Adult DBT Group
The DBT group is open to adults 18 and older, who are currently working with a therapist and would like additional support and/or skills to cope with overwhelming emotions. This is a skills-based psychoeducational group that will focus on the ...
Hosted by Balance of Mind Counseling & Behavioral Services
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSAT, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Union Grove, WI 53182
The DBT group is open to adults 18 and older, who are currently working with a therapist and would like additional support and/or skills to cope with overwhelming emotions. This is a skills-based psychoeducational group that will focus on the ...
A Mindful Way to Emotional Wellbeing
This group will teach skills for dealing with depression by learning and applying the skills of mindfulness meditation. The 8 week group will introduce participants to these powerful techniques and build on proven strategies.
You will be asked to participate ...
This group will teach skills for dealing with depression by learning and applying the skills of mindfulness meditation. The 8 week group will introduce participants to these powerful techniques and build on proven strategies.
You will be asked to participate ...
Teen Mindfulness & Yoga Group
This group is for teens (age 14-18), and meets weekly for 8 weeks. Teens will learn what mindfulness is, practice bringing themselves into their present moment, and take parts of mindfulness practice with them that can help alleviate mental health ...
Hosted by Paula Witt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSCW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Monona, WI 53716
This group is for teens (age 14-18), and meets weekly for 8 weeks. Teens will learn what mindfulness is, practice bringing themselves into their present moment, and take parts of mindfulness practice with them that can help alleviate mental health ...
Adult DBT Group
DBT group is for adults who want to learn skills to help manage intense emotions, decrease impulsive behaviors and increase positive relationships with others. This group will focus on learning ways to change unwanted behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and events that ...
Hosted by Natalie Hanson
Counselor, MS, LPC, SAC-IT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
DBT group is for adults who want to learn skills to help manage intense emotions, decrease impulsive behaviors and increase positive relationships with others. This group will focus on learning ways to change unwanted behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and events that ...
Men's Depression Group
The Men's Depression Group meets weekly to discuss the impact depression has on their lives. By connecting and interacting, the men in this group discover new and inspiring ways to navigate the obstacles preventing them from experiencing life to its ...
Hosted by The Family Center
Marriage & Family Therapist
Verified Verified
Group meets in Madison, WI 53717
The Men's Depression Group meets weekly to discuss the impact depression has on their lives. By connecting and interacting, the men in this group discover new and inspiring ways to navigate the obstacles preventing them from experiencing life to its ...
Lakes Counseling Center
Hosted by Lakes Counseling Center, LLC
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lake Geneva, WI 53147
Thrive: Live Well. Be Well.
THRIVE is a 10-wk wellness group that focuses on the 9 dimensions of our lives: spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, occupational, financial, environmental, social, and sexual. We will explore each of these dimensions and discover ways to make small changes that ...
Hosted by Beth Harms
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, SAC-IT, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Franklin, WI 53132
THRIVE is a 10-wk wellness group that focuses on the 9 dimensions of our lives: spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, occupational, financial, environmental, social, and sexual. We will explore each of these dimensions and discover ways to make small changes that ...
A Healing Place, Complete Counseling Care
A Healing Place specializes in mindfulness, positive psychology, and providing therapy for individuals with trauma histories, PTSD, anxiety, and depression. We work with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families from ages 4 to adult. Whatever the age, we want our ...
Hosted by A Healing Place, Complete Counseling Care
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Group meets in Neenah, WI 54956
A Healing Place specializes in mindfulness, positive psychology, and providing therapy for individuals with trauma histories, PTSD, anxiety, and depression. We work with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families from ages 4 to adult. Whatever the age, we want our ...
Yoga for Anxiety and Depression
Join our eight-week counseling group tailored for adults coping with anxiety or depression. Each session integrates counseling, yoga, and meditation, with each week's practice building upon the last. Explore your coping mechanisms for managing thoughts, feelings, and memories, while gaining ...
Hosted by Deb Sampson
Counselor, LPC-IT, LMT, ERYT-20
Verified Verified
Group meets in Menasha, WI 54952
Join our eight-week counseling group tailored for adults coping with anxiety or depression. Each session integrates counseling, yoga, and meditation, with each week's practice building upon the last. Explore your coping mechanisms for managing thoughts, feelings, and memories, while gaining ...
CHaPS (Chronic Health and Pain Support) West Allis
Meets every other week for 90 minutes. Covered by most insurances. Now done via telehealth only. Contact Bob for details.
Hosted by Bob Rockey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ACSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Allis, WI 53227
Meets every other week for 90 minutes. Covered by most insurances. Now done via telehealth only. Contact Bob for details.
Purple Lotus Counseling
Purple Lotus Counseling is a small group clinic serving the Appleton, WI, Fox Valley and greater Wisconsin area. Our primary focuses are helping clients reach their personal goals, and address any mental health concerns that may be impacting their ability ...
Hosted by Katie Huskey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Appleton, WI 54911
Purple Lotus Counseling is a small group clinic serving the Appleton, WI, Fox Valley and greater Wisconsin area. Our primary focuses are helping clients reach their personal goals, and address any mental health concerns that may be impacting their ability ...
Alay Health Team - Psychiatry Child & Adult
Psychiatry Medication Management via Telepsychiatry, Virtual Visits, for Adults & Children offered THROUGHOUT Wisconsin. ***ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS! Short wait times!!!*** Progressive evidenced based care with pharmaceutical therapies and remote patient monitoring.
Hosted by Visionary Psychiatry
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Pewaukee, WI 53072
Psychiatry Medication Management via Telepsychiatry, Virtual Visits, for Adults & Children offered THROUGHOUT Wisconsin. ***ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS! Short wait times!!!*** Progressive evidenced based care with pharmaceutical therapies and remote patient monitoring.
DBT Skills Groups & Courses (Women/Teen/Family).
DBT Skills Training Groups are offered regularly at Wise Mind DBT & CBT Center
Hosted by Lisa R Herpolsheimer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, C-DBT, CCTP-II
Verified Verified
Group meets in Delafield, WI 53018
DBT Skills Training Groups are offered regularly at Wise Mind DBT & CBT Center
Women's Support Group
The Women's Support Group meets in-person weekly. By connecting and interacting, the women in this group discover new and empowering ways to find their voice and honor their lived experiences. Build social connection while exploring perception of self-worth through art!
Hosted by The Family Center
Marriage & Family Therapist
Verified Verified
Group meets in Madison, WI 53717
The Women's Support Group meets in-person weekly. By connecting and interacting, the women in this group discover new and empowering ways to find their voice and honor their lived experiences. Build social connection while exploring perception of self-worth through art!
Simultaneous Adolescent DBT and Parent DBT Group
Our goal in running these co-current groups is to build a foundation of support and practice in DBT skills for family members. This structured 12 week group dives into learning ways to change unwanted behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and events that ...
Hosted by Natalie Hanson
Counselor, MS, LPC, SAC-IT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
Our goal in running these co-current groups is to build a foundation of support and practice in DBT skills for family members. This structured 12 week group dives into learning ways to change unwanted behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and events that ...
CHaPS (Chronic Health and Pain Support),
Meets every other week for 90 minutes. Covered by most insurances. Now via telehealth only.
Contact Bob for details.
Hosted by Bob Rockey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ACSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Bend, WI 53090
Meets every other week for 90 minutes. Covered by most insurances. Now via telehealth only.
Contact Bob for details.
Get Free of Being Overcontrolled and Stuck
This group will focus on the idea of needing control and to be perfect in order to function and be happy. When we have too much or need too much of a good thing (self-control, keeping calm) we can lose ...
This group will focus on the idea of needing control and to be perfect in order to function and be happy. When we have too much or need too much of a good thing (self-control, keeping calm) we can lose ...
ADS group
This is an adolescent group that will promote support for kids that are struggling with ANXIETY and DEPRESSION, and SPECTRUM Disorders. This group will provide safety without ridicule. Experiences include discussion, art therapy, game therapy, music and movement therapy. We ...
Hosted by Patricia Ann Glatzel Clough
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, ATR, CSAS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Waukesha, WI 53186
This is an adolescent group that will promote support for kids that are struggling with ANXIETY and DEPRESSION, and SPECTRUM Disorders. This group will provide safety without ridicule. Experiences include discussion, art therapy, game therapy, music and movement therapy. We ...
Adult DBT Skills Group
**A NEW CYCLE TO START IN SIX WEEKS. OUTSIDE CLIENTS ARE WELCOME AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A CURRENT INDIVIDUAL THERAPIST! Learn methods and build skills to manage anxiety, depression and live the life you want. Help increase your resilience ...
Hosted by Leslie Clark
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSE, LPC, CSAC, CS-IT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Oak Creek, WI 53154
**A NEW CYCLE TO START IN SIX WEEKS. OUTSIDE CLIENTS ARE WELCOME AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A CURRENT INDIVIDUAL THERAPIST! Learn methods and build skills to manage anxiety, depression and live the life you want. Help increase your resilience ...
DBT Review Group
Clients that complete the full cycle of Adult DBT group are welcome to join in the maintenance group. This group is held once a month online. The group discusses skills they are implementing as will continue to explore new DBT ...
Hosted by Leslie Clark
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSE, LPC, CSAC, CS-IT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Oak Creek, WI 53154
Clients that complete the full cycle of Adult DBT group are welcome to join in the maintenance group. This group is held once a month online. The group discusses skills they are implementing as will continue to explore new DBT ...
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Depression Support Groups
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.