Support Groups in Lowell, MA
If you love someone with Bipolar. (In January.)
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
Hosted by Shane MacDonald, LICSW, New Inspiration Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lowell, MA 01852
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
Insight Center for Behavioral Health, LLC.
At Insight Center for Behavioral Health, LLC we provide individuals and their families with compassion driven care and service excellence across a continuum of culturally aware and appropriate behavioral health services. ? As a key and critical community resource, Insight ...
Hosted by Insight Center for Behavioral Health
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MS, LMHC, LADC, CADC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lowell, MA 01852
At Insight Center for Behavioral Health, LLC we provide individuals and their families with compassion driven care and service excellence across a continuum of culturally aware and appropriate behavioral health services. ? As a key and critical community resource, Insight ...
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If you love someone with Bipolar. (In January.)
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
Hosted by Shane MacDonald, LICSW, New Inspiration Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lowell, MA 01852
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
Insight Center for Behavioral Health, LLC.
At Insight Center for Behavioral Health, LLC we provide individuals and their families with compassion driven care and service excellence across a continuum of culturally aware and appropriate behavioral health services. ? As a key and critical community resource, Insight ...
Hosted by Insight Center for Behavioral Health
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MS, LMHC, LADC, CADC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lowell, MA 01852
At Insight Center for Behavioral Health, LLC we provide individuals and their families with compassion driven care and service excellence across a continuum of culturally aware and appropriate behavioral health services. ? As a key and critical community resource, Insight ...
Cardiac Patient Support Group
Join a supportive and educational group for patients diagnosed with heart disease. Practice stress management skills and understand how to manage your daily challenges to support long-term heart health. Hear from others as you share your individual journey.
Hosted by Marsha Thayer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chelmsford, MA 01824
Join a supportive and educational group for patients diagnosed with heart disease. Practice stress management skills and understand how to manage your daily challenges to support long-term heart health. Hear from others as you share your individual journey.
If you love someone with Bipolar. (In January.)
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
Hosted by Shane MacDonald, LICSW, New Inspiration LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Tewksbury, MA 01876
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
Separation & Divorce Support Group
Join a 15 week co-ed support group for adults in the midst of separating or recently divorced. This major life transition can stir many feelings, thoughts and questions in response to the loss of a relationship. Other supports are included ...
Hosted by Marsha Thayer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chelmsford, MA 01824
Join a 15 week co-ed support group for adults in the midst of separating or recently divorced. This major life transition can stir many feelings, thoughts and questions in response to the loss of a relationship. Other supports are included ...
Cambridge Counseling -- Carlisle Office
Cambridge Counseling Associates, LLP, was established in 1983 to provide comprehensive confidential psychological and mental health services for individuals of all ages. Staff psychologists maintain affiliation at universities and hospitals in the Greater Boston area. Psychopharmacology, psychiatric, and supportive medical ...
Hosted by John T. Chirban
Psychologist, PhD, ThD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Carlisle, MA 01741
Cambridge Counseling Associates, LLP, was established in 1983 to provide comprehensive confidential psychological and mental health services for individuals of all ages. Staff psychologists maintain affiliation at universities and hospitals in the Greater Boston area. Psychopharmacology, psychiatric, and supportive medical ...
Mind Over Mood
Register Today : Virtual Workshops Offered Well-beyond Carlisle...
Hosted by New Inspiration Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, EdS, MSW, BA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Carlisle, MA 01741
Register Today : Virtual Workshops Offered Well-beyond Carlisle...
Mind Over Mood (live, on-line, virtual workshops)
Hosted by Gregory Curtis, LICSW, New Inspiration, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW, CCBT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bedford, MA 01730
Mind Over Mood (live, on-line, virtual workshops)
Hosted by Gregory Curtis, LICSW, New Inspiration, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW, CCBT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Tewksbury, MA 01876
Emotional Freedom Techniques Class
Darwin Gillett, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, will show participants ways to reduce negative emotions through discovering the body's subtle energies. EFT has been clinically effective in thousands of cases and proving dramatically successful in relieving fears and phobias, panic ...
Hosted by Darwin Gillett
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Westford, MA 01886
Darwin Gillett, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, will show participants ways to reduce negative emotions through discovering the body's subtle energies. EFT has been clinically effective in thousands of cases and proving dramatically successful in relieving fears and phobias, panic ...
DBT Skills for Adults (21+) on ZOOM platform
"Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amidst the storm..." For adults who want to gain mastery in Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills to achieve peak performance in all areas of your life. Highly ...
Hosted by Lisa Wessan Consulting
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, CLYL, RM
Verified Verified
Group meets in Westford, MA 01886
"Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amidst the storm..." For adults who want to gain mastery in Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills to achieve peak performance in all areas of your life. Highly ...
Moving Beyond Social Anxiety: 6 week workshop
Exclusively for high school students! BEGINS OCTOBER 13TH. Our 6-week workshop is designed to give you the skills needed to boost your confidence in social situations. We will work on how to talk to others and fee comfortable, how to ...
Hosted by Christine Kensicki
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Billerica, MA 01821
Exclusively for high school students! BEGINS OCTOBER 13TH. Our 6-week workshop is designed to give you the skills needed to boost your confidence in social situations. We will work on how to talk to others and fee comfortable, how to ...
Walk & Talk Therapy (for Individuals and Groups)
Walk and Talk Therapy (WATT) is not new...thought leaders such as Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud often took their patients out for long walks as part of "the cure." Multiple WATT locations in Merrimack Valley, NH/MA, and NYC vicinity. For ...
Hosted by Lisa Wessan Consulting
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, CLYL, RM
Verified Verified
Group meets in Westford, MA 01886
Walk and Talk Therapy (WATT) is not new...thought leaders such as Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud often took their patients out for long walks as part of "the cure." Multiple WATT locations in Merrimack Valley, NH/MA, and NYC vicinity. For ...
The Constellation Approach
IF you want to get to the core of repeated patterns and issues, and love spiritual/shamanic work, this group is for you! We delve into the soul of your family and redirect an unwanted pattern into a new, conscious soul ...
Hosted by Molly Salans
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Westford, MA 01886
IF you want to get to the core of repeated patterns and issues, and love spiritual/shamanic work, this group is for you! We delve into the soul of your family and redirect an unwanted pattern into a new, conscious soul ...
If you love someone with Bipolar. (In January.)
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
Hosted by Shane MacDonald, LICSW, New Inspiration LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Billerica, MA 01821
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
Neurodiverse at Midlife: Women/AFAB Group (online)
A supportive place to “unmask” & come out as neurodivergent/on the invisible end of the autism spectrum. Co-create a peer group which can identify with shared struggles, celebrate victories, and offer constructive feedback. Discuss difficulties with inertia, sustaining momentum, & ...
Hosted by Naomi M. Dogan, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Psychologist, PhD, CGP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bedford, MA 01730
A supportive place to “unmask” & come out as neurodivergent/on the invisible end of the autism spectrum. Co-create a peer group which can identify with shared struggles, celebrate victories, and offer constructive feedback. Discuss difficulties with inertia, sustaining momentum, & ...
If you love someone with Bipolar. (In January.)
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
Hosted by Shane MacDonald, LICSW, New Inspiration LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Wilmington, MA 01887
If you love someone with Bipolar, you might feel overwhelmed: You’re struggling with stuff that’s way beyond your control. But we are here–for you–others going through the same thing, and professionals who care and can help. In service to you, I'm eager ...
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in Lowell?
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.