Adult & Child/Adolescent Nurse Practitioners
River Valley has openings for Psychiatric Intake appointments! Our experienced Nurse Practitioners take time with each client to understand their unique strengths, challenges and needs. They provide comprehensive evaluation of psychiatric issues from a holistic approach. Call today to schedule ...
Hosted by River Valley Behavioral Health & Wellness Center
Psychologist, PsyD, LP, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Savage, MN 55378
River Valley has openings for Psychiatric Intake appointments! Our experienced Nurse Practitioners take time with each client to understand their unique strengths, challenges and needs. They provide comprehensive evaluation of psychiatric issues from a holistic approach. Call today to schedule ...
Healing from Betrayal Trauma
This is a 12-week group for women exploring healing after betrayal trauma. This topic is often misunderstood and treatment can be frustrating due to lack of training of professionals around the nuances of the impacts of problematic sexual behaviors, addiction, ...
Hosted by Heather Heide
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Burnsville, MN 55337
This is a 12-week group for women exploring healing after betrayal trauma. This topic is often misunderstood and treatment can be frustrating due to lack of training of professionals around the nuances of the impacts of problematic sexual behaviors, addiction, ...
ADHD Group
EMPOWERED WITH ADHD GROUP STARTS THIS MAY! This 12-week series provides a deep dive into understanding the ADHD brain, offering participants valuable skills to enhance focus, sharpen executive functioning, and improve overall wellbeing across various life domains. In this group, ...
EMPOWERED WITH ADHD GROUP STARTS THIS MAY! This 12-week series provides a deep dive into understanding the ADHD brain, offering participants valuable skills to enhance focus, sharpen executive functioning, and improve overall wellbeing across various life domains. In this group, ...
Thrive Therapy
Thrive Therapy provides a safe place to address the personal circumstances in your life. Thrive’s therapists and counselors are kind, approachable and professional. Creating a setting that promotes acceptance and allows you to openly explore your current trials without fear ...
Hosted by Sam Secord
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LAMFT, LADC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Burnsville, MN 55337
Thrive Therapy provides a safe place to address the personal circumstances in your life. Thrive’s therapists and counselors are kind, approachable and professional. Creating a setting that promotes acceptance and allows you to openly explore your current trials without fear ...
general mens therapy group
Issues addressed are: stress, depression, anxiety, anger in personal or work relationships,recurrent problems involving shame, abuse or neglect related to family of origin issues, chemical dependency recovery and low self-esteem.
Goals: decrease social/emotional isolation; ask for and give/receive emotional support in ...
Hosted by Greg H. Meyer, MA, LP
Psychologist, MA, LP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Saint Paul, MN 55114
Issues addressed are: stress, depression, anxiety, anger in personal or work relationships,recurrent problems involving shame, abuse or neglect related to family of origin issues, chemical dependency recovery and low self-esteem.
Goals: decrease social/emotional isolation; ask for and give/receive emotional support in ...
Parenting Elementary Students
Hosted by Dr. Rene Mooney
Psychologist, PsyD LP, E PASS, RPT-S, CRT SPT, RYT-200
Verified Verified
Group meets in Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Through Therapy Collective
https://www.throughtherap y.com/
Hosted by Julia Rodriguez
Pre-Licensed Professional, LGSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Minneapolis, MN 55408
https://www.throughtherap y.com/
Love Addiction Recovery Group
This Group is made up of individuals who are working on recovery from Love Addiction and traumatic love relationships. Individuals have been screened and have completed individual therapy prior to joining the group. Individuals commit to coming to group for ...
Hosted by Leslie Root
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, EMDR, Love-ad
Verified Verified
Group meets in Minneapolis, MN 55419
This Group is made up of individuals who are working on recovery from Love Addiction and traumatic love relationships. Individuals have been screened and have completed individual therapy prior to joining the group. Individuals commit to coming to group for ...
Mind Body Skills Group
Mind Body Skills Groups are experiential in nature and include learning about and practicing mind body skills in a group of 8 - 10. All members, including myself, participate as equals. and we share what comes up for us as ...
Hosted by Linda C Scherer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Saint Cloud, MN 56301
Mind Body Skills Groups are experiential in nature and include learning about and practicing mind body skills in a group of 8 - 10. All members, including myself, participate as equals. and we share what comes up for us as ...
Coffee Connections
Coffee connections is a women's processing group to provide a safe space for interpersonal relationship struggles, symptom management, coping skills development, and one to one peer support guided by a mental health professional. Please email Natalie@rununhinderedcoun seling.com to sign up ...
Hosted by Natalie Hagle
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Foreston, MN 56330
Coffee connections is a women's processing group to provide a safe space for interpersonal relationship struggles, symptom management, coping skills development, and one to one peer support guided by a mental health professional. Please email Natalie@rununhinderedcoun seling.com to sign up ...
Buice Behavioral Healthcare Consultants
Buice Behavioral Healthcare Consultants are a group of African Americans therapists who provides mental health assessments, psychotherapy to couples, individuals, adolescents, offenders, ex-offenders, first 24 hour support to cancer patients in all Minnesota communities and counties. All of our therapists ...
Hosted by Saundra Bryant-Lamb
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW, BSW, Adm Edu
Verified Verified
Group meets in Golden Valley, MN 55422
Buice Behavioral Healthcare Consultants are a group of African Americans therapists who provides mental health assessments, psychotherapy to couples, individuals, adolescents, offenders, ex-offenders, first 24 hour support to cancer patients in all Minnesota communities and counties. All of our therapists ...
Food, Moods & Moving Forward
This group is for anyone with disordered eating (diagnosis is not required) ready to move on from and have confidence moving forward into the life you want. We will be using "The Food And Feelings Workbook" by Koenig and Mindfulness ...
Hosted by Kathleen Sprole
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Minnetonka, MN 55305
This group is for anyone with disordered eating (diagnosis is not required) ready to move on from and have confidence moving forward into the life you want. We will be using "The Food And Feelings Workbook" by Koenig and Mindfulness ...
Teen DBT Group
DBT is an evidence-based approach that helps teens learn how to better cope with emotions in healthy & productive ways with less conflict.
Hosted by Levan Counseling & Consulting
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Brooklyn Center, MN 55429
DBT is an evidence-based approach that helps teens learn how to better cope with emotions in healthy & productive ways with less conflict.
Exploring Sex Addiction
Exploring Sex Addiction is a 8-week group for men who are experiencing problematic sexual behaviors or sex addiction and have a desire to engage in the recovery process. Men with sex addiction often experience preoccupation with sexual fantasies and behaviors, ...
Hosted by Chase Claflin
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Burnsville, MN 55337
Exploring Sex Addiction is a 8-week group for men who are experiencing problematic sexual behaviors or sex addiction and have a desire to engage in the recovery process. Men with sex addiction often experience preoccupation with sexual fantasies and behaviors, ...
Trans/Nonbinary Support Group
This is a group for adults 18+ who identify as trans and/or nonbinary. Group topics will be discussed and created by the group at the first session. Fill out our inquiry form at http://forms.gle/WVbfRY9Y tZXruCBHA or email shiloh@cedarhilltherapy.c om. We ...
Hosted by Shiloh Finch
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Minneapolis, MN 55408
This is a group for adults 18+ who identify as trans and/or nonbinary. Group topics will be discussed and created by the group at the first session. Fill out our inquiry form at http://forms.gle/WVbfRY9Y tZXruCBHA or email shiloh@cedarhilltherapy.c om. We ...
Midwest Center for Personal & Family Development
Agency offers a wide range of services focused varied ages and issues.
Hosted by Rebecca Pihl
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Saint Paul, MN 55114
Agency offers a wide range of services focused varied ages and issues.
Being Me - Inner-kindness group for women
Being Me is a supportive space for women to share in community while practicing skills in mindfulness and inner-kindness. Topics covered include: self-esteem and inner-kindness nurturing a habit of self-care, accepting and understanding emotions, and leaning into your inner critic. ...
Hosted by Allison Jean Loftus
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Rochester, MN 55901
Being Me is a supportive space for women to share in community while practicing skills in mindfulness and inner-kindness. Topics covered include: self-esteem and inner-kindness nurturing a habit of self-care, accepting and understanding emotions, and leaning into your inner critic. ...
Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) in Real Life
IMR is an evidence based-therapy for long-term mental health challenges, it is designed to help motivate and guide clients towards change in a group based setting. The group is recovery focused, which means that the goal is how to find ...
Hosted by Izaak Davison-Kerwood
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Minneapolis, MN 55403
IMR is an evidence based-therapy for long-term mental health challenges, it is designed to help motivate and guide clients towards change in a group based setting. The group is recovery focused, which means that the goal is how to find ...
Colleen Bethel's EMDR Consultation Practice
I offer group and individual EMDR consultation using googlemeet. In my experience, EMDR is is best learned in community. Many clinicians move away from practicing EMDR after basic training because of the difficulty of applying what you learned in basic ...
Hosted by Emdr Colleen H Bethel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, EMDR
Verified Verified
Group meets in Minneapolis, MN 55412
I offer group and individual EMDR consultation using googlemeet. In my experience, EMDR is is best learned in community. Many clinicians move away from practicing EMDR after basic training because of the difficulty of applying what you learned in basic ...
Hudson Counseling Clinic
Hosted by Lora Madjar
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, MFA, EMDR, AF-EMDR
Verified Verified
Group meets in Burnsville, MN 55306
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in Minnesota?
Search for nearby support groups by inputting your city, zip code, or the name of the group into the search bar. From there, you can filter to find a group that suits your needs, whether you are looking for support for a teenager, a group that focuses on a specific issue, such as depression, or a particular program type, such as one geared toward developing social skills. To navigate between locations within the same country, enter a new city or zip code into the search bar.
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.