Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention
This group is two hours each week for eight weeks. Each week focuses on a different topic with both in group and at home practice to build mindfulness skills. An initial consultation is required and the the fee will be ...
Hosted by Steve Hanna Interventions
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCMHC, LCAS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Charlotte, NC 28226
This group is two hours each week for eight weeks. Each week focuses on a different topic with both in group and at home practice to build mindfulness skills. An initial consultation is required and the the fee will be ...
The Virtual Embrace Family Recovery Parents Group
A virtual coaching group for parents navigating the tumultuous journey of the family disease of addiction, which feels isolating, exhausting, frustrating, and fearful. Do you want to gain insight into how this family disease is impacting you, join a community ...
Hosted by Margaret Swift Thompson
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MS, LADC, CTA, Coach
Verified Verified
Group meets in Mill Spring, NC 28756
A virtual coaching group for parents navigating the tumultuous journey of the family disease of addiction, which feels isolating, exhausting, frustrating, and fearful. Do you want to gain insight into how this family disease is impacting you, join a community ...
WRAP Movement Group
WRAP or Wellness Recovery Action Plan Movement group uses dance and movement to help participants remember aspects of wellness and recovery, including the 6 elements: hope, personal responsibility, knowledge, self-advocacy, support, and spirituality. The primary benefit to participants is the ...
Hosted by Therapeutic Arts Center / Sharing Dance
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, BC-DMT, CRC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Durham, NC 27707
WRAP or Wellness Recovery Action Plan Movement group uses dance and movement to help participants remember aspects of wellness and recovery, including the 6 elements: hope, personal responsibility, knowledge, self-advocacy, support, and spirituality. The primary benefit to participants is the ...
Full Fidelity Adult DBT Group
Hosted by Rosie Easter
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Huntersville, NC 28078
Thrive Counseling and Wellness
Hosted by Dakota Sain
Lic Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, MA, LCMHC-A
Verified Verified
Group meets in Hickory, NC 28602
Bari-Vets Support
This support group is for weight loss surgery patients at 18 months out from surgery. Maintaining motivation, self-care, appetite awareness, mindful eating, combating emotional eating, and dealing with relapses are commonly addressed.
Hosted by Kelly Broadwater
Psychological Associate, LPA, LCMHC, CEDS-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Wilmington, NC 28403
This support group is for weight loss surgery patients at 18 months out from surgery. Maintaining motivation, self-care, appetite awareness, mindful eating, combating emotional eating, and dealing with relapses are commonly addressed.
OCD Intrusive Disturbing Thoughts Group
Ages 18 & over. Therapy group for those with recurrent intrusive disturbing thoughts. Examples include religious obsessive thoughts (scrupulously), Harm OCD, violent intrusive thoughts, disturbing sexual thoughts (including POCD), and other intrusive disturbing thoughts. Focus is on use of Exposure ...
Hosted by Robert Milan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Greensboro, NC 27403
Ages 18 & over. Therapy group for those with recurrent intrusive disturbing thoughts. Examples include religious obsessive thoughts (scrupulously), Harm OCD, violent intrusive thoughts, disturbing sexual thoughts (including POCD), and other intrusive disturbing thoughts. Focus is on use of Exposure ...
Social Skills
The group focuses on the development of social-cognitive skills (such as conversation, perspective-taking, and peer negotiation) through through playful engagement in success-oriented activities that offer natural opportunities for engagement to establish a positive self-concept and build supportive friendships.
Hosted by Integrative Wellness Services
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Group meets in Cary, NC 27519
The group focuses on the development of social-cognitive skills (such as conversation, perspective-taking, and peer negotiation) through through playful engagement in success-oriented activities that offer natural opportunities for engagement to establish a positive self-concept and build supportive friendships.
Insight Therapeutic and Wellness Solutions, PLLC
Hosted by Jane Stewart Johnson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Burlington, NC 27215
Riverstone Wellness Collaborative, LLC
Hosted by Kristin Mastro
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCHMC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Raleigh, NC 27609
Addiction, Recovery, Supervision
Hosted by Lisa Noelle Finlay
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCAS, CCS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Durham, NC 27705
"The PitStop for Men"Support/Coaching Group
Statistically, men do not typically seek out help. This is a safe place for men to get real help in various areas of their life, Improve relationships, de-stress, get healthier, gain career insight and create more balance in their lives ...
Hosted by Michael "CoachMike" Jackson
INHC, CHHP, HCEC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Concord, NC 28027
Statistically, men do not typically seek out help. This is a safe place for men to get real help in various areas of their life, Improve relationships, de-stress, get healthier, gain career insight and create more balance in their lives ...
Crossvine Clinical Group
We are devoted to helping children, teens and adults live happier and more peaceful lives. Our therapists specialize in supporting individuals with autism, ADHD and/or anxiety and their families.
We are devoted to helping children, teens and adults live happier and more peaceful lives. Our therapists specialize in supporting individuals with autism, ADHD and/or anxiety and their families.
Journey to Self
This transformational online group coaching program will teach you how to intuitively connect with the deepest parts of you, support you in reclaiming your voice, help you locate and stay in your wiser Adult Self, and understand how to reconnect ...
Hosted by Réa M. Wright
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Davidson, NC 28036
This transformational online group coaching program will teach you how to intuitively connect with the deepest parts of you, support you in reclaiming your voice, help you locate and stay in your wiser Adult Self, and understand how to reconnect ...
Girl C.O.D.E
Girl CODE (Confidence Of Determining Excellence) is a self esteem group for females ages 7-11 and 12-16. It is designed to assist young girls in developing a sense of self love and learn to consistently demonstrate the ability to feel ...
Hosted by Samara Bowser
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Durham, NC 27703
Girl CODE (Confidence Of Determining Excellence) is a self esteem group for females ages 7-11 and 12-16. It is designed to assist young girls in developing a sense of self love and learn to consistently demonstrate the ability to feel ...
Men's Experiential Emotional Intelligence Group
Goals: Understand and process how one's past is currently showing up in relationships. Learn how to re-regulate one's nervous system in order to experience more connection, joy, and safety in relationships. Participants will learn self-regulation tools--these can be used to ...
Hosted by Chelsie Ciminelli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, LCSW-A
Verified Verified
Group meets in Matthews, NC 28105
Goals: Understand and process how one's past is currently showing up in relationships. Learn how to re-regulate one's nervous system in order to experience more connection, joy, and safety in relationships. Participants will learn self-regulation tools--these can be used to ...
Mental Health and Wellness for Teachers/Educators
Today's teachers face unprecedented classroom sizes, paperwork, pressure to meet testing standards and incredible responsibility for providing a safe and effective environment! All of this is expected despite tremendous barriers and lessened classroom support. Teachers have one the hardest jobs ...
Hosted by Janet Heuring Larsen
Psychologist, MA, LCAS, LPA, HSP-PA, CTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Raleigh, NC 27615
Today's teachers face unprecedented classroom sizes, paperwork, pressure to meet testing standards and incredible responsibility for providing a safe and effective environment! All of this is expected despite tremendous barriers and lessened classroom support. Teachers have one the hardest jobs ...
Married Men Traumatized by Wives
The group will be a closed group of 5 to 10 individual male at birth, heterosexual married or divorced men.
Hosted by Intentional Connections, PLLC
Counselor, MS; NCC, LCAS, BC-TMH, LCMHCS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Charlotte, NC 28262
The group will be a closed group of 5 to 10 individual male at birth, heterosexual married or divorced men.
Women's Support Group
If you are looking for connections and support, we offer ongoing women's support group. If you are interested, please contact us for more details.
Hosted by Wang Psychological Services PLLC
Psychologist, PhD, HSP-P, LP, LCMHCS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fayetteville, NC 28305
If you are looking for connections and support, we offer ongoing women's support group. If you are interested, please contact us for more details.
Good Grief
Have you recently lost a loved one? Grief is as normal to the experience of losing a loved one as joy is to a new birth. Grief is a powerful, distressing emotion that can often lead people to feel overwhelmed ...
Hosted by Rebecca Knowles Floyd
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Holly Springs, NC 27540
Have you recently lost a loved one? Grief is as normal to the experience of losing a loved one as joy is to a new birth. Grief is a powerful, distressing emotion that can often lead people to feel overwhelmed ...
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in North Carolina?
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.