Dating today can feel confusing, exhausting, and emotionally draining. This 8-weeks online therapist-led support group is for adults who want connection but feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, avoidance, burnout, or self-doubt. Together, we’ll explore common dating challenges—unclear intentions, attachment triggers, rejection sensitivity, and loss of hope—in a supportive, non-judgmental space. The group blends reflection, gentle psychoeducation, and shared experiences to help you build clarity, resilience, and a more grounded approach to dating. You don’t have to figure this out alone.
Dating today can feel confusing, exhausting, and emotionally draining. This 8-weeks online therapist-led support group is for adults who want connection but feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, avoidance, burnout, or self-doubt. Together, we’ll explore common dating challenges—unclear intentions, attachment triggers, rejection sensitivity, and loss of hope—in a supportive, non-judgmental space. The group blends reflection, gentle psychoeducation, and shared experiences to help you build clarity, resilience, and a more grounded approach to dating. You don’t have to figure this out alone.
The Advanced Recovery group was created to support clients who are active participants in the recovery process. It provides a forum for members to address the day to day stressors that trigger relapse and/or behavioral relapse. There is a strong focus on wellness based prinicples and cognitive based therapies.
Hosted by Martin Counseling and Associates, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, ADS, CMFSW
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21042
The Advanced Recovery group was created to support clients who are active participants in the recovery process. It provides a forum for members to address the day to day stressors that trigger relapse and/or behavioral relapse. There is a strong focus on wellness based prinicples and cognitive based therapies.
Combined Medicines like Vivitrol injection, Buprenorphine, Sublocade AND personalized therapy
I have over 20 years of experience helping Adolescents and adults and their families struggling with mental health problems and drugs/ alcohol addictions
Combined Medicines like Vivitrol injection, Buprenorphine, Sublocade AND personalized therapy
Stress, anxiety, and burnout aren't problems to manage indefinitely. They're signals your nervous system needs a different relationship with the present moment. This 8-week evidence-based MBSR course, developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, is now taught in hospitals worldwide. You'll learn to regulate your nervous system, work with reactivity, and meet your life with more clarity and less tension. Includes guided meditations, group dialogue, and daily home practice. Ideal for those referred by a healthcare provider or anyone ready to move beyond coping.
Hosted by James O'Neill
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21042
Stress, anxiety, and burnout aren't problems to manage indefinitely. They're signals your nervous system needs a different relationship with the present moment. This 8-week evidence-based MBSR course, developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, is now taught in hospitals worldwide. You'll learn to regulate your nervous system, work with reactivity, and meet your life with more clarity and less tension. Includes guided meditations, group dialogue, and daily home practice. Ideal for those referred by a healthcare provider or anyone ready to move beyond coping.
For adults (ages 18+) experiencing concerns or struggles that are affected by or are affecting their relationships. This group is unstructured and membership is open to a broad range of concerns and treatment goals -- may include depression, anxiety, grief, identity issues, family conflict, romantic relationship concerns, culture, trauma, and other concerns. Through a relational focus on the here-and-now issues arising in each session, members gain insights that help them to better understand themselves and others, and to make changes in their lives. All identities are welcome. Involves a weekly commitment. Screenings required.
Hosted by Dr. Shemika Brooks-Woods
Psychologist, PsyD, CGP, AGPA-F
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21042
For adults (ages 18+) experiencing concerns or struggles that are affected by or are affecting their relationships. This group is unstructured and membership is open to a broad range of concerns and treatment goals -- may include depression, anxiety, grief, identity issues, family conflict, romantic relationship concerns, culture, trauma, and other concerns. Through a relational focus on the here-and-now issues arising in each session, members gain insights that help them to better understand themselves and others, and to make changes in their lives. All identities are welcome. Involves a weekly commitment. Screenings required.
Healing Hearts – Grief Support Group Join a caring and supportive group where you can share your journey, listen to others, and begin to heal. Healing Hearts provides a compassionate, judgment-free space for individuals grieving. Meets 1st Saturday Morning of each month from 10-11:30.
Hosted by Thomas K. Swisher, J.D., Ph.D.
Licensed Professional Counselor, JD, PhD
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21042
Healing Hearts – Grief Support Group Join a caring and supportive group where you can share your journey, listen to others, and begin to heal. Healing Hearts provides a compassionate, judgment-free space for individuals grieving. Meets 1st Saturday Morning of each month from 10-11:30.
Legacy Counseling & Consulting, LLC delivers outpatient therapy, group therapy, and consulting services. We focus on helping individuals who have endured trauma, grief/loss, life transitions, relationship issues, work stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem issues. We treat individuals of all walks of life, no matter the age, race, or gender affiliation. We specialize in trauma-related issues and have experience treating sexual assault survivors, survivors of mass trauma, and first responders. As minorities, we have a shared understanding of the emotional impact of being marginalized. Our team values cultural competency and ensuring that all ethnicities are provided equal support.
Hosted by Tracey Lynne Williams
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DSW, LCSW-C, LCSW
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21043
Legacy Counseling & Consulting, LLC delivers outpatient therapy, group therapy, and consulting services. We focus on helping individuals who have endured trauma, grief/loss, life transitions, relationship issues, work stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem issues. We treat individuals of all walks of life, no matter the age, race, or gender affiliation. We specialize in trauma-related issues and have experience treating sexual assault survivors, survivors of mass trauma, and first responders. As minorities, we have a shared understanding of the emotional impact of being marginalized. Our team values cultural competency and ensuring that all ethnicities are provided equal support.
This group is for anyone who wants to reclaim their lives from the cycle of OCD and/or may not feel ready for exposure. Using Inference Based-CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, this group is a unique blend of clinical education and treatment as well as the support of peers. Space is limited for individualized pacing and treatment
Hosted by Leslie C Worley
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21043
This group is for anyone who wants to reclaim their lives from the cycle of OCD and/or may not feel ready for exposure. Using Inference Based-CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, this group is a unique blend of clinical education and treatment as well as the support of peers. Space is limited for individualized pacing and treatment
We provide evaluation, diagnosis and treatment from our expertise.
I have over 20 years of experience helping Adolescents and adults and their families struggling with mental health problems and drugs/ alcohol addictions
We provide evaluation, diagnosis and treatment from our expertise.
For Caregivers on individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's or Dimensia.
Hosted by Thomas K. Swisher, J.D., Ph.D.
Licensed Professional Counselor, JD, PhD
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21042
For Caregivers on individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's or Dimensia.
Many adults grow up in families where emotions were dismissed, criticized, ignored, or overwhelmed by conflict. As children, we learn to adapt by becoming self-reliant, people-pleasing, high-achieving, emotionally guarded, or constantly responsible for others. These strategies may have helped us survive, but they can later leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves and from the people we care about. This online processing group is designed for adults who were raised in emotionally immature families and want to better understand how those early experiences continue to shape their relationships, self-worth, boundaries, and emotional life today.
Many adults grow up in families where emotions were dismissed, criticized, ignored, or overwhelmed by conflict. As children, we learn to adapt by becoming self-reliant, people-pleasing, high-achieving, emotionally guarded, or constantly responsible for others. These strategies may have helped us survive, but they can later leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves and from the people we care about. This online processing group is designed for adults who were raised in emotionally immature families and want to better understand how those early experiences continue to shape their relationships, self-worth, boundaries, and emotional life today.
The Professionals Resource Outreach Program is a confidential counseling program. PROP specializes in assisting professionals such as lawyers, teachers, nurses, doctors, etc. experiencing an alcohol/substance abuse, mental health or other related issues. PROP is specifically for individuals who require discrete and confidential care protecting their anonymity, unlike other conventional treatment programs open to the general public. The team is comprised of specially trained therapists, nurses, and attorneys who work exclusively with the dual diagnosis population. Registration for this group opens on August 5. Please call Martin Counseling & Associates, 443-610-2404 to register. Feel free to call for more detailed information about the program.
Hosted by Martin Counseling and Associates, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, ADS, CMFSW
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21042
The Professionals Resource Outreach Program is a confidential counseling program. PROP specializes in assisting professionals such as lawyers, teachers, nurses, doctors, etc. experiencing an alcohol/substance abuse, mental health or other related issues. PROP is specifically for individuals who require discrete and confidential care protecting their anonymity, unlike other conventional treatment programs open to the general public. The team is comprised of specially trained therapists, nurses, and attorneys who work exclusively with the dual diagnosis population. Registration for this group opens on August 5. Please call Martin Counseling & Associates, 443-610-2404 to register. Feel free to call for more detailed information about the program.
Led Life Psychiatry supports people in the DMV who want to live and stay depression free by providing mental health guidance one step at a time. We provide safe, Trauma Informed care in a relaxing atmosphere in Ellicott City, MD for those in need of Spravato (Esketamine), Ketamine, and TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation). **Please note all in office appointments are by APPOINTMENT ONLY**
Hosted by Bergina Brickhouse Isbell
Psychiatrist, MD, MHS, DipABPN
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21043
Led Life Psychiatry supports people in the DMV who want to live and stay depression free by providing mental health guidance one step at a time. We provide safe, Trauma Informed care in a relaxing atmosphere in Ellicott City, MD for those in need of Spravato (Esketamine), Ketamine, and TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation). **Please note all in office appointments are by APPOINTMENT ONLY**
This group is for adults who struggle with anxious attachment and relationship anxiety, which can include fear of abandonment, reassurance seeking, people pleasing, overthinking texts, and feeling activated by mixed signals or emotional distance. For example this might be for people who are getting stuck in situationships, chasing avoidant partners, tolerating breadcrumbing, losing themselves in relationships, or confusing intensity with intimacy. Through discussion led by Taylor, as well as mindfulness and mind/body exercises, participants will explore attachment triggers, boundaries, limerence, self-abandonment, and recurring relationship patterns while learning to build more secure, mutual, and emotionally available connections.
This group is for adults who struggle with anxious attachment and relationship anxiety, which can include fear of abandonment, reassurance seeking, people pleasing, overthinking texts, and feeling activated by mixed signals or emotional distance. For example this might be for people who are getting stuck in situationships, chasing avoidant partners, tolerating breadcrumbing, losing themselves in relationships, or confusing intensity with intimacy. Through discussion led by Taylor, as well as mindfulness and mind/body exercises, participants will explore attachment triggers, boundaries, limerence, self-abandonment, and recurring relationship patterns while learning to build more secure, mutual, and emotionally available connections.
We provide all treatments for mental health services including Medication Management, Counseling services, Weight loss program related to behavior health and Accupuncture Therapy
I have over 20 years of experience helping Adolescents and adults and their families struggling with mental health problems and drugs/ alcohol addictions
We provide all treatments for mental health services including Medication Management, Counseling services, Weight loss program related to behavior health and Accupuncture Therapy
Hosted by Erin McClintock Smith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Group meets in Ellicott City, MD 21042
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Do you dread “that time of the month?” Do you experience stress, fatigue, and mood changes? Do you feel at odd with yourself when trying to accomplish tasks? Did you know this could be your cycle? Often we are pressured to conform to a 24/7 culture when we are in fact cyclical beings...Learn Menstrual Cycle Awareness to become in sync with yourself and harness the natural powers of your monthly rhythm. Each session will include didactic learning, group sharing, attunement to body and concrete practices to try. (Wellness group, not therapy--open to any who can join virtually)
Hosted by Kristine Purcell
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, BC-DMT, LCPC, PMH-C
Group meets in Annapolis, MD 21409
Do you dread “that time of the month?” Do you experience stress, fatigue, and mood changes? Do you feel at odd with yourself when trying to accomplish tasks? Did you know this could be your cycle? Often we are pressured to conform to a 24/7 culture when we are in fact cyclical beings...Learn Menstrual Cycle Awareness to become in sync with yourself and harness the natural powers of your monthly rhythm. Each session will include didactic learning, group sharing, attunement to body and concrete practices to try. (Wellness group, not therapy--open to any who can join virtually)
In addition to our evidence-based substance use and mental health therapy services, We provide robust academic support by certified and credentialed teachers to ensure the client’s schoolwork stays up to date. We help clients catch up on school work and teach individualized learning strategies to build academic confidence.
Hosted by Sandstone Care Rockville
Treatment Center, MD, LPC, LAC, CAC-III, CSAC-A
Group meets in Rockville, MD 20852
In addition to our evidence-based substance use and mental health therapy services, We provide robust academic support by certified and credentialed teachers to ensure the client’s schoolwork stays up to date. We help clients catch up on school work and teach individualized learning strategies to build academic confidence.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (or DBT) groups are structured open groups with focus on specific skills in four primary modules: Mindfulness skills; Interpersonal effectiveness skills; Emotion regulation skills; and Distress tolerance skills. Multiple group options available.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (or DBT) groups are structured open groups with focus on specific skills in four primary modules: Mindfulness skills; Interpersonal effectiveness skills; Emotion regulation skills; and Distress tolerance skills. Multiple group options available.
This open/ongoing process group for women in their 20s and 30s looking to deepen their recovery from their eating disorder and trauma. Participants grow with and from each other as they enhance and deepen personal connection with themselves, their body and relationships with group members. At times, depending upon group members' needs certain recovery skills may be discussed. Please be advised that the group will be run from a HAES and anti-diet approach. The group will take place via telehealth. The Group is Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. and cost $75 per session.
Hosted by Carissa L Strohecker Hannum
Counselor, MA, LCPC, LPC, CCTP
Group meets in Chevy Chase, MD 20815
This open/ongoing process group for women in their 20s and 30s looking to deepen their recovery from their eating disorder and trauma. Participants grow with and from each other as they enhance and deepen personal connection with themselves, their body and relationships with group members. At times, depending upon group members' needs certain recovery skills may be discussed. Please be advised that the group will be run from a HAES and anti-diet approach. The group will take place via telehealth. The Group is Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. and cost $75 per session.
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Adults Support Groups
Why should adults see a therapist?
Adults may benefit from therapy for a wide range of reasons—whether it’s managing symptoms of a diagnosed mental health condition like anxiety or depression, navigating life transitions, coping with grief or trauma, or simply seeking support during a challenging life period. Many adults find that therapy helps them build healthier coping skills and better process their emotions, which may lead to better relationships and reduced stress. It’s important to note that, unlike psychiatrists or primary care physicians, therapists do not prescribe psychiatric medication. However, they will often work alongside prescribing clinicians to ensure coordinated care and can provide behavioral therapy as an important addition to psychiatric medication. Mental health concerns can look different in adulthood than in childhood or adolescence, so finding a therapist with expertise working with adult clients is important. Conditions like major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for instance, may present or resurface differently in adulthood than in childhood or adolescence. Adult-specific stressors, such as job strain, caregiving responsibilities, relationship challenges, financial stress, or identity transitions, can also influence the onset and type of symptoms an individual experiences. Adult-focused therapists, therefore, are trained to understand these complexities and tailor care accordingly.
How do I know if a therapist is the right fit for me?
When seeking care, it’s important to understand a therapist’s treatment specialties and their overall approach to treatment . Some therapists focus on common adult conditions like anxiety or depression, while others specialize in areas such as trauma, substance use disorders, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. It’s also important to consider a therapist’s training when seeking care. Therapists hold various licenses depending on their training and state requirements. Common therapy credentials include Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs), Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHCs), Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs), and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs). Psychologists (PhD or PsyD) receive additional doctoral-level training and may focus on assessments or more specialized therapeutic approaches. All of these professionals can provide talk therapy but do not prescribe medication. When searching for a therapist, consider their credentials and training background to ensure a good fit.
How do I find a therapist who sees adults?
Psychology Today’s online directory allows you to search specifically for therapists who work with adults. Each provider profile includes key information such as clinical specialties, therapeutic approaches, licensure, accepted insurance plans, languages spoken, and session fees. Reviewing these details can help you determine whether a particular provider aligns with your needs and can indicate whether they are a good match for adult clients.