Support Groups in Oak Park, IL

Men's Support Group
This is a small group (3-5) experience. Many adult men find themselves feeling disconnected and find it hard to reach out to others for help. Participants will learn how to interact openly and honestly with each other.The emphasis is on ...
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Hosted by Orson Morrison
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60302
This is a small group (3-5) experience. Many adult men find themselves feeling disconnected and find it hard to reach out to others for help. Participants will learn how to interact openly and honestly with each other.The emphasis is on ...
(708) 325-8554 View (708) 325-8554
ADHD Skills Group
If you or someone you know is struggling with ADHD, it can feel incredibly frustrating and defeating. This group is designed to help individuals find adaptive ways to cope with and honor their neuro-diversity. The group consists of an 8-week ...
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Hosted by Laura Lammers
Pre-Licensed Professional, PsyD
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60304
If you or someone you know is struggling with ADHD, it can feel incredibly frustrating and defeating. This group is designed to help individuals find adaptive ways to cope with and honor their neuro-diversity. The group consists of an 8-week ...
(708) 792-2973 View (708) 792-2973
LGBTQ+ Process Therapy Group
This is a process therapy group, which means that members will discuss and process their own questions and experiences guided by the support of the group therapists. All LGBTQIA+ identities are welcome, and topics in the past have included coming ...
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Hosted by Casey VanderStel
Counselor, LPC, MA, EMDR
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
This is a process therapy group, which means that members will discuss and process their own questions and experiences guided by the support of the group therapists. All LGBTQIA+ identities are welcome, and topics in the past have included coming ...
(708) 734-2422 View (708) 734-2422
Adventures in Self Growth Group (meets bi-weekly)
Adult therapy process group for men and women ages 35-58. Learn advanced communication and relationship skills through group feedback and process. Develop a healthy self- identity, and a genuine persona. Connect to your creative and spiritual self. The group has ...
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Hosted by Ken Aaron Burnstein
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60302
Adult therapy process group for men and women ages 35-58. Learn advanced communication and relationship skills through group feedback and process. Develop a healthy self- identity, and a genuine persona. Connect to your creative and spiritual self. The group has ...
(708) 406-6651 View (708) 406-6651
Better Communities Counseling
Better Communities Counseling focuses on helping clients manage issues related to depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship conflict, compassion fatigue, anger, self-esteem, family conflict, and workplace stress. Our approach is inviting, client-centered, nonjudgemental, and relationship-based. We focus on helping clients identify goals ...
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Hosted by Amanda Connor
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
Better Communities Counseling focuses on helping clients manage issues related to depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship conflict, compassion fatigue, anger, self-esteem, family conflict, and workplace stress. Our approach is inviting, client-centered, nonjudgemental, and relationship-based. We focus on helping clients identify goals ...
(708) 726-8070 View (708) 726-8070
Teen Girls Support Group
NOW ACCEPTING NEW REFERRALS! Adolescent girls struggling with self-esteem, anxiety or mood issues will find support from compassionate peers and skillful facilitation. This group will provide a venue to share and recieve feedback, as well as offer valuable skills for ...
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Hosted by Autumn Starks
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
NOW ACCEPTING NEW REFERRALS! Adolescent girls struggling with self-esteem, anxiety or mood issues will find support from compassionate peers and skillful facilitation. This group will provide a venue to share and recieve feedback, as well as offer valuable skills for ...
(708) 329-8118 View (708) 329-8118
Better Communities Counseling
Better Communities Counseling focuses on helping clients manage issues related to depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship conflict, compassion fatigue, anger, self-esteem, family conflict, and workplace stress. Our approach is inviting, client-centered, nonjudgemental, and relationship-based. We focus on helping clients identify goals ...
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Hosted by Durrell Sheppard
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
Better Communities Counseling focuses on helping clients manage issues related to depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship conflict, compassion fatigue, anger, self-esteem, family conflict, and workplace stress. Our approach is inviting, client-centered, nonjudgemental, and relationship-based. We focus on helping clients identify goals ...
(708) 564-3352 View (708) 564-3352
Deborah Clause and Associates
A little more information about me, and about our practice, can be found at debclauseassociates.com. I typically see clients in our downtown Oak Park office (with attached parking garage and convenient to Green Line) on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. ...
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Hosted by Katherine Wyman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
A little more information about me, and about our practice, can be found at debclauseassociates.com. I typically see clients in our downtown Oak Park office (with attached parking garage and convenient to Green Line) on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. ...
(708) 694-9652 View (708) 694-9652
Therapy Health Clinic PLLC
We treat Individuals, Couples, Children , Teens, and Families using different treatment approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral, Dialectical, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based, Parent-Child Interaction, Positive Psychology, Reality Therapy, Solution Focused Brief, Structural Family Therapy, Multicultural, and other Hybrid methods or ...
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Hosted by Therapy Health Clinic: Tony D. Wilson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
We treat Individuals, Couples, Children , Teens, and Families using different treatment approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral, Dialectical, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based, Parent-Child Interaction, Positive Psychology, Reality Therapy, Solution Focused Brief, Structural Family Therapy, Multicultural, and other Hybrid methods or ...
(708) 634-5871 View (708) 634-5871
Parents with an Encopretic Child Support Group
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Hosted by Dennis R. Verville
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 231-0598 View (708) 231-0598
Women and Relationships: Journaling & Meditation
A processing group for women 18-30 who desire to mindfully create healthy intentions in various relationships. The group will address boundary setting in relationships, what reciprocity looks like, ending unhealthy relationships, navigating others' lack of acceptance of a relationship and ...
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Hosted by Nia Integrative Healing
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
A processing group for women 18-30 who desire to mindfully create healthy intentions in various relationships. The group will address boundary setting in relationships, what reciprocity looks like, ending unhealthy relationships, navigating others' lack of acceptance of a relationship and ...
(708) 628-5456 View (708) 628-5456
Bag ladies
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Hosted by Micaela Noelle Bates
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 377-9663 View (708) 377-9663
High School Support Group
HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORT GROUP High school is tough and this limited-time group is meant to support and help your teen process and grow in healthy ways. It is open to all genders. Wednesdays, Sept 14 (2022) - Dec 14 (2022) ...
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Hosted by Grace Harrington
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORT GROUP High school is tough and this limited-time group is meant to support and help your teen process and grow in healthy ways. It is open to all genders. Wednesdays, Sept 14 (2022) - Dec 14 (2022) ...
(708) 888-2173 View (708) 888-2173
DuPage Psychiatric Care PLLC
Dupage Psychiatric Care is a private practice that specializes in holistic psychiatry utilizing comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and a compassionate treatment approach. We take pride in the excellent care provided by our very capable Psychiatrists, who value transparency, make the care ...
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Hosted by Dr. Rachel Klauber
Psychiatrist, DO
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
Dupage Psychiatric Care is a private practice that specializes in holistic psychiatry utilizing comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and a compassionate treatment approach. We take pride in the excellent care provided by our very capable Psychiatrists, who value transparency, make the care ...
(708) 578-8663 View (708) 578-8663
Pre-teen and teen art therapy groups
More details TBD
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Hosted by Rachel Hall, PC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ATR
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
More details TBD
(773) 360-5996 View (773) 360-5996
Lgbtqia+ Young Adults Process Group (Virtual)
If you identify as LGBTQ+ and are experiencing loneliness, feeling different, or are struggling in your connections with others, this group is for you! Through group process we will discuss unique issues and topics that arise in your life and ...
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Hosted by Grace Martin
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
If you identify as LGBTQ+ and are experiencing loneliness, feeling different, or are struggling in your connections with others, this group is for you! Through group process we will discuss unique issues and topics that arise in your life and ...
(630) 884-4160 View (630) 884-4160
Chicago Center for Psychotherapy
Stuck? We can help. Would you like to improve your relationship? Increase intimacy? Feeling anxious, overwhelmed or depressed? We provide a supportive environment to assist you in taking risks and creating new ways of thinking which will bring healing and ...
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Hosted by Conor Klusendorf
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, CRC, LPC
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
Stuck? We can help. Would you like to improve your relationship? Increase intimacy? Feeling anxious, overwhelmed or depressed? We provide a supportive environment to assist you in taking risks and creating new ways of thinking which will bring healing and ...
(312) 319-8005 View (312) 319-8005
Teen-2-Teen Virtual Support Group
Our Virtual Teen-2-Teen Group focuses on supporting emotional well-being, connecting in this time of social distancing, and learning mindfulness-based coping skills. Led by two trained professionals, the six-week group provides a safe, structured, virtual space for high schoolers to connect ...
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Hosted by Mark Radel
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
Our Virtual Teen-2-Teen Group focuses on supporting emotional well-being, connecting in this time of social distancing, and learning mindfulness-based coping skills. Led by two trained professionals, the six-week group provides a safe, structured, virtual space for high schoolers to connect ...
(708) 401-6511 View (708) 401-6511
2019 Support Group for Parents of Kids with ADHD
Parenting kids with ADHD can be physically and emotionally draining. If you're finding yourself losing your cool or feeling exhausted, you're not alone. The Support Group for Parents of Kids with ADHD will be a safe place to share your ...
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Hosted by Terri Fry Brukhartz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PCC
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
Parenting kids with ADHD can be physically and emotionally draining. If you're finding yourself losing your cool or feeling exhausted, you're not alone. The Support Group for Parents of Kids with ADHD will be a safe place to share your ...
(708) 316-9567 View (708) 316-9567
Diabetes Support
Diabetes Support Groups are designed to help those living with diabetes as well as those helping a loved one living with diabetes develop healthy skills for living a full life while managing diabetes. Diabetes Support Groups are a great way ...
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Hosted by Tonja Horn
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified
Group meets in Oak Park, IL 60301
Diabetes Support Groups are designed to help those living with diabetes as well as those helping a loved one living with diabetes develop healthy skills for living a full life while managing diabetes. Diabetes Support Groups are a great way ...
(708) 487-0719 View (708) 487-0719


What is the difference between Group Therapy and a Support Group?
Oak Park Support Groups and Group Therapy both offer a safe place to explore important issues. It is important, however, to understand the difference between the two.

Group therapy in Oak Park is led by a therapist, group psychotherapist, or group counselor, and is generally structured around an issue. The therapist guides the group through a program as the group works together to better understand thoughts and feelings. Experienced therapists lead psychotherapy groups for various ages, such as adults, and specific issues including anger management, anxiety, and coping skills.

Support groups in Oak Park are usually facilitated by a therapist or counselor, but can also be led by members with lived experiences. Generally, a support group is less structured than a therapy group. Support groups bring together members to provide support and strength to each other, often around a common challenge such as addiction or grief.

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.

Is Group Therapy Right For You?
Group therapy in Oak Park allows you to benefit from the experiences and sharing of others. Listening to others, and recognizing what you have in common, allows you to learn about yourself. In the group environment, where therapy types such as Mindfulness Based group therapy are used, you can recognize aspects of yourself that you may choose to modify or change.

As other members share about their lives, you might see your own experiences or see patterns you hadn’t noticed previously. The group allows you to better understand issues you might not have noticed before.

Hearing the stories of group members gets you outside of yourself and helps you see your life differently. As you do that, a process of self-acceptance and empathy for others occurs as you learn to relate with others in the group.

Group therapy and support groups in Oak Park can also be a less expensive alternative to individual therapy. While you should check with your insurance company, you’ll often find that therapist led group psychotherapy is covered, while peer-led support groups are not. Either way, group session costs are generally less expensive than individual therapy.