We practice therapy in a very approachable and humanistic way. All of the therapists of GENNEW practice from a positive and solution-focused modality. While we are able to handle a wide variety of issues, our counselors specialize in the experience of being a person of color in today's society.
We practice therapy in a very approachable and humanistic way. All of the therapists of GENNEW practice from a positive and solution-focused modality. While we are able to handle a wide variety of issues, our counselors specialize in the experience of being a person of color in today's society.
This virtual group teaches members the 5 skills modules of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Emotion Regulation Skills, Distress Tolerance Skills, Mindfulness Skills, Middle Path Skills, and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills). Through a combination of teaching, demonstrating, and member participation, clients learn the skills of DBT and practice them in weekly homework assignments.
This virtual group teaches members the 5 skills modules of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Emotion Regulation Skills, Distress Tolerance Skills, Mindfulness Skills, Middle Path Skills, and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills). Through a combination of teaching, demonstrating, and member participation, clients learn the skills of DBT and practice them in weekly homework assignments.
Through music listening, imagery, and reflection, connect with your inner resources. By deeply experiencing your positive resources within and matching it to music you can learn to access them with greater ease, and in the process re-wire your brain. The goals of the group: * Identify and strengthen positive resources within * Strengthen ability to be in the present moment * Build resilience and capacity to deal with the stresses of life * Practice self-care strategies using music. Playlists of music with be offered and shared every week. You will learn how to use your own preferred music to increase your wellbeing and vitality.
Through music listening, imagery, and reflection, connect with your inner resources. By deeply experiencing your positive resources within and matching it to music you can learn to access them with greater ease, and in the process re-wire your brain. The goals of the group: * Identify and strengthen positive resources within * Strengthen ability to be in the present moment * Build resilience and capacity to deal with the stresses of life * Practice self-care strategies using music. Playlists of music with be offered and shared every week. You will learn how to use your own preferred music to increase your wellbeing and vitality.
Therapeutic board game group for ages 7-9; 10-14; 15-18. Clinician led small groups for kids with social skills difficulties. Beginning November 2024. Call today for more information.
Therapeutic board game group for ages 7-9; 10-14; 15-18. Clinician led small groups for kids with social skills difficulties. Beginning November 2024. Call today for more information.
A telehealth group for individuals seeking to learn about their relationships, their attachment behavior and their choices in relationship. Designed to help people understand the difference between anxious attachment, avoidant and secure attachment and find ways to find satisfaction, stability and happiness in their relationships. You will learn about early experiences that have shaped your personality, choices and attractions. This is a mixed group of men and women limited to eight individuals. We will meet for 75 minutes weekly for a total of 10 visits and fee is $600.
Hosted by Michael Ruben Couples Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, BCD
Group meets in Boston, MA 02116
For clients with anxiety, I help them look at their belief systems and guide them to find pathways to inner peace, calm and joy.
A telehealth group for individuals seeking to learn about their relationships, their attachment behavior and their choices in relationship. Designed to help people understand the difference between anxious attachment, avoidant and secure attachment and find ways to find satisfaction, stability and happiness in their relationships. You will learn about early experiences that have shaped your personality, choices and attractions. This is a mixed group of men and women limited to eight individuals. We will meet for 75 minutes weekly for a total of 10 visits and fee is $600.
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
Do you feel anxious to speak up, to be around other people, or to be visible? This group is for you if you: identify as a woman; want to feel more safe; are critical of yourself; fear judgment; and desire your true authentic self to be seen, heard, and understood. Get skills and support to interrupt Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn reactions. Learn how to create safe, confident, and authentic interactions in this group and in your life. Meeting on Zoom, we will be physically distant yet emotionally together. An initial phone interview is required.
Do you feel anxious to speak up, to be around other people, or to be visible? This group is for you if you: identify as a woman; want to feel more safe; are critical of yourself; fear judgment; and desire your true authentic self to be seen, heard, and understood. Get skills and support to interrupt Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn reactions. Learn how to create safe, confident, and authentic interactions in this group and in your life. Meeting on Zoom, we will be physically distant yet emotionally together. An initial phone interview is required.
Childhood trauma is defined as "not good enough" parenting, from overt harm to subtle neglect. Our childhood experiences continue to run us as adults. Research shows that trauma is held in the body, and experiential and relational work is necessary to change this early programming. Amanda Curtin, the groups founder, has developed a step-by step process with concrete tools and exercises that allow deeper change and re-programming to occur. This group is lead by Judith Prebluda. Please see my website for details, and call for a free interview.
Childhood trauma is defined as "not good enough" parenting, from overt harm to subtle neglect. Our childhood experiences continue to run us as adults. Research shows that trauma is held in the body, and experiential and relational work is necessary to change this early programming. Amanda Curtin, the groups founder, has developed a step-by step process with concrete tools and exercises that allow deeper change and re-programming to occur. This group is lead by Judith Prebluda. Please see my website for details, and call for a free interview.
EMDR Therapy Solutions & Wellness is a trauma-informed group practice serving adults across Massachusetts through virtual (telehealth) therapy. Our team is made up of Massachusetts-licensed clinicians who bring warmth, structure, and evidence-based care to each session. While we specialize in trauma and EMDR, we also support anxiety, depression, relationship stress, and life transitions helping clients feel more grounded, empowered, and in control.
I help with anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
EMDR Therapy Solutions & Wellness is a trauma-informed group practice serving adults across Massachusetts through virtual (telehealth) therapy. Our team is made up of Massachusetts-licensed clinicians who bring warmth, structure, and evidence-based care to each session. While we specialize in trauma and EMDR, we also support anxiety, depression, relationship stress, and life transitions helping clients feel more grounded, empowered, and in control.
ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS - This group supports women seeking to reflect on their day to day lives, what's going well, what changes are coming, and how our relationships are flourishing or struggling. The group is a place to make sense of how past traumas and other struggles have impacted your life. Through mutual sharing, gentle challenge and and support, the group purpose aims to help us better our selves and our relationships. Whether life transitions, recovering from trauma in life, loss, loneliness, or other struggles are an issue, the group is a space for reflecting, learning and becoming our true selves.
ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS - This group supports women seeking to reflect on their day to day lives, what's going well, what changes are coming, and how our relationships are flourishing or struggling. The group is a place to make sense of how past traumas and other struggles have impacted your life. Through mutual sharing, gentle challenge and and support, the group purpose aims to help us better our selves and our relationships. Whether life transitions, recovering from trauma in life, loss, loneliness, or other struggles are an issue, the group is a space for reflecting, learning and becoming our true selves.
It's my belief that psychological health is attained through a holistic approach focused on the whole person’s transition from illness to wellness and recovery. Whereby applying pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods toward health and healing. Completing the Recovery to Practice Facilitator Program, empowered me with the tools to create a psychiatric family mental health recovery group. The group’s purpose is to provide psychoeducation to family members about mental health recovery to support their loved one’s treatment goals.
Hosted by Maria Thompson
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, PMHNP-B
Group meets in Boston, MA 02115
It's my belief that psychological health is attained through a holistic approach focused on the whole person’s transition from illness to wellness and recovery. Whereby applying pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods toward health and healing. Completing the Recovery to Practice Facilitator Program, empowered me with the tools to create a psychiatric family mental health recovery group. The group’s purpose is to provide psychoeducation to family members about mental health recovery to support their loved one’s treatment goals.
Teen DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) groups teach adolescents skills in mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to manage intense emotions, conflicts, and risky behaviors
Hosted by Amelia Mercedes Hernandez-Marinez
Counselor, MEd, LMHC, LPC, SAC
Group meets in Haverhill, MA 01832
Teen DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) groups teach adolescents skills in mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to manage intense emotions, conflicts, and risky behaviors
For those suffering from psychiatric symptoms of any sort, this group gives patients the chance to reconceptualize their lives. The group leader has published many award winning memoirs and can teach attendees powerful writing strategies that capture their struggles from childhood on. Group attendees need not be experienced writers but must have the desire to explore their experiences using language as the primary tool. While the main focus of the group will be on the creative act of composing and the healing that is possible when doing so, publication will also be discussed.
My patients experience depression, anxiety, trauma, and a variety of other mental health challenges.
For those suffering from psychiatric symptoms of any sort, this group gives patients the chance to reconceptualize their lives. The group leader has published many award winning memoirs and can teach attendees powerful writing strategies that capture their struggles from childhood on. Group attendees need not be experienced writers but must have the desire to explore their experiences using language as the primary tool. While the main focus of the group will be on the creative act of composing and the healing that is possible when doing so, publication will also be discussed.
This online psychotherapy group addresses clinically significant anxiety and stress symptoms that impair daily functioning. The intervention focuses on evidence-based CBT skills to reduce symptoms and improve coping capacity. This group helps people learn practical skills to manage anxiety and stress. Participants learn how anxiety works, how thoughts and behaviors affect stress, and how to calm the body and mind. The group offers a supportive space to practice skills and feel less alone in managing anxiety. Online Group Structure Length: 60–90 minutes Frequency: Weekly Duration: 6–10 sessions, Group Size: 6–10 participants and a trained and Licensed facilitator.
This online psychotherapy group addresses clinically significant anxiety and stress symptoms that impair daily functioning. The intervention focuses on evidence-based CBT skills to reduce symptoms and improve coping capacity. This group helps people learn practical skills to manage anxiety and stress. Participants learn how anxiety works, how thoughts and behaviors affect stress, and how to calm the body and mind. The group offers a supportive space to practice skills and feel less alone in managing anxiety. Online Group Structure Length: 60–90 minutes Frequency: Weekly Duration: 6–10 sessions, Group Size: 6–10 participants and a trained and Licensed facilitator.
Gain a deeper understanding of anxiety and find powerful ways to move through your stuck points. This group presents skills and opportunities for you to gain insight and self-awareness. You will practice strategies that will help you build courage and break through old patterns. Tired of feeling worried, uneasy, panicky, stuck, or incapable? Reconnect to your authentic self, as you reclaim the parts of your life that anxiety has stolen. You are not alone. Email for more information and to register for upcoming 6-week sessions in fall, 2025.
Hosted by Rachel Shanshiry
Licensed Professional Counselor, M Ed, LMHC
Group meets in Needham, MA 02494
My clients often start therapy feeling anxious, down, or overwhelmed.
Gain a deeper understanding of anxiety and find powerful ways to move through your stuck points. This group presents skills and opportunities for you to gain insight and self-awareness. You will practice strategies that will help you build courage and break through old patterns. Tired of feeling worried, uneasy, panicky, stuck, or incapable? Reconnect to your authentic self, as you reclaim the parts of your life that anxiety has stolen. You are not alone. Email for more information and to register for upcoming 6-week sessions in fall, 2025.
Processing Polyamory is a processing group for adults (25+) exploring non-monogamy and open relationships. Connect with others sharing similar relationship journeys and challenges in a validating space that doesn’t question or judge your decisions. You’ll gain: Enhanced clarity about personal boundaries, needs, and relationship values, Connection with others sharing similar relationship experiences and challenges, Practical approaches to time management and energy, Deeper understanding of your attachment style in multiple relationships, Freedom from the "Am I doing this wrong?" spiral, and Greater emotional resilience when facing relationship changes and challenges. We meet for a full 60-minutes weekly.
Hosted by Elise Robinson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW, CCATP, CSTIP
Group meets in Lawrence, MA 01840
Empowering therapy for anxiety, relationships, and personal growth.
Processing Polyamory is a processing group for adults (25+) exploring non-monogamy and open relationships. Connect with others sharing similar relationship journeys and challenges in a validating space that doesn’t question or judge your decisions. You’ll gain: Enhanced clarity about personal boundaries, needs, and relationship values, Connection with others sharing similar relationship experiences and challenges, Practical approaches to time management and energy, Deeper understanding of your attachment style in multiple relationships, Freedom from the "Am I doing this wrong?" spiral, and Greater emotional resilience when facing relationship changes and challenges. We meet for a full 60-minutes weekly.
Struggling to stay organized, focused, or motivated? This group gives teens practical tools to manage anxiety while strengthening executive functioning skills that lead to real-life success. Whether you’re a parent, teen, or young adult, these groups are here to remind you: you don’t have to figure it out alone. Spots are limited—reach out today to learn more or save your place!
Hosted by Avista Counseling LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Group meets in Andover, MA 01810
Struggling to stay organized, focused, or motivated? This group gives teens practical tools to manage anxiety while strengthening executive functioning skills that lead to real-life success. Whether you’re a parent, teen, or young adult, these groups are here to remind you: you don’t have to figure it out alone. Spots are limited—reach out today to learn more or save your place!
Chill & Chat is a supportive summer group for teens to explore and manage anxiety in a relaxed, judgment-free space. Using CBT and mindfulness, participants will learn tools to cope with stress, challenge negative thoughts, and build emotional regulation skills. Sessions include guided imagery, grounding, journaling, and peer connection. Teens will leave with a personalized coping toolbox and greater confidence. Group will only run if the minimum number of participants is met.
Chill & Chat is a supportive summer group for teens to explore and manage anxiety in a relaxed, judgment-free space. Using CBT and mindfulness, participants will learn tools to cope with stress, challenge negative thoughts, and build emotional regulation skills. Sessions include guided imagery, grounding, journaling, and peer connection. Teens will leave with a personalized coping toolbox and greater confidence. Group will only run if the minimum number of participants is met.
This 4-week virtual group is for adults who feel overextended or overly reliant on phones, social media, or constant digital stimulation. The focus is not eliminating technology, but creating a more intentional and balanced relationship with it. Each week, participants learn practical, evidence-based tools and reflect together as a group on what’s working and what’s challenging. Sessions combine psychoeducation, structured discussion, and supportive accountability. The group meets weekly for 60 minutes via secure telehealth.
This 4-week virtual group is for adults who feel overextended or overly reliant on phones, social media, or constant digital stimulation. The focus is not eliminating technology, but creating a more intentional and balanced relationship with it. Each week, participants learn practical, evidence-based tools and reflect together as a group on what’s working and what’s challenging. Sessions combine psychoeducation, structured discussion, and supportive accountability. The group meets weekly for 60 minutes via secure telehealth.
This group is a safe space for women/those who identify as women to meet other like minded spiritual individuals to tap into their inner knower. Through meditation, connection, sharing, and exercises, you will have the chance to work with your intuition and increase your trust in your inner guide. The group meets weekly via zoom. New members are always welcome!
I work with people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, adjusting to different phases of their lives, and learning how to love themselves.
This group is a safe space for women/those who identify as women to meet other like minded spiritual individuals to tap into their inner knower. Through meditation, connection, sharing, and exercises, you will have the chance to work with your intuition and increase your trust in your inner guide. The group meets weekly via zoom. New members are always welcome!
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Anxiety Support Groups
When should I seek treatment for anxiety?
Everyone feels anxious at times, but when anxiety causes disruption to your daily life, it may be time to seek help. Such disruption can be mental, physical, or both: having fear dominate your thoughts, avoiding situations or objects that bring on feelings of anxiety, or experiencing shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, or panic attacks. When these symptoms are recurrent and distressing, it may be time to talk to someone.
What are the most common types of treatment for anxiety?
Talk therapy, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy, is the most common treatment for anxiety. Studies have shown it is equally effective as medication. Other popular forms of therapy are popular, depending on a patient’s experience. Exposure therapy, for instance, can be useful for people dealing with fears and phobias, or who have experienced traumatic events. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy may be useful for patients who need help with emotion regulation. Anxiolytic medications, like benzodiazepines, can also help with calming a person enough to focus on the skills they’ve learned, and physical exercise has been shown to help symptoms of anxiety across the board.
How long does therapy for anxiety take to work?
The amount of time needed to alleviate symptoms depends on the severity of a person’s condition. Some therapies may take 5-20 weekly sessions to show results. Anti-depressant medications typically take two to four weeks before a benefit is felt. Anti-anxiety medications are felt typically within 20-30 minutes. Medications are best used to offer a patient a better headspace in which to work on techniques learned in therapy. Exercise, improved sleep habits, and meditation are effective, but takes weeks or months to show results.
How effective is treatment for anxiety?
Treatment for anxiety has been shown to be moderately to highly effective, according to a large body of psychology studies and analyses. For some people, treatment using CBT or exposure therapy alone is effective. Others respond best to a combination of medication and therapy.