Women’s Process Group- Embodiment through Honesty
In this group, you will explore and practice vulnerable and honest sharing. This group will address individual members’ specific concerns and challenges regarding honesty and vulnerability in their own lives, as well as a look at what comes up interpersonally ...
Hosted by Melanie Siegel
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90027
In this group, you will explore and practice vulnerable and honest sharing. This group will address individual members’ specific concerns and challenges regarding honesty and vulnerability in their own lives, as well as a look at what comes up interpersonally ...
Men's Process Group
THE GROUP ADDRESSES WORKING THROUGH REPEATED, UNCOSCIOUS PATTERNS OF THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOR THAT ARE CREATING DYSFUNCTION IN A MAN'S LIFE. THE GROUP REPRESENTS THE FAMILY TO THE UNCONSCIOUS. IN THIS WAY WE "GIVE THE UNCONSCIOUS A SECOND CHANCE" TO EXPERIENCE ...
Hosted by Charles V Rosasco
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT, CIRT, SILC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90048
THE GROUP ADDRESSES WORKING THROUGH REPEATED, UNCOSCIOUS PATTERNS OF THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOR THAT ARE CREATING DYSFUNCTION IN A MAN'S LIFE. THE GROUP REPRESENTS THE FAMILY TO THE UNCONSCIOUS. IN THIS WAY WE "GIVE THE UNCONSCIOUS A SECOND CHANCE" TO EXPERIENCE ...
DBT Skills
Our practice offers a weekly DBT Skills group focused on helping individuals better manage their mood, change their behavior, and have healthier relationships. Across the 16 weeks, individuals will learn 16 different skills in four areas: Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion ...
Hosted by Alejandra Arce
Registered Psychological Associate, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90025
Our practice offers a weekly DBT Skills group focused on helping individuals better manage their mood, change their behavior, and have healthier relationships. Across the 16 weeks, individuals will learn 16 different skills in four areas: Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion ...
Women's Self-Compassion + Happiness Group (Online)
Are you a woman whose heart has been wounded after a lifetime of putting other peoples' needs & wants above your own? Do you find it hard to honor yourself & do what you really want? Have you been hurt ...
Hosted by The Happiness Psychiatrist | Sheenie Ambardar MD
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90067
Are you a woman whose heart has been wounded after a lifetime of putting other peoples' needs & wants above your own? Do you find it hard to honor yourself & do what you really want? Have you been hurt ...
Teen Depression Outpatient Therapy
Hosted by Evolve Teen Depression Residential Treatment
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90049
ACT for Anxiety and Depression – 8 Week Group
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of therapy that helps you relate differently to your anxiety, depression, and self-defeating behaviors. What do you mean by acceptance and commitment? Acceptance refers to bringing an open and willing attitude toward ...
Hosted by Cristina Wood
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90094
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of therapy that helps you relate differently to your anxiety, depression, and self-defeating behaviors. What do you mean by acceptance and commitment? Acceptance refers to bringing an open and willing attitude toward ...
DBT Skills
Our practice offers a weekly DBT Skills group focused on helping individuals better manage their mood, change their behavior, and have healthier relationships. Across the 16 weeks, individuals will learn 16 different skills in four areas: Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion ...
Hosted by Natalia Jaramillo
Registered Psychological Associate, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90025
Our practice offers a weekly DBT Skills group focused on helping individuals better manage their mood, change their behavior, and have healthier relationships. Across the 16 weeks, individuals will learn 16 different skills in four areas: Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion ...
Emotional Housecleaning: Ending Bad Memories
Led by Dr. Bresler, this group is for those who have experienced physical or emotional trauma and who continue to have anxiety, fear, rage, depression, shame, guilt, and/or other negative emotional reactions to that experience.
In addition to peer support, ...
Hosted by David E Bresler
Psychologist, PhD, LAC, DiplAc, NCCAOM, AAPM
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90025
Led by Dr. Bresler, this group is for those who have experienced physical or emotional trauma and who continue to have anxiety, fear, rage, depression, shame, guilt, and/or other negative emotional reactions to that experience.
In addition to peer support, ...
Childhood Trauma Processing Group
Childhood trauma is defined as an event or events experienced by a child that is emotionally painful, frightening, or distressful, which can often lead to lasting mental and physical effects. Symptoms of childhood trauma in adults can include but are ...
Hosted by Christine Rivlin
Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90025
Childhood trauma is defined as an event or events experienced by a child that is emotionally painful, frightening, or distressful, which can often lead to lasting mental and physical effects. Symptoms of childhood trauma in adults can include but are ...
Artist's Way Group
Hosted by Evan Dunn
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90026
Los Angeles Counseling Group
Here at Los Angeles Counseling Group you will find nurturing, nonjudgmental, confidential therapists. Whether you have a specific issue in mind or you just want to become the best version of yourself or finding meaning and balance in your life-we ...
Hosted by Valerie Ortega
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90010
Here at Los Angeles Counseling Group you will find nurturing, nonjudgmental, confidential therapists. Whether you have a specific issue in mind or you just want to become the best version of yourself or finding meaning and balance in your life-we ...
COVID-19 Support Group
During this difficult time, many of us are facing anxiety about the future and what will come. We experience isolation, fear, and disruption to our norms. For some, ongoing concerns with depression, trauma, or relationships have become difficult. This online ...
Hosted by Silver Lake Psychotherapy
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90026
During this difficult time, many of us are facing anxiety about the future and what will come. We experience isolation, fear, and disruption to our norms. For some, ongoing concerns with depression, trauma, or relationships have become difficult. This online ...
Process Group
While people seek psychotherapy for many different reasons, all have some problems in establishing and maintaining close and gratifying relationships with others. Often they have wished that they understood relationships better and wished that they could be really honest about ...
Hosted by Brad Gilmore
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90048
While people seek psychotherapy for many different reasons, all have some problems in establishing and maintaining close and gratifying relationships with others. Often they have wished that they understood relationships better and wished that they could be really honest about ...
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic modality in which ketamine is used as a complement to psychotherapy to help clients experience more frequent breakthroughs, faster recovery with less mental resistance, deeper emotional processing, and sustained improvement in symptoms over longer ...
Hosted by Dr. Christina M. Charlotin
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90071
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic modality in which ketamine is used as a complement to psychotherapy to help clients experience more frequent breakthroughs, faster recovery with less mental resistance, deeper emotional processing, and sustained improvement in symptoms over longer ...
Collective Mental Health
Mental health services center for teens and adults. Providing individual, group, and family therapy.
Hosted by Sylvanna M. Vargas
Psychologist, PhD, MPH
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90025
Mental health services center for teens and adults. Providing individual, group, and family therapy.
Ketamine Assisted Therapy
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic modality in which ketamine is used as a complement to psychotherapy to help clients experience more frequent breakthroughs, faster recovery with less mental resistance, deeper emotional processing, and sustained improvement in symptoms over longer ...
Hosted by Dr. Christina M. Charlotin
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90017
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic modality in which ketamine is used as a complement to psychotherapy to help clients experience more frequent breakthroughs, faster recovery with less mental resistance, deeper emotional processing, and sustained improvement in symptoms over longer ...
Los Feliz Psychotherapy
People come to therapy to address various issues in their lives. They may be going through a major life transition or feel stuck in their work life or their relationships. We help by providing a safe space to explore all ...
Hosted by Christina Decoux
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90039
People come to therapy to address various issues in their lives. They may be going through a major life transition or feel stuck in their work life or their relationships. We help by providing a safe space to explore all ...
Postpartum Support Group
The purpose of this Postpartum Support Group is to provide a place for Moms to get some emotional support and helpful skills to combat the symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety.
Hosted by Stacey Lurie
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90049
The purpose of this Postpartum Support Group is to provide a place for Moms to get some emotional support and helpful skills to combat the symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety.
DBT Skills Group
This 8 week group will focus on the following skillsets of DBT: (1) Mindfulness, (2) Emotion Regulation, (3) Distress Tolerance, (4) Interpersonal Effectiveness. These DBT skill groups differ from conventional "process" groups where individuals openly express emotions, thoughts, and viewpoints ...
Hosted by Hanna Stensby
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90004
This 8 week group will focus on the following skillsets of DBT: (1) Mindfulness, (2) Emotion Regulation, (3) Distress Tolerance, (4) Interpersonal Effectiveness. These DBT skill groups differ from conventional "process" groups where individuals openly express emotions, thoughts, and viewpoints ...
Growing 21st Century Resilience - open enrollment
Developing resilience is essential in helping to cope and thrive with the challenges of a rapidly changing world… Our online group will meet to discuss real-world mental health challenges in our current society and within ourselves, and include practical tools ...
Hosted by Renée Glick
MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Los Angeles, CA 90068
Developing resilience is essential in helping to cope and thrive with the challenges of a rapidly changing world… Our online group will meet to discuss real-world mental health challenges in our current society and within ourselves, and include practical tools ...
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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.