We’re not just mentoring—we’re transforming lives. Our program goes beyond check-ins, offering whole-person, whole-family support for youth to feel seen, supported, and powerful in their truth. From 1:1 sessions to group circles, community outings, and parent coaching—we create spaces for youth to thrive, not just survive. What sets us apart? Clinical support with heart. Safe spaces where youth lead, grow, and belong. A community that uplifts the entire family. We’re not here to fix kids—we’re here to build them up.
We’re not just mentoring—we’re transforming lives. Our program goes beyond check-ins, offering whole-person, whole-family support for youth to feel seen, supported, and powerful in their truth. From 1:1 sessions to group circles, community outings, and parent coaching—we create spaces for youth to thrive, not just survive. What sets us apart? Clinical support with heart. Safe spaces where youth lead, grow, and belong. A community that uplifts the entire family. We’re not here to fix kids—we’re here to build them up.
Struggling with trauma, anxiety, or the aftermath of toxic relationships? Need to focus on your overall wellness? Join my Coping Communities therapy groups. My groups offer a chance to develop coping skills for trauma and anxiety, heal from toxic relationships, and enhance emotional wellness. You'll gain practical tools, learn to set healthy boundaries, receive support from others who understand your experiences, and improve your overall mental and emotional health. Take the first step towards healing—contact me to learn more and register: Email: contact@yourbalancetherapy.com Website: yourbalancetherapy.com
Hosted by Find Your Balance Psychotherapy, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Group meets in Petersburg, VA 23805
When treating trauma or anxiety, I look for what is working well, and what fits with the person you are.
Struggling with trauma, anxiety, or the aftermath of toxic relationships? Need to focus on your overall wellness? Join my Coping Communities therapy groups. My groups offer a chance to develop coping skills for trauma and anxiety, heal from toxic relationships, and enhance emotional wellness. You'll gain practical tools, learn to set healthy boundaries, receive support from others who understand your experiences, and improve your overall mental and emotional health. Take the first step towards healing—contact me to learn more and register: Email: contact@yourbalancetherapy.com Website: yourbalancetherapy.com
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Mindfulness Strategies provides guidance and instruction in a small group setting, helping you develop a personal practice that can actually change your brain. Mindfulness techniques help ground, awaken and uplift. They are indeed a spiritual practice, and help harmonize balance within, as well as without. We are what we choose to practice, give attention to, and interact with, in every way and in each moment of our experience, which is filled with opportunity to grow. Practicing mindfulness feeds spiritual growth. Working within a group setting is special, providing a connection to community and reinforcing growth. Please email or call to enroll.
Hosted by Zarasun Murphy
Clinical Social Work Associate, MSW, CSWA, BS
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23220
Mindfulness Strategies provides guidance and instruction in a small group setting, helping you develop a personal practice that can actually change your brain. Mindfulness techniques help ground, awaken and uplift. They are indeed a spiritual practice, and help harmonize balance within, as well as without. We are what we choose to practice, give attention to, and interact with, in every way and in each moment of our experience, which is filled with opportunity to grow. Practicing mindfulness feeds spiritual growth. Working within a group setting is special, providing a connection to community and reinforcing growth. Please email or call to enroll.
This 12-week Life After Divorce therapy group for women offers a supportive, virtual space for women navigating divorce or separation. Led by licensed therapist, the group helps participants process grief, rebuild self-esteem, and develop healthy coping strategies for emotional and relational challenges. Key topics include navigating coparenting, setting boundaries, practicing self-care, understanding attachment patterns, and gaining confidence in moving forward. Through guided discussion and shared connection, women will leave feeling empowered, less alone, and equipped with practical tools to create clarity, rebuild their lives, and step into the next chapter with resilience.
Hosted by Brittany Deutch
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ATR-BC
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23230
This 12-week Life After Divorce therapy group for women offers a supportive, virtual space for women navigating divorce or separation. Led by licensed therapist, the group helps participants process grief, rebuild self-esteem, and develop healthy coping strategies for emotional and relational challenges. Key topics include navigating coparenting, setting boundaries, practicing self-care, understanding attachment patterns, and gaining confidence in moving forward. Through guided discussion and shared connection, women will leave feeling empowered, less alone, and equipped with practical tools to create clarity, rebuild their lives, and step into the next chapter with resilience.
Eager to take charge of your self-care but don't know how? Our six-week group (with max of six clients) will teach you foundational skills and provide a space for shared experience to help with anxiety management, emotional regulation, and physical self-care. Techniques we'll teach and practice will include breathwork, journaling, boundary setting, and more! To find out more, please call or email to set up a consultation and screening. Group will run from Oct 7th through Nov 11th 2024.
Eager to take charge of your self-care but don't know how? Our six-week group (with max of six clients) will teach you foundational skills and provide a space for shared experience to help with anxiety management, emotional regulation, and physical self-care. Techniques we'll teach and practice will include breathwork, journaling, boundary setting, and more! To find out more, please call or email to set up a consultation and screening. Group will run from Oct 7th through Nov 11th 2024.
AuDHD Safe Space Workshop is a micro-group of 5-10 individuals aged 18 or older with diagnosis or self-diagnosis of ADHD/ADD and diagnosis or self-diagnosis of ASD. It's weekly on Tuesday night from 5:00pm - 6:30pm (1.5 hours). This is an ongoing workshop that will last eight weeks. First session is Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The first workshop will be 100% virtual. Sessions are $15 per/week and there is an option to pay upfront for the eight weeks at a rate of $100 total. Go to website to see brochure and register.
Hosted by Mental Health Advocates
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LCSW
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23229
We have a variety of qualifications including, but not limited to, expertise in Anxiety Due to a Medical Condition, ADHD Testing, Executive Function Counseling, Health and Wellness Living, including Bariatric Pre-Surgical Testing, and the intersections of mental health, substance use, and trauma.
AuDHD Safe Space Workshop is a micro-group of 5-10 individuals aged 18 or older with diagnosis or self-diagnosis of ADHD/ADD and diagnosis or self-diagnosis of ASD. It's weekly on Tuesday night from 5:00pm - 6:30pm (1.5 hours). This is an ongoing workshop that will last eight weeks. First session is Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The first workshop will be 100% virtual. Sessions are $15 per/week and there is an option to pay upfront for the eight weeks at a rate of $100 total. Go to website to see brochure and register.
Open ONLY those who have completed either the MBCT or DBT programs offered at Discovery Counseling and Consulting. Offered the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, this practice group focuses on helping individuals continue their mindfulness practice. Each month a new skill is introduced. Support is provided via Facebook Group, email support, planned readings and structured daily practice plans. To prevent anxiety, depression or stress, it is essential to develop a plan to live consciously. Mindfulness can play an important part in keeping us stable, happy, and healthy. Find that consistency in community!
Hosted by Robert 'Trip' Young
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, RN, MSN, PMHNP
Group meets in Henrico, VA 23228
Open ONLY those who have completed either the MBCT or DBT programs offered at Discovery Counseling and Consulting. Offered the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, this practice group focuses on helping individuals continue their mindfulness practice. Each month a new skill is introduced. Support is provided via Facebook Group, email support, planned readings and structured daily practice plans. To prevent anxiety, depression or stress, it is essential to develop a plan to live consciously. Mindfulness can play an important part in keeping us stable, happy, and healthy. Find that consistency in community!
If you struggle with eating habits, if you feel unable to find motivation for self-care and physical activity this group is designed for you. We provide psychoeducation and social support for women in a group setting. We do not focus on weight loss; instead we address the root issues that commonly contribute to unhealthy behaviors. Each week spotlights a different topic: eating triggers, motivation, body image, self-acceptance, stabilizing blood sugar, sleep, and more. We meet Thursdays 5:30 pm Eastern time. $40/session, 8 weeks. An intake call is required prior to joining. Starts October 1, 2025
Hosted by Michelle O'Brien
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23228
If you struggle with eating habits, if you feel unable to find motivation for self-care and physical activity this group is designed for you. We provide psychoeducation and social support for women in a group setting. We do not focus on weight loss; instead we address the root issues that commonly contribute to unhealthy behaviors. Each week spotlights a different topic: eating triggers, motivation, body image, self-acceptance, stabilizing blood sugar, sleep, and more. We meet Thursdays 5:30 pm Eastern time. $40/session, 8 weeks. An intake call is required prior to joining. Starts October 1, 2025
Build & Balance is an online therapeutic skills group for teens ages 14–18 navigating anxiety, depression, mood changes, or social stress. This therapist-led group uses Minecraft Education as a structured tool to help participants practice coping skills, emotional regulation, problem-solving, and communication in real time. Sessions combine guided gameplay with reflection and discussion, making it a supportive option for teens who may find traditional talk therapy challenging. The group is strengths-based, neurodivergent-affirming, and focused on building skills teens can use in everyday life.
Build & Balance is an online therapeutic skills group for teens ages 14–18 navigating anxiety, depression, mood changes, or social stress. This therapist-led group uses Minecraft Education as a structured tool to help participants practice coping skills, emotional regulation, problem-solving, and communication in real time. Sessions combine guided gameplay with reflection and discussion, making it a supportive option for teens who may find traditional talk therapy challenging. The group is strengths-based, neurodivergent-affirming, and focused on building skills teens can use in everyday life.
Individual and Group Supervision: Are you a social work supervisee looking for a supportive and insightful LCSW supervisor in the state of Virginia? PORTAL’s 1-1 and group supervision opportunities provide a collaborative space to grow professionally, reflect on your practice, and gain valuable guidance from an experienced supervisor. Self-care as a lifestyle. Opportunities to learn from peers in a structured setting. In-person and virtual opportunities to participate. Individual: $100/hour Group: $50/group hour
Individual and Group Supervision: Are you a social work supervisee looking for a supportive and insightful LCSW supervisor in the state of Virginia? PORTAL’s 1-1 and group supervision opportunities provide a collaborative space to grow professionally, reflect on your practice, and gain valuable guidance from an experienced supervisor. Self-care as a lifestyle. Opportunities to learn from peers in a structured setting. In-person and virtual opportunities to participate. Individual: $100/hour Group: $50/group hour
https://thewaywelove.com/
Hosted by Elizabeth A. Hall
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LMFT-R, CHT
Group meets in Hopewell, VA 23860
To learn why anxious and avoidant partners keep triggering each other, "When one partner wants closeness and the other shuts down", How blended families accidentally create emotional triangles", "Why communication skills fail without emotional safety"
https://thewaywelove.com/
Our goal is to help individuals create meaningful changes in their lives that allow them to feel present, fulfilled, and emotionally balanced. We help clients become more aware of their thoughts and emotions and to learn how to manage them in a way that creates a sense of peace and freedom. We work collaboratively with clients to help them discover what is truly meaningful in their lives and empower them to take action and make change. We strive to be fully present and focus on establishing a connection through warmth and openness in order to foster a healing environment.
When struggles like eating concerns, anxiety, depression, or trauma take over, life can start to feel smaller and more disconnected.
Our goal is to help individuals create meaningful changes in their lives that allow them to feel present, fulfilled, and emotionally balanced. We help clients become more aware of their thoughts and emotions and to learn how to manage them in a way that creates a sense of peace and freedom. We work collaboratively with clients to help them discover what is truly meaningful in their lives and empower them to take action and make change. We strive to be fully present and focus on establishing a connection through warmth and openness in order to foster a healing environment.
This is an interactive 6 week class to support all of you-- mind/body/spirit-- in your recovery from stress and trauma. You will learn tools and receive support for lessening anxiety, depression and fear while growing in your sense of connection to self and others. You will leave with ideas that go beyond cognitive behavior therapy so that you can experience a felt sense of peace and well being in both your mind and body while sensing a greater connection to others. Currently being offered online.
Hosted by Waller Thompson
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdD, LPC, SEP, NARM
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23235
This is an interactive 6 week class to support all of you-- mind/body/spirit-- in your recovery from stress and trauma. You will learn tools and receive support for lessening anxiety, depression and fear while growing in your sense of connection to self and others. You will leave with ideas that go beyond cognitive behavior therapy so that you can experience a felt sense of peace and well being in both your mind and body while sensing a greater connection to others. Currently being offered online.
If “just write it out” hasn’t worked, this is different. Writing Bravely uses guided prompts and an IFS-informed approach to help you move through mental noise and access what’s actually going on underneath. You’ll explore the parts of you that hold stress, self-doubt, or shutdown—without forcing insight. This is for people who want something deeper than coping, but aren’t quite ready for therapy or an intensive.
Hosted by Adina Silvestri
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdD, LPC
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23229
I specialize in helping clients navigate challenges such as trauma, grief, addiction recovery, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
If “just write it out” hasn’t worked, this is different. Writing Bravely uses guided prompts and an IFS-informed approach to help you move through mental noise and access what’s actually going on underneath. You’ll explore the parts of you that hold stress, self-doubt, or shutdown—without forcing insight. This is for people who want something deeper than coping, but aren’t quite ready for therapy or an intensive.
I am currently collecting names of those interested in the next group which will begin this February, exact day and time TBD. This is a process therapy group that is aimed at helping members to improve self-understanding and navigate relationships with others, using interpersonal therapy and mindfulness. Most find that group therapy can be a powerful tool to gain insight and make significant strides both intra-personally and interpersonally in a relatively short time. We’ll also have experiential field trips to facilitate embodiment in nature. Feel free to reach out if you have questions or interest!
I am currently collecting names of those interested in the next group which will begin this February, exact day and time TBD. This is a process therapy group that is aimed at helping members to improve self-understanding and navigate relationships with others, using interpersonal therapy and mindfulness. Most find that group therapy can be a powerful tool to gain insight and make significant strides both intra-personally and interpersonally in a relatively short time. We’ll also have experiential field trips to facilitate embodiment in nature. Feel free to reach out if you have questions or interest!
An 8-week virtual support group designed for women of color who are seeking connection, healing, and empowerment. Sessions are 60 minutes each week and blend psychoeducation, reflection, somatic grounding, and group discussion. Guided by a trauma-informed, culturally responsive therapist, Roots & Rising helps participants explore identity, boundaries, generational patterns, and self-compassion in a supportive community of women who truly understand.
Hosted by Saffron Integrative Therapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LLC
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23229
An 8-week virtual support group designed for women of color who are seeking connection, healing, and empowerment. Sessions are 60 minutes each week and blend psychoeducation, reflection, somatic grounding, and group discussion. Guided by a trauma-informed, culturally responsive therapist, Roots & Rising helps participants explore identity, boundaries, generational patterns, and self-compassion in a supportive community of women who truly understand.
We believe everyone deserves to live as healthy, whole, and connected as possible. Find a therapist, counselor, or nurse practitioner who meets your needs and is available to see you.
Hosted by OTL Behavioral Health
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23236
We believe everyone deserves to live as healthy, whole, and connected as possible. Find a therapist, counselor, or nurse practitioner who meets your needs and is available to see you.
Offered through virtual services the anxiety coping skills group is designed specifically for teens aged 13-15, who are dealing with a range of anxiety disorders. The group aims to provide them with skills to effectively manage the symptoms of anxiety by increasing resiliency, focusing on personal strengths, and improving social/ communication skills. This group empowers teens to reduce or eliminate destructive anxiety and its accompanying symptoms. The objectives of this therapy group include enhancing the clients understanding of anxiety, how it shapes our thinking and ways to counteract its influence.
Hosted by Virginia Counseling Associates
Marriage & Family Therapist, LPC, LMFT
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23235
Offered through virtual services the anxiety coping skills group is designed specifically for teens aged 13-15, who are dealing with a range of anxiety disorders. The group aims to provide them with skills to effectively manage the symptoms of anxiety by increasing resiliency, focusing on personal strengths, and improving social/ communication skills. This group empowers teens to reduce or eliminate destructive anxiety and its accompanying symptoms. The objectives of this therapy group include enhancing the clients understanding of anxiety, how it shapes our thinking and ways to counteract its influence.
Grief, Loss and Trauma
Hosted by Anxiety, Grief and Trauma
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23225
Grief, Loss and Trauma
Accessible, compassionate mental health care across Virginia. Empowering individuals and families to overcome challenges and live fulfilling lives through evidence-based therapy.
Accessible, compassionate mental health care across Virginia. Empowering individuals and families to overcome challenges and live fulfilling lives through evidence-based therapy.
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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.