An 8-week skills and support group for adults experiencing social anxiety or discomfort. Learn calming strategies, practice real-life social skills, and build confidence in a safe, supportive space. Starting January 2026.
Hosted by Ashley Culpepper
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, MHSP(t)
Group meets in Spring Hill, TN 37174
An 8-week skills and support group for adults experiencing social anxiety or discomfort. Learn calming strategies, practice real-life social skills, and build confidence in a safe, supportive space. Starting January 2026.
Legacy Life Care Programs MMFT is aware everyone needs space to meet and group chat or network with others on various issues of today and how it affects our own family. If you feel loss and hopeless or become unable to seek help or know how to find resources to help with your family struggles, we are forming groups now. By appointment book now.
Legacy Life Care Programs MMFT is aware everyone needs space to meet and group chat or network with others on various issues of today and how it affects our own family. If you feel loss and hopeless or become unable to seek help or know how to find resources to help with your family struggles, we are forming groups now. By appointment book now.
A supportive group for moms seeking connection, balance, and a stronger sense of self. We focus on self-compassion, exploring identity outside of motherhood, and learning practical skills for managing stress and parenting challenges. Come share your story, feel understood, and build community with other women navigating similar seasons.
Hosted by Ashley Culpepper
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, MHSP(t)
Group meets in Spring Hill, TN 37174
A supportive group for moms seeking connection, balance, and a stronger sense of self. We focus on self-compassion, exploring identity outside of motherhood, and learning practical skills for managing stress and parenting challenges. Come share your story, feel understood, and build community with other women navigating similar seasons.
Online Groups
A small, LCSW led 6 week group, built for the postpartum realities: sleep loss, overwhelm, mood changes, anxiety, and the the shifts that come with early motherhood. Weekly group therapy includes practical tools you can use right away, connection with other moms in the same season, support around routines, nights, and the day to day of life with a new baby Who it’s for: moms in Nashville in the first months postpartum. Babies welcome! To join a group, call 615-505-4221 or book directly on our website.
A small, LCSW led 6 week group, built for the postpartum realities: sleep loss, overwhelm, mood changes, anxiety, and the the shifts that come with early motherhood. Weekly group therapy includes practical tools you can use right away, connection with other moms in the same season, support around routines, nights, and the day to day of life with a new baby Who it’s for: moms in Nashville in the first months postpartum. Babies welcome! To join a group, call 615-505-4221 or book directly on our website.
Grieving the Expected Life is an 8-week virtual group led by Deanna Allen, offering a compassionate space to process that grief and care for yourself. In this group, you will: Be seen, heard, and supported in a safe, confidential space Share your story and connect with others who understand your journey Learn tools for self-compassion and letting go of blame or guilt Explore ways to reframe your story and find meaning and resilience This group is about honoring the life you expected, while gently embracing the life you are living.
Hosted by Embodied Wellness with Paigean Jones, PhD
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, LICSW, PMH-C, RYT-200
Group meets in Nashville, TN 37221
Grieving the Expected Life is an 8-week virtual group led by Deanna Allen, offering a compassionate space to process that grief and care for yourself. In this group, you will: Be seen, heard, and supported in a safe, confidential space Share your story and connect with others who understand your journey Learn tools for self-compassion and letting go of blame or guilt Explore ways to reframe your story and find meaning and resilience This group is about honoring the life you expected, while gently embracing the life you are living.
This group offers a facilitated emotional processing space for adult family members of individuals with PDA—focusing not just on PDA traits or strategies, but on the inner experience of loving, supporting, and living alongside a PDA-identified loved one. It is not a skills group. Instead, it: Holds space for grief, rage, guilt, fatigue, confusion, and love Supports nervous system regulation in relationally intense dynamics Encourages repair and re-authoring of family narratives Offers resonance and validation from peers in similar roles Helps participants reconnect with their own needs, identities, and values
Hosted by Pamela L Hicks
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MMFT, MA, MS, MBA
Group meets in Nashville, TN 37212
This group offers a facilitated emotional processing space for adult family members of individuals with PDA—focusing not just on PDA traits or strategies, but on the inner experience of loving, supporting, and living alongside a PDA-identified loved one. It is not a skills group. Instead, it: Holds space for grief, rage, guilt, fatigue, confusion, and love Supports nervous system regulation in relationally intense dynamics Encourages repair and re-authoring of family narratives Offers resonance and validation from peers in similar roles Helps participants reconnect with their own needs, identities, and values
Professional men addressing challenges of living productive and meaningful professional and personal lives. Common issues are interpersonal challenges; addictive behavior; balancing personal life and professional pursuits; achieving authenticity and emotional depth in relationships; setting and achieving goals; etc. Any issue that is important to you can be brought to the group. Each member will explore their self-limiting patterns in relationship and offer feedback and support to group members. This group is for men who have done some therapy or personal work and have relatively strong self-awareness. An initial screening interview is required for anyone joining the group.
Professional men addressing challenges of living productive and meaningful professional and personal lives. Common issues are interpersonal challenges; addictive behavior; balancing personal life and professional pursuits; achieving authenticity and emotional depth in relationships; setting and achieving goals; etc. Any issue that is important to you can be brought to the group. Each member will explore their self-limiting patterns in relationship and offer feedback and support to group members. This group is for men who have done some therapy or personal work and have relatively strong self-awareness. An initial screening interview is required for anyone joining the group.
Confident Parenting for Teens is a skill-focused, supportive parent group designed to help you understand your teen, communicate more effectively, and respond with confidence during challenging moments. Even when you are doing everything you can. Emotional ups and downs, conflict, academic pressure, and mental health concerns can leave parents feeling unsure how to respond without making things worse. You do not have to figure this out alone.
Confident Parenting for Teens is a skill-focused, supportive parent group designed to help you understand your teen, communicate more effectively, and respond with confidence during challenging moments. Even when you are doing everything you can. Emotional ups and downs, conflict, academic pressure, and mental health concerns can leave parents feeling unsure how to respond without making things worse. You do not have to figure this out alone.
Join us today!- Small, supportive group sessions to navigate grief and learn effective skills to support your pathway of healing. Group runs 6 weeks, starting Monday, August 9th (every Monday).
Hosted by Hope Pathway Therapy, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Group meets in Hendersonville, TN 37075
Join us today!- Small, supportive group sessions to navigate grief and learn effective skills to support your pathway of healing. Group runs 6 weeks, starting Monday, August 9th (every Monday).
Book with me through the Rula platform. https://www.rula.com/
Hosted by Sara Luanne Hefner Harker
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LADC II, CPRS
Group meets in Nashville, TN 37214
Book with me through the Rula platform. https://www.rula.com/
“How you do anything is how you do everything.” In a supportive and non-directive space, discover how you show up in relationships and how others relate to you. The Interpersonal Process Group is a unique space where we can slow down and practice new ways of relating. Together, we’ll deepen self-awareness, strengthen emotional resilience, and cultivate intimacy. You will have the opportunity to explore empathy, conflict resolution, and grow in emotional intelligence. This is a space where patterns of relating can be unlearned, making way for more authentic connections with others and with yourself.
Hosted by Wesley Knight
Pre-Licensed Professional, LPC, MHSP, (temp)
Group meets in Nashville, TN 37207
“How you do anything is how you do everything.” In a supportive and non-directive space, discover how you show up in relationships and how others relate to you. The Interpersonal Process Group is a unique space where we can slow down and practice new ways of relating. Together, we’ll deepen self-awareness, strengthen emotional resilience, and cultivate intimacy. You will have the opportunity to explore empathy, conflict resolution, and grow in emotional intelligence. This is a space where patterns of relating can be unlearned, making way for more authentic connections with others and with yourself.
This coed interpersonal therapy group helps members develop and refine the skills to notice, articulate, and understand their thoughts and feelings about themselves and others. In a confidential and contained setting, members will work to increase their capacity to have healthy relationships, cope with problems, and ultimately take more from life. You may benefit from this group if you want to be more authentic in your relationships, have difficulty identifying or expressing your feelings, have trouble trusting others, often feel frustrated or dissatisfied in relationships, frequently put others' needs before your own, or experience anxiety in social situations.
This coed interpersonal therapy group helps members develop and refine the skills to notice, articulate, and understand their thoughts and feelings about themselves and others. In a confidential and contained setting, members will work to increase their capacity to have healthy relationships, cope with problems, and ultimately take more from life. You may benefit from this group if you want to be more authentic in your relationships, have difficulty identifying or expressing your feelings, have trouble trusting others, often feel frustrated or dissatisfied in relationships, frequently put others' needs before your own, or experience anxiety in social situations.
PSYCHe PLLC offers TWO once-weekly online Standard DBT Skills Groups: Mondays 5:00–6:30 PM CST / 6:00–7:30 PM EST and Thursdays 4:30–6:00 PM CST / 5:30–7:00 PM EST, led by Stephanie Vaughn, Psy.D., DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician™. Each 90-minute class teaches mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Groups are class-style (not therapy) and offer practical, research-based skills. Enrollment is open! *Please note all our services are out-of-network.
Hosted by Sally Roesch
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMHC
Group meets in Nashville, TN 37215
PSYCHe PLLC offers TWO once-weekly online Standard DBT Skills Groups: Mondays 5:00–6:30 PM CST / 6:00–7:30 PM EST and Thursdays 4:30–6:00 PM CST / 5:30–7:00 PM EST, led by Stephanie Vaughn, Psy.D., DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician™. Each 90-minute class teaches mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Groups are class-style (not therapy) and offer practical, research-based skills. Enrollment is open! *Please note all our services are out-of-network.
The Sexual Addiction and Integrity group is a 10-week program for men that helps break the isolation of sexual compulsions and addiction, addressing the needs of those recovering from sexual addiction and pursuing a life deeply rooted in sexual wholeness and integrity. The program includes topics such as the sexual addiction cycle, impact of compulsions on self and others, impact of trauma and emotion management. New groups start throughout the year.
Hosted by Philip Zimmerman, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, NCC
Group meets in Franklin, TN 37067
The Sexual Addiction and Integrity group is a 10-week program for men that helps break the isolation of sexual compulsions and addiction, addressing the needs of those recovering from sexual addiction and pursuing a life deeply rooted in sexual wholeness and integrity. The program includes topics such as the sexual addiction cycle, impact of compulsions on self and others, impact of trauma and emotion management. New groups start throughout the year.
Restoring the Temple is a monthly in-person healing circle devoted to nurturing harmony in mind, body, and spirit. Rooted in the sacred belief that our bodies are living temples, this space invites you to return to yourself—gently, intentionally, and in community. Each gathering offers a guided somatic experience—rotating between yoga, journaling, sound baths, and meditation—designed to support nervous system regulation, inner stillness, and embodied presence. Whether you are seeking balance, rest, renewal, or reconnection, this circle is a place to remember the wisdom already living within you. Come as you are. Leave more whole.
Restoring the Temple is a monthly in-person healing circle devoted to nurturing harmony in mind, body, and spirit. Rooted in the sacred belief that our bodies are living temples, this space invites you to return to yourself—gently, intentionally, and in community. Each gathering offers a guided somatic experience—rotating between yoga, journaling, sound baths, and meditation—designed to support nervous system regulation, inner stillness, and embodied presence. Whether you are seeking balance, rest, renewal, or reconnection, this circle is a place to remember the wisdom already living within you. Come as you are. Leave more whole.
Our Nashville Tennessee PHP program for addiction and alcoholism is here to help anyone struggling with substance use disorder. PHP programming is typically recommended after Detox and Residential Rehab is completed. In our partial hospitalization program we focus on why we struggling with drugs and alcohol, then we identify a solution to not let it control our daily life.
Hosted by Tulip Hill Recovery - Drug Rehab in Nashville
Treatment Center
Group meets in Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Our Nashville Tennessee PHP program for addiction and alcoholism is here to help anyone struggling with substance use disorder. PHP programming is typically recommended after Detox and Residential Rehab is completed. In our partial hospitalization program we focus on why we struggling with drugs and alcohol, then we identify a solution to not let it control our daily life.
Please join us for a weekly Women's processing group that will take place on ZOOM which is an online portal that gives us access to see each of the participants and interact for an hour each week. The goal of the group is to help you reconnect to your head and your heart, to better understand your feelings so that you understand your needs, and to learn to experience true intimacy with others. The group experience is a powerful way to gain support during the pandemic and to do so in an economical way. Groups are $150/month for weekly one hour sessions.
Hosted by Carla Ponciroli Babb
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdS, ACS, LPC, MHSP
Group meets in Brentwood, TN 37027
I am a Developmental and Relational Trauma Therapist and work to help you uncover patterns in your story that are preventing you from living as a functional adult today.
Please join us for a weekly Women's processing group that will take place on ZOOM which is an online portal that gives us access to see each of the participants and interact for an hour each week. The goal of the group is to help you reconnect to your head and your heart, to better understand your feelings so that you understand your needs, and to learn to experience true intimacy with others. The group experience is a powerful way to gain support during the pandemic and to do so in an economical way. Groups are $150/month for weekly one hour sessions.
This is an ongoing, weekly mutual support group for adult men and women who are healing from complex trauma, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, or other ruptures to interpersonal relationships. The therapist creates a safe non judgmental space for cognitive processing and expression. (Group Meets Virtually Now)
Hosted by The Positive Living Group
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, C-EMDR, CCTP, C-SOTP, CFTP
Group meets in Jackson, TN 38301
This is an ongoing, weekly mutual support group for adult men and women who are healing from complex trauma, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, or other ruptures to interpersonal relationships. The therapist creates a safe non judgmental space for cognitive processing and expression. (Group Meets Virtually Now)
Many states require a co-parenting class prior to the finalization of a divorce. Our "One Heart, Two Homes" curriculum is used to meet that requirement as well as provide ongoing support through individual and group therapy. those who could benefit from this group include: Pre/Post-divorce couples seeking to minimize the negative outcomes of divorce for their children; Couples considering re-marriage where there are children involved; Single parents needing insight and strategies to move them toward a healthy co-parenting relationship with their children's other parent; Grandparents raising their children's children.
Many states require a co-parenting class prior to the finalization of a divorce. Our "One Heart, Two Homes" curriculum is used to meet that requirement as well as provide ongoing support through individual and group therapy. those who could benefit from this group include: Pre/Post-divorce couples seeking to minimize the negative outcomes of divorce for their children; Couples considering re-marriage where there are children involved; Single parents needing insight and strategies to move them toward a healthy co-parenting relationship with their children's other parent; Grandparents raising their children's children.
BUILDING A s HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP TO FITNESS WORKSHOP. 2.5 hour workshop. Experiential group that will help you promote self-care and self-love • Facilitation and teaching by a Certified Personal Trainer and Licensed Therapist • 30-minute group exercise class with foundational movements you can recreate at home or the gym • Learn how to process shame, guilt, fear, and other emotions you feel around the workout • Get in-tune with your body's feelings and needs. Workshop is scheduled for 1/11/24.
Hosted by Ingrid Ransom Boje
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Group meets in Nashville, TN 37203
I have 13 years of experience helping youth, adolescents, adults, families, couples, and groups.
BUILDING A s HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP TO FITNESS WORKSHOP. 2.5 hour workshop. Experiential group that will help you promote self-care and self-love • Facilitation and teaching by a Certified Personal Trainer and Licensed Therapist • 30-minute group exercise class with foundational movements you can recreate at home or the gym • Learn how to process shame, guilt, fear, and other emotions you feel around the workout • Get in-tune with your body's feelings and needs. Workshop is scheduled for 1/11/24.
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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.