comfortable being yourself. It may be especially helpful for teens experiencing anxiety, low mood, stress, life transitions, self-esteem challenges, social difficulties, or ADHD. Your story matters—you deserve a space to show up as you are.
A safe space where you can be real with people who actually get it. You'll learn ways to handle tough emotions and urges, share without being judged, and build confidence in who you are. Plus, you'll have people in your corner cheering you on — you don't have to figure this out alone. This group alternates between in-person and virtual sessions. Insurances are accepted.

Hosted by Samantha Calias
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, LMHC
Group meets in Jacksonville, FL 32256
A safe space where you can be real with people who actually get it. You'll learn ways to handle tough emotions and urges, share without being judged, and build confidence in who you are. Plus, you'll have people in your corner cheering you on — you don't have to figure this out alone. This group alternates between in-person and virtual sessions. Insurances are accepted.
Social Care Services is a comprehensive program developed to achieve self-sufficiency and wellness. SCS achieves these goals through supportive services provided to assist clients with obtaining educational services, employment, financial and medical benefits, medical, social, and other services. SCS provides a suite of services, medication management, mental health counseling, psychiatric medication management, and targeted case management as well. We provide these services to ensure our community is receiving the high-quality and complete supportive services they need.
I have over 12 years of experience helping individual, teens, families and couples.
Social Care Services is a comprehensive program developed to achieve self-sufficiency and wellness. SCS achieves these goals through supportive services provided to assist clients with obtaining educational services, employment, financial and medical benefits, medical, social, and other services. SCS provides a suite of services, medication management, mental health counseling, psychiatric medication management, and targeted case management as well. We provide these services to ensure our community is receiving the high-quality and complete supportive services they need.
Social Care Services is a comprehensive program developed to achieve self-sufficiency and wellness. SCS achieves these goals through supportive services provided to assist clients with obtaining educational services, employment, financial and medical benefits, medical, social, and other services. SCS provides a suite of services, medication management, mental health counseling, psychiatric medication management, and targeted case management as well. We provide these services to ensure our community is receiving the high-quality and complete supportive services they need.
Social Care Services is a comprehensive program developed to achieve self-sufficiency and wellness. SCS achieves these goals through supportive services provided to assist clients with obtaining educational services, employment, financial and medical benefits, medical, social, and other services. SCS provides a suite of services, medication management, mental health counseling, psychiatric medication management, and targeted case management as well. We provide these services to ensure our community is receiving the high-quality and complete supportive services they need.
Need to do things perfectly or not at all? Are your friends, family, or the world disappointing you & you feel angry or sad & want to be left alone (but not really)? Want to feel more connected to others, less socially awkward, respond more flexibly & directly instead of immediately giving in or getting angry? Then this in-person skills class may be for you! RO DBT is an evidence-based treatment for people who struggle w/too much self-control that can cause loneliness & misunderstanding. Skills class meets for 24 wks, begins w/an opening activity, HW review, learn & practice a new skill & time to socialize.

Hosted by Polly Bauer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Group meets in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Need to do things perfectly or not at all? Are your friends, family, or the world disappointing you & you feel angry or sad & want to be left alone (but not really)? Want to feel more connected to others, less socially awkward, respond more flexibly & directly instead of immediately giving in or getting angry? Then this in-person skills class may be for you! RO DBT is an evidence-based treatment for people who struggle w/too much self-control that can cause loneliness & misunderstanding. Skills class meets for 24 wks, begins w/an opening activity, HW review, learn & practice a new skill & time to socialize.
Gifted, creative, and high-performing kids can really start to struggle with their mental health as they enter middle and high school. The things that used to come so easily for them are now getting harder and they wonder if they are “still good enough”. Our program, Balanced Intensity, is a 9-week support group for gifted, creative, and high-performing kids! What makes our groups so special is that our gifted kids get to interact with other gifted kids just like them. We are creating a connected community for our gifted, creative, and high-performing kids! Register your kiddo today!

Hosted by Erica L Whitfield
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MACP, LMHC, BC-TMH
Group meets in Jacksonville, FL 32257
Gifted, creative, and high-performing kids can really start to struggle with their mental health as they enter middle and high school. The things that used to come so easily for them are now getting harder and they wonder if they are “still good enough”. Our program, Balanced Intensity, is a 9-week support group for gifted, creative, and high-performing kids! What makes our groups so special is that our gifted kids get to interact with other gifted kids just like them. We are creating a connected community for our gifted, creative, and high-performing kids! Register your kiddo today!
Need to do things perfectly or not at all? Are your friends, family, or the world disappointing you & you feel angry or sad & want to be left alone (but not really)? Want to feel more connected to others, less socially awkward, respond more flexibly & directly instead of immediately giving in or getting angry? Then this in-person skills class may be for you! RO DBT is an evidence-based treatment for people who struggle w/ too much self-control which can cause loneliness & misunderstanding. Skills class meets for 24 wks, begins w/an opening activity, HW review, learn & practice a new skill & assign HW.

Hosted by RODBT East &Coastal Counseling of North Florida
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW , LCSW
Group meets in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Also, full treatment Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) comprised of 30 wks of skills class ( Teen is 24wks) & weekly indiv
Need to do things perfectly or not at all? Are your friends, family, or the world disappointing you & you feel angry or sad & want to be left alone (but not really)? Want to feel more connected to others, less socially awkward, respond more flexibly & directly instead of immediately giving in or getting angry? Then this in-person skills class may be for you! RO DBT is an evidence-based treatment for people who struggle w/ too much self-control which can cause loneliness & misunderstanding. Skills class meets for 24 wks, begins w/an opening activity, HW review, learn & practice a new skill & assign HW.
Fun way to learn Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Learn to do what works to move forward towards a life worth living with little to no drama, sounds good doesn’t it ?

Hosted by Beaches Therapy DBT & Trauma
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, LCQSW
Group meets in Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Fun way to learn Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Learn to do what works to move forward towards a life worth living with little to no drama, sounds good doesn’t it ?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment created by Dr. Marsha Linehan. DBT Family is designed for teens and parents who struggle to regulate their emotions and behaviors effectively. Families participate in DBT when traditional psychotherapy, day treatment and/or hospitalizations have not been effective. Our Family DBT program can also help parents and their kids better see one another's differing viewpoints which can strengthen their relationships.

Hosted by Anita Moreno
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSSA, LCSW
Group meets in Jacksonville, FL 32258
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment created by Dr. Marsha Linehan. DBT Family is designed for teens and parents who struggle to regulate their emotions and behaviors effectively. Families participate in DBT when traditional psychotherapy, day treatment and/or hospitalizations have not been effective. Our Family DBT program can also help parents and their kids better see one another's differing viewpoints which can strengthen their relationships.
This group is for neurodivergent high schoolers who want to have a support system of like-minded peers and who want to learn how to navigate a world that wasn't meant for them. This group is led by a neurodivergent clinician who will guide the group and provide insight and understanding of the neurodivergent experience.

Hosted by Aaron Percoco
Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, RMHCI
Group meets in Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
This group is for neurodivergent high schoolers who want to have a support system of like-minded peers and who want to learn how to navigate a world that wasn't meant for them. This group is led by a neurodivergent clinician who will guide the group and provide insight and understanding of the neurodivergent experience.
The goal of the group is to stop destructive behaviors by focusing on teaching the skills necessary to be able to cope with and change the unhealthy thoughts that lead to destruction. Teens will learn to balance acceptance and change, regulate emotional responses, and improve relationships. We will also focus on decreasing and managing stress related symptoms related to anxiety, depression, impulsivity, self harm, poor social skills and depression. The 4 major modules of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness will be covered and if time allows, we may also review a 5th module, Walking the Middle Path.

Hosted by Mandarin Counseling & Wellness
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LCSW, LMHC, RMHI, PhD, LMFT
Group meets in Jacksonville, FL 32223
The goal of the group is to stop destructive behaviors by focusing on teaching the skills necessary to be able to cope with and change the unhealthy thoughts that lead to destruction. Teens will learn to balance acceptance and change, regulate emotional responses, and improve relationships. We will also focus on decreasing and managing stress related symptoms related to anxiety, depression, impulsivity, self harm, poor social skills and depression. The 4 major modules of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness will be covered and if time allows, we may also review a 5th module, Walking the Middle Path.
Please call first: Alternative Peer Group (APG), family-centered, professionally staffed, positive peer support program that offers prosocial activities, counseling, and case management for youth who struggle with substance use or self-destructive behaviors. The main focus is to offer and shape a new peer group that utilizes positive peer pressure to stay substance free. APGs focus on making sobriety more fun by organizing and staffing sober social functions throughout the week, weekends, and summers.

Hosted by Michael P McGuire
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MS, LMHC
Group meets in Jacksonville, FL 32256
Please call first: Alternative Peer Group (APG), family-centered, professionally staffed, positive peer support program that offers prosocial activities, counseling, and case management for youth who struggle with substance use or self-destructive behaviors. The main focus is to offer and shape a new peer group that utilizes positive peer pressure to stay substance free. APGs focus on making sobriety more fun by organizing and staffing sober social functions throughout the week, weekends, and summers.
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Therapy support groups for teens in Saint Augustine, FL provide support during the transitional period where teens can bring up issues of independence and self-identity in a supportive environment.
Group therapy brings adolescents together who struggle with similar issues. It creates a safe space for teens to connect and support one another, while learning beneficial skills from an experienced therapist who serves as the group leader. Group therapy is an option that teens should consider as a powerful therapy alternative.


