Support Groups in Austin, TX
Sexuality in Relationships
This group is co led with another therapist and is a fun progressive psychoeducational/ process group. We will learn about sex and relationship topics as set by the group. Topics can include adding toys in the bedroom, kink/ 50 shades, ...
Hosted by Respark Therapy & Associates
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LPC-S, LMFT-S, CST, AASECT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78746
This group is co led with another therapist and is a fun progressive psychoeducational/ process group. We will learn about sex and relationship topics as set by the group. Topics can include adding toys in the bedroom, kink/ 50 shades, ...
IOP Intensive Outpatient Program
*Daytime and Evening options available Omega Recovery's intensive out-patient(IOP) program is designed for an individual that is new to recovery, as well as any individual that needs added support in their current recovery program. It's also a perfect step down ...
Hosted by Omega Recovery
Treatment Center, PhD, LCSW-R
Not Verified Not Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78704
*Daytime and Evening options available Omega Recovery's intensive out-patient(IOP) program is designed for an individual that is new to recovery, as well as any individual that needs added support in their current recovery program. It's also a perfect step down ...
Femunnity
At Femunnity, we empower women to connect and grow via in-person or on-line weekly self-renewal groups. These groups provide a safe space for women to step back from the daily grind and recharge, nourishing them so they can remain healthy ...
Hosted by Debbie Radzinsky
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSc
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78704
At Femunnity, we empower women to connect and grow via in-person or on-line weekly self-renewal groups. These groups provide a safe space for women to step back from the daily grind and recharge, nourishing them so they can remain healthy ...
Workshop: Dating 101
This is a 4-hour interactive class that focuses on how to improve verbal communication and use body language to enhance dating prospects. This workshop will help Singles become more able to reduce their anxiety that relates to poor dating outcomes ...
Hosted by Delicia Mclean
Psychologist, PhD, MHA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78704
This is a 4-hour interactive class that focuses on how to improve verbal communication and use body language to enhance dating prospects. This workshop will help Singles become more able to reduce their anxiety that relates to poor dating outcomes ...
Teen Skills Group for Eating Disorders
Umbrella Psychotherapy offers an in-person therapy group for teens to help build connections and community while strengthening therapeutic skills. This support group is for ages 13-18. The details: the groups are facilitated by Niki DuBois, LCSW. Group material covers therapeutic ...
Hosted by Niki DuBois
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CEDS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78746
Umbrella Psychotherapy offers an in-person therapy group for teens to help build connections and community while strengthening therapeutic skills. This support group is for ages 13-18. The details: the groups are facilitated by Niki DuBois, LCSW. Group material covers therapeutic ...
Adolescent DBT Skills Group
An empirically backed skills-based group that helps teens build skills that enhance their ability to cope with emotions and problems they experience.
Hosted by Dalia Hinojosa
MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78731
An empirically backed skills-based group that helps teens build skills that enhance their ability to cope with emotions and problems they experience.
Anxie-TEA
Anxie-TEA (Techniques, Experiences, and Attitudes) is a 5-week online group that combines effective techniques for managing anxiety and increasing wellbeing with the supportive dynamic of group therapy and coaching. Participants receive hands-on experience with effective tools and approaches for improving ...
Hosted by Jaime Nichols
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78758
Anxie-TEA (Techniques, Experiences, and Attitudes) is a 5-week online group that combines effective techniques for managing anxiety and increasing wellbeing with the supportive dynamic of group therapy and coaching. Participants receive hands-on experience with effective tools and approaches for improving ...
Lesbi+ Positive Psychology Support group
Authenticity means being your true self and honoring yourself. This means finding answers from within, rather than searching for them on the outside.Positive psychology begins when we strive to align our actions, core values, and discovery with our true selves.This ...
Hosted by Paige Rocker
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, MS, LPC-A
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78723
Authenticity means being your true self and honoring yourself. This means finding answers from within, rather than searching for them on the outside.Positive psychology begins when we strive to align our actions, core values, and discovery with our true selves.This ...
Movement Practice & Self Care
We will move for a portion of the hour and than we will talk through a self care book created for women. This is a low pressure group geared for therapists, teachers, or anyone that is a care taker.
Hosted by Destany Schadder Supervised By Alice Green Lpc-S
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, LPC-A, RC-DMT, MS, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78747
We will move for a portion of the hour and than we will talk through a self care book created for women. This is a low pressure group geared for therapists, teachers, or anyone that is a care taker.
Pre-Marital Counseling Sessions
We offer premarital counseling sessions to help couples increase awareness of their relationship strengths and growth areas, and build emotional skills and techniques to help create a strong foundation for a long and healthy marriage. We are certified providers through ...
Hosted by ATX Therapy Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMFT, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78759
We offer premarital counseling sessions to help couples increase awareness of their relationship strengths and growth areas, and build emotional skills and techniques to help create a strong foundation for a long and healthy marriage. We are certified providers through ...
A Space for Us
A general processing group for trans and non-binary persons. We will learn coping skills, and learn about how we experience ourselves in interpersonal relationships.
Hosted by Elijah Stinger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDR
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78759
A general processing group for trans and non-binary persons. We will learn coping skills, and learn about how we experience ourselves in interpersonal relationships.
ADHD Coaching
Hosted by Lisa Jordan
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78744
Adult Process & Coaching Group
Grow in understanding of yourself in relation to a group of people. From the minute we are born we enter a group, our family unit, and then continue to encounter various constellations of groups as life continues, whether it be ...
Hosted by K. Sophie Abel, LCSW, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78759
Grow in understanding of yourself in relation to a group of people. From the minute we are born we enter a group, our family unit, and then continue to encounter various constellations of groups as life continues, whether it be ...
DBT Skills Group - Virtual
This is a virtual DBT Skills Group that meets via Zoom. The group is didactic, feeling more like a class, and we learn DBT skills across four modules: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance. We spend 5-weeks on ...
Hosted by Grace Lawton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78701
This is a virtual DBT Skills Group that meets via Zoom. The group is didactic, feeling more like a class, and we learn DBT skills across four modules: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance. We spend 5-weeks on ...
Intensive Outpatient Program (Austin IOP)
Your mental health is important to us and we want to help you with your recovery journey in Austin TX! Our structured IOP (intensive outpatient program) is meant to accommodate the many demands of establishing a life in recovery while ...
Hosted by South Meadows Recovery
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78728
Your mental health is important to us and we want to help you with your recovery journey in Austin TX! Our structured IOP (intensive outpatient program) is meant to accommodate the many demands of establishing a life in recovery while ...
Rhythm and Reflexes: Integration for all ages
Development, Movement and Reflex Integration for adults, parents, and providers who have or care for those with attention issues, behavior issues, developmental challenges and emotional expression and connection. This Online group is by request.
Hosted by Margery Segal
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, RSMT, IDME, PPN
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78701
Development, Movement and Reflex Integration for adults, parents, and providers who have or care for those with attention issues, behavior issues, developmental challenges and emotional expression and connection. This Online group is by request.
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy- RODBT
Radically Open DBT targets disorders of overcontrol such as treatment resistant depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and OCPD. RODBT is helpful for individuals who are experiencing significant difficulty with emotional expression and connection, isolation, avoidance, all or nothing thinking, ...
Hosted by Rachel Burgreen, LCSW-S & Co
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78731
Radically Open DBT targets disorders of overcontrol such as treatment resistant depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and OCPD. RODBT is helpful for individuals who are experiencing significant difficulty with emotional expression and connection, isolation, avoidance, all or nothing thinking, ...
Monday Evening Adult Process Group
This is an ongoing mixed gender group where members can explore in a safe environment how they relate to themselves and others. They can receive support and feedback as they experiment with making new and deeper connections with other members. ...
Hosted by Patty Olwell
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78703
This is an ongoing mixed gender group where members can explore in a safe environment how they relate to themselves and others. They can receive support and feedback as they experiment with making new and deeper connections with other members. ...
Caring and Daring LCSW Supervision Group
Forming now: A clinical supervision group for LMSWs working toward their "C". This group is a good fit for LMSWs who are curious, caring, detailed, daring, and want to grow in both relational practice skills and neurobiology-informed techniques. My supervisees ...
Hosted by Jill Hokanson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78759
Forming now: A clinical supervision group for LMSWs working toward their "C". This group is a good fit for LMSWs who are curious, caring, detailed, daring, and want to grow in both relational practice skills and neurobiology-informed techniques. My supervisees ...
Obsessive Compulsive Skills Group
The Obsessive Compulsive Skills Group is designed for Adults looking to learn strategies to decrease their OCD symptoms. We will walk through the different subtypes of OCD, different types of Exposures that can be helpful for each subtype and build ...
Hosted by Alicia Kruger
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Austin, TX 78746
The Obsessive Compulsive Skills Group is designed for Adults looking to learn strategies to decrease their OCD symptoms. We will walk through the different subtypes of OCD, different types of Exposures that can be helpful for each subtype and build ...
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How can I find a support group in Austin?
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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.