Counseling Over Coffee (Entrepreneurs/ Biz Owners)
Business owners & entrepreneurs face unique stressors beyond typical work-life balance challenges. You deserve a safe-space or like-minded community that understands and can support you through your entrepreneurial struggles. Spaces for this group is very limited to ensure each participant ...
Hosted by Storeyhouse Counseling & Consulting-Tiffany Storey
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC-S, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Birmingham, AL 35206
Business owners & entrepreneurs face unique stressors beyond typical work-life balance challenges. You deserve a safe-space or like-minded community that understands and can support you through your entrepreneurial struggles. Spaces for this group is very limited to ensure each participant ...
JLife "Intentionally Joyful Lifestyle" Group
JLife groups are a gem for seniors offering a program that has substantial personal meaning, taps into the joys of community, and provides empowerment for ongoing renewed synergy with life! The objective is to address lifespan challenges and the effects ...
Hosted by Doris Chambers Vaughans
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
JLife groups are a gem for seniors offering a program that has substantial personal meaning, taps into the joys of community, and provides empowerment for ongoing renewed synergy with life! The objective is to address lifespan challenges and the effects ...
DBT Skills Training - Adolescent
An open group to teach and practice mindfulness skills for use in everyday coping and stress relief. Age 14 - 22
Hosted by Michelle N Krulewicz
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Mobile, AL 36609
An open group to teach and practice mindfulness skills for use in everyday coping and stress relief. Age 14 - 22
Grief, DBP, Divorce, Substance Abuse
Sundays: · 1PM-2PM: Substance Abuse /Adults 3PM-4PM: DBT (Adults) · 5PM-6PM: LGPTQ+ Support Mondays: · 1PM-2PM: Anxiety (Shawn) · 3PM-4PM: Surviving Grief (Shawn) · 5PM-6PM: Trauma Support uesdays: · 6PM-7PM: Substance abuse/Adolescents Wednesdays: · 4PM-5PM: DBT Adults (SAM) · 5:30PM-6:30PM: ...
Hosted by Wesam 'sam' Shash
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Huntsville, AL 35816
Sundays: · 1PM-2PM: Substance Abuse /Adults 3PM-4PM: DBT (Adults) · 5PM-6PM: LGPTQ+ Support Mondays: · 1PM-2PM: Anxiety (Shawn) · 3PM-4PM: Surviving Grief (Shawn) · 5PM-6PM: Trauma Support uesdays: · 6PM-7PM: Substance abuse/Adolescents Wednesdays: · 4PM-5PM: DBT Adults (SAM) · 5:30PM-6:30PM: ...
Marital Enrichment
Couples will leave this marital enrichment workshop series with new skills that will enhance your communication and help you navigate situations in which you see things differently. Couples will also gain an understanding of different love languages and new strategies ...
Hosted by Judith Schulman-Miller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Birmingham, AL 35223
Couples will leave this marital enrichment workshop series with new skills that will enhance your communication and help you navigate situations in which you see things differently. Couples will also gain an understanding of different love languages and new strategies ...
Men's Coaching Reel2Real
Men's Coaching Reel2Real is a weekly men's gathering where the use of multimedia presentations, interactive teaching and discussions incorporate men's coaching, counseling, and faith-based principles to encourage men of all ages.
Hosted by Hardin Life Resources
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairhope, AL 36532
Men's Coaching Reel2Real is a weekly men's gathering where the use of multimedia presentations, interactive teaching and discussions incorporate men's coaching, counseling, and faith-based principles to encourage men of all ages.
Suicide Survivors support group
This is a group for those who have lost a friend or loved one to suicide at any time in one's life. It is a safe place to explore the feelings that are unique to those who have experienced this ...
Hosted by Rose Blakey Phillips
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Dothan, AL 36301
This is a group for those who have lost a friend or loved one to suicide at any time in one's life. It is a safe place to explore the feelings that are unique to those who have experienced this ...
Intuitive Eating To Transform Body, Mind & Food
This group is to repair your relationship with food, yourself and your body. It is an evidenced based treatment to combat eating disorders and disordered eating. It is a 10 week group. It is self-pay. You are GIFTED 3 yoga ...
Hosted by Sara Nielsen - Online Disordered Eating Treatment
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, RYT-200
Verified Verified
Group meets in Double Springs, AL 35553
This group is to repair your relationship with food, yourself and your body. It is an evidenced based treatment to combat eating disorders and disordered eating. It is a 10 week group. It is self-pay. You are GIFTED 3 yoga ...
Montgomery Marriage Counseling
I want to focus on people who are motivated to make changes in their lives, to feel better, to have self esteem. I want to conduct individual or relationship counseling. If counseling doesn't help, Life Coaching can help you achieve ...
Hosted by Sandra Segall
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Montgomery, AL 36106
I want to focus on people who are motivated to make changes in their lives, to feel better, to have self esteem. I want to conduct individual or relationship counseling. If counseling doesn't help, Life Coaching can help you achieve ...
Graham Counseling Collaborative
Graham Counseling Collaborative is a group counseling practice with professionals who are experienced in family, couple, child, and adult counseling.
Hosted by Brittany K Graham
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairhope, AL 36532
Graham Counseling Collaborative is a group counseling practice with professionals who are experienced in family, couple, child, and adult counseling.
Family Therapy Group
Family & Group therapy for adults in court needing therapeutic assistance in rehabilitation counseling services.
Hosted by Dr. Jefkida Johnson
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, PhD, MA, LMFTA, LMHCS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Montgomery, AL 36117
Family & Group therapy for adults in court needing therapeutic assistance in rehabilitation counseling services.
Peaceful Addiction Recovery Group
We, at Peaceful Pathways, LLC, are looking for group members like you who are struggling with addiction related issues and are motivated for sobriety. In addiction, it is easy to feel alone and feel like nobody understands what you are ...
Hosted by Sarah Dubbs McKillop
Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Madison, AL 35758
We, at Peaceful Pathways, LLC, are looking for group members like you who are struggling with addiction related issues and are motivated for sobriety. In addiction, it is easy to feel alone and feel like nobody understands what you are ...
Parenting
Counseling can help parents in various ways. Some parents become stressed by a particular parenting challenge. It could be a one-time event or recurring situation. Some parents have a child with a mental health concern or behavioral issue. These parents ...
Hosted by DeAndrea Jamith
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Montgomery, AL 36117
Counseling can help parents in various ways. Some parents become stressed by a particular parenting challenge. It could be a one-time event or recurring situation. Some parents have a child with a mental health concern or behavioral issue. These parents ...
Men Talking Marriage
An 8-week educational and growth-oriented group for husbands who feel stuck or frustrated in their relationships with their wives and family. If you've already tried individual or couples counseling and are looking for something different, this may be it.
Hosted by Immanuel Marsh
Counselor, MA, MDiv, ALC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Birmingham, AL 35226
An 8-week educational and growth-oriented group for husbands who feel stuck or frustrated in their relationships with their wives and family. If you've already tried individual or couples counseling and are looking for something different, this may be it.
Couples Relationship Enrichment Workshop
Our 10-week virtual skill-building workshop offers you the unique opportunity to identify your relationship strength and growth areas, build community with other couples, and discover ways to create the relationship you want. Beginning with a customized relationship assessment, we will ...
Hosted by Krystal Smith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW-S, PIP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Hoover, AL 35226
Our 10-week virtual skill-building workshop offers you the unique opportunity to identify your relationship strength and growth areas, build community with other couples, and discover ways to create the relationship you want. Beginning with a customized relationship assessment, we will ...
Grief and Loss group
The Grief Recovery Method is an action program for moving beyond death, divorce, and other losses including health, career, and faith.
Hosted by Alissa (Lisa) Cohen Lapidus
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Huntsville, AL 35801
The Grief Recovery Method is an action program for moving beyond death, divorce, and other losses including health, career, and faith.
Reading Empowers
This is an adult process-oriented therapy group utilizing specific reading material. Each group meets 6-8 times. Each book or other material will have homework assignments to utilize for a deeper understanding and application of the material between group meetings intended ...
Hosted by Teresa Powers
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, RPT, ACS, NIC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Northport, AL 35473
This is an adult process-oriented therapy group utilizing specific reading material. Each group meets 6-8 times. Each book or other material will have homework assignments to utilize for a deeper understanding and application of the material between group meetings intended ...
Skills Training Class
Have a life worth living!! Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), we teach skills in four areas: Mindfulness (being present in the moment), Emotional Regulation (learning to manage your emotions), Interpersonal Effectiveness (learning to ask for what you want or put ...
Hosted by Maggie Minsk
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCMHC, NCC, CI, CCMC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Madison, AL 35758
Have a life worth living!! Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), we teach skills in four areas: Mindfulness (being present in the moment), Emotional Regulation (learning to manage your emotions), Interpersonal Effectiveness (learning to ask for what you want or put ...
Gloom to Bloom ( Virtual Grief Support Group)
Gloom to Bloom is a virtual grief group, exclusively for 25 and up, designed to provide therapeutic support for those navigating the complexities of grief and honoring the memories of lost loved ones. Our group will provide a safe and ...
Hosted by Summerlane Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC-S, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Montgomery, AL 36106
Gloom to Bloom is a virtual grief group, exclusively for 25 and up, designed to provide therapeutic support for those navigating the complexities of grief and honoring the memories of lost loved ones. Our group will provide a safe and ...
Grief Recovery
Let's work together to change your relationship with grief. In community with other grievers, you can explore your thoughts and feelings and learn strategies for positive change.
Hosted by Dondra Goldsby
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT, EMDR, Gottman
Verified Verified
Group meets in Pelham, AL 35124
Let's work together to change your relationship with grief. In community with other grievers, you can explore your thoughts and feelings and learn strategies for positive change.
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in Alabama?
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.