Actualize Counseling & Nutrition, provides an ongoing 10-week support group for women who grew up in emotionally neglectful or abusive environments. As adults, adverse childhood experiences may result in insecure attachments or unhealthy compulsive behaviors. Group members are provided with an environment to learn, process and receive peer support. If you have struggled with feelings of emotionally loneliness or struggle with forming healthy, thriving relationships with others, this group may provide you with guidance and tools that can help you process and ultimately lead towards healing. Please reach out if you would like more information.
Hosted by Actualize Counseling & Nutrition
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, MA 02476
I specialize in working with adolescent and young adult in the area of anxiety, eating disorders and gender/sexuality. My clients are able to change behaviors such as avoiding, restricting, ruminating, indulging, escaping into effective coping strategies. As confidence and motivation increases, I have seen my clients develop an authentic version of themselves by gaining insight into their thoughts and behaviors, building awareness around their relationships with others and challenging unhelpful coping behaviors.
Our identities are often caught up with work and parenting roles. At midlife or later, those roles change, some by choice, some involuntarily. This group addresses questions which surface when considering or trying out a time of scaled back demands. Who am I apart from my job? Is it ok to step back? What brings meaning? What are the implications for my relationships? What do I actually want? How do I make the changes I'm wishing for? This group addresses challenges and opportunities that arise as one clears space to create a satisfying midlife or later life experience.
Hosted by Janet Strassman Perlmutter
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Stow, MA 01775
Everyone has within themselves the resources they need to feel better, function better, and engage in more rewarding relationships. But it doesn't always feel that way. My work is to help you clear the barriers to engaging with your inner strengths. No matter what you're struggling with, I'll help you focus on ways to know yourself better, honor your needs, communicate more productively, navigate conflicts more successfully, and manage times of transition with greater clarity, perspective, and hope. Learn how to better tolerate and even grow from your most unsettled parts as you develop trust and confidence in your inner wisdom.
An online group for graduate students in social work, counseling and psychology programs. This group is an opportunity for members to experience therapy and come together during an uncertain and challenging time.
Hosted by Será Godfrey-Kaplan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Waltham, MA 02453
I work with adults, college and graduate students, adolescents, families, couples, social workers and groups. I believe that therapy is a collaborative journey. My style includes creating a warm space for my clients to work through difficulties. You can expect a responsive experience where you can explore and find new ways to improve your quality of life.
Are you a college student in the area ? Process groups are an effective model of group therapy that can provide guidance and support to group members. Themes this therapy group will be handling are: Isolation, Cultural Challenges, Future Anxiety, Navigating novel relationships, Establishing a growing sense of self. 2 sections that meet on a bi-weekly schedule are offered: Mondays 9:30 am - 11:00 am & 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm. 45 minute individual intake sessions will be held ($45 intake fee) Group therapy sessions are self-pay ($40 bi-weekly )
Hosted by Damla Tuzcu
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Cambridge, MA 02138
I have been serving individuals, families and children who seek treatment for wide rage of therapeutic needs. Together we may work on a symptom you have identified within the realms of thinking, feeling or behaviors. We may as well become curious about and work on untangling complaints you may have located outside of the locus of your self ; such as relational complaints, life transitions and life challenges. With a 15 minute free consultation, we may explore whether I am the right fit for your needs.
This group will focus on issues facing the adolescent girl and how those issues affect their lives.
Hosted by The Counseling and Advocacy Group
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newton, MA 02468
Adolescence is possibly one of the most difficult times in one's personal development. But with caring support from family and friends, and in conjunction with therapy, adolescents can achieve greater self-confidence and resilience. Positive changes occur when a client and therapist work in concert to find new perspectives that lead to better paths. Through a better understanding of individual struggles and environmental factors, we develop tools for success that enables clients to become the best version of themselves. My practice is a judgment free, calm and quiet environment for clients to manage their concerns and challenges.
Hosted by Maria Ramos | Sapphire Counseling Services, LLC
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, MA 02476
This group is a safe space for men in any stage of their mental health journey. Together, we'll explore issues surrounding OCD and men's experiences, share challenging and uplifting experiences, and learn from one another. Expect to share and practice coping skills, hold one another accountable to living with an ERP mindset, and feel validated and supported by your peers.
Together, we can evaluate how your personality, behaviors, lifestyle, and relationships come together either to promote or impede your health. I am skilled with helping people whose anxiety manifests as obsessions, compulsions, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, perfectionism, and other such behaviors. My attention to all-around health is also useful for working with those experiencing depression or addictive behaviors. In addition, I enjoy supporting individuals experiencing relational or familial difficulties, romantic/sexual dissatisfaction, or issues at the intersection of gender and culture.
This twelve week group focuses on the challenges of navigating the world as a self identified man. The group focuses on relationships of all kinds, career, parenting, financial, spiritual, men's health and more.
Hosted by Elliott Kronenfeld
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LICSW, MSW, MS, CSTS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newton, MA 02464
I am a certified sex therapist who is licensed in NH, ME, and MA, and specialize in therapies for individuals and couples that are dealing with issues that inhibit future growth and happiness. As the author of Couples by Intention: Creating and Cultivating Relationships That Matter!, specialties include sex/intimacy, infidelity recovery, infertility, Surrogacy/Adoption, life transitions/personal growth, men's issues, and sexual minorities' concerns. My approach is solution focused, varied and includes a strength based perspective. Narrative therapy, CBT and interpersonal methods are often used.
IF you want to get to the core of repeated patterns and issues, and love spiritual/shamanic work, this group is for you! We delve into the soul of your family and redirect an unwanted pattern into a new, conscious soul agreement. You must be experience this work to really understand the power and effect it has!
Hosted by Molly Salans
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Westford, MA 01886
During the Corona Virus I am offering phone and video sessions.I am accepting new clients at this time age 18 and over. I will help you get to the crux of your issues. A superb listener, I see each and every one of you in your entirety. Something is out-of-balance, broken and painful which is why you are coming in to see me. I offer Emotionally Focused Therapy for adults and couples, and imbue therapy with meditation, mindfulness and the Constellation Approach, I help you begin to develop a new relationship with yourself. One that will bring peace and a sense of purpose to your life.
Gambit Counseling in Holliston, MA, is a mental health practice dedicated to providing personalized therapeutic services to individuals, couples, and families. The center offers a range of virtual treatments including individual counseling, couples therapy, and family sessions, addressing issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and stress management. With a focus on creating a supportive and non-judgmental environment, Gambit Counseling aims to empower clients through compassionate care and evidence-based practices. Their team of licensed professionals collaborates closely with clients to develop tailored strategies for personal growth and well-being.
Hosted by Bill Dwinnells
Counselor, LMHC, NCC, CCMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Holliston, MA 01746
With over two decades of unwavering commitment to the field of mental health, I am a seasoned and compassionate counselor. I have extensive experience and diverse skill set that has empowered countless individuals to navigate life's challenges. I help have helped many people through life stage transitions, such as graduating school and transitioning into adulthood.
Group Psychotherapy is a powerful therapeutic modality. It can be complementary to other therapies, or an alternative to individual therapy, depending on individual interests and needs. We humans are relational beings. Our concerns, frustrations, and joys, often live within our relationships. Group provides a safe-enough social sandbox to learn more about yourself, your interpersonal patterns, the way you see others, and how you are seen by others. In group a different kind of conversation takes place in parallel to more familiar conversations, and we examine our differences and similarities in surprising ways.
I currently have openings in my adult psychotherapy group, as well as room in the chld/adolescent group for 10 to 12 year-olds that is launching in January. I am a certified group psychotherapist, with extensive experience working therapeutically with groups. A therapy group provides you with a safe-enough sandbox to explore your interpersonal strengths, challenges, and patterns. We humans are social beings, and our concerns play out within our relationships. With a group, you can explore your interpersonal map with the help of the group and myself.
Darwin Gillett, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, will show participants ways to reduce negative emotions through discovering the body's subtle energies. EFT has been clinically effective in thousands of cases and proving dramatically successful in relieving fears and phobias, panic and anxiety, depression, allergies, and hundreds of physical symptoms. It often works where nothing else will.
Hosted by Darwin Gillett
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Westford, MA 01886
Are you suffering from limiting fears, depression, grief, anger, stress, anxiety or addictions? If so, I can help. I help clients break free from these and other issues using different mind/body therapies (including hypnosis) to quickly and powerfully integrate health, happiness and peace into people's lives. My intent is always to guide clients to a path of insight and understanding that allow them to fully utilize their inherent inner healing and creativity that we as human beings all possess.
Dr. Margolies is experienced with men's issues and ran a men's group with bright, high functioning men discussing relationships, work, power, family, secrecy, shame, parenting, personal growth.
Dr. Margolies was trained at a Harvard teaching hospital with an Instructor appointment at Harvard Medical School. She is a skilled, conscientious, interactive, candid, thoughtful & caring psychologist. Dr. M is engaging and real with her patients. She uses a respectful, collaborative, intuitive, & empowering approach that provides people with relevant, explicit and useful feedback removing the mystery of the process of therapy. Specialties: Interpersonal conflict, Parenting/Family issues, Teens/Young adults, Men,Midlife crises,Self-defeating patterns,Unresolved childhood trauma,High functioning autism spectrum.
Weekend Retreat for Couples:
April 18--10, 2020. 9am-5pm Saturday & Sunday. Cost: $700 per couple. We will be teaching couples mindfulness practices for being present together, balancing self and other, dealing with differences, giving and receiving attention, building trust and cultivating compassion.
Hosted by Antra Kalnins Borofsky
Marriage & Family Therapist, EdM, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Cambridge, MA 02140
A deep and enduring intimacy is one of life's greatest treasures. Antra Borofsky is a couples therapist whose special gift is to help couples learn how to consciously enter into the experience of being present in a way that makes it possible to reconnect, open one's heart and to transform hurts, resentments and fears into a deeper, more compassionate and lasting connection. With her husband, Dr. Richard Borofsky, her partner for 45 years, she also offers retreats and workshops for couples called, "Being Together: The Art of Loving" and "Being Together: The Mindful Practice of Intimacy."
This co-led women’s group is an ongoing interpersonal process group for identifying females wanting to connect and work on open communication with other women regarding life challenges, relationships, personal and work identities, life transitions, struggles with intimacy, and stressors in their daily lives.
Hosted by Natasha Khoury
Counselor, MEd, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Cambridge, MA 02138
My goal is to guide you in understanding what interferes with living a fulfilling life. I believe change is possible, in spite of any circumstance, and I will support you through your journey of growth and self-discovery. As a therapist with extensive background working with trauma survivors and individuals of all ages, couples and families in crisis, I respect and understand both the challenges and lifelong benefits of having therapeutic alliance. My experience with the healing process has solidified the importance of consistent, genuine care, creating a space to pursue what it is you desire and find to be meaningful.
This group would be for clients who have some recovery and need support to prevent relapsing.
Hosted by Deborah Rancourt
Counselor, MA, LMHC, LADC, I
Verified Verified
Group meets in Woburn, MA 01801
Overwhelmed? Anxious? Irritable? Depressed? Stressing over finances, job, relationships? So many people are struggling but you reached out for help. Taking this first step is the hardest. I would like the opportunity to help ease your discomfort by providing a safe and comfortable environment. No judgement here. Together we would work on the issues you are struggling with. I feel people are more resilient than they feel. I am active in the therapeutic process by providing feedback. Change is always possible. I am no longer working with couples or children.
This is a therapy group for men and women in their 30s, 40s and 50s struggling with relationships, anxiety and/or depression.
Hosted by Elizabeth (Libby) Shapiro
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lexington, MA 02421
Most often people come to therapy because they are experiencing some depression or anxiety related to their relationships, work, or sense of themselves. Despite this pain, making the decision to enter into therapy is often difficult. It takes great courage and a certain amount of hope. It is important to find a therapist with whom you think you will eventually be as open and honest as possible; someone who is non-judgmental, and who can both give and accept feedback. I will take the initial sessions to help us figure out if we can be good collaborators in this undertaking.
The Complex Trauma Institute is offering a recurring, 12-week, co-ed group: Complex Trauma 201: Creative Coping. Begins Fall 2024 and will explore different types of traumas, what it means to process experiences safely, how to engage in self-care, manage activation, among other related topics. This is not a process group, but group members are welcome to share their thoughts, questions, and experiences as beneficial to themselves and the group. Group meets in-person, Thursday evenings from 5:30-7:00 in Melrose, MA. Cost is $1,000 flat rate due before the first session; insurance not accepted.
Hello! Oi! Hola! I am a bilingual therapist who speaks English and Brazilian Portuguese. I specialize in working with children and adolescents who struggle to manage daily stressors and feel out of control in some way shape or form. My clients have felt supported in managing symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and more in order to live a more balanced and fulfilling life. I enjoy accompanying my clients in their journey of self-exploration and growth.
Change how you feel by changing the way you think! In these workshops, you'll learn effective SELF-help strategies...ways to FEEL BETTER, and DO better in your life!
Hosted by New Inspiration Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, EdS, MSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lexington, MA 02420
We work well with people throughout the age range, whether it is a child struggling in school, an adult overwhelmed by life's demands, or a senior citizen in need of support, we are prepared and eager to help. While your relationship with your therapist is central, we focus on RESULTS: With a dynamic mix of positive psychology and evidence-based treatment, it's our mission to help you to feel better & do better in your life.
When we do healing work in a circle the benefit can be magnified as participants expand and support the focus of each other's work. Groups concentrate on both individual intentions and collective intention. This provides a rich base of healing for all participants. You may come once to see if it's a good match for the price of 1 session. You can join at any time. We run our group in 6 sessions cycles. You pay at the beginning for the series. Notify me if you will miss a session in advance, so you don't have to pay for that one.
Hosted by Andrew Hahn And Associates
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Waltham, MA 02451
My team and I help individuals and couples. We are best suited to treating you where you're stuck, be it physical (like chronic pain, auto-immune), mental (like anxiety), emotional (like depression), relational (partners, children, parents, people you work with), and spiritual (like alienation). What makes my work unique is it's remarkably efficient & effective.
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in Middlesex County?
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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.