Hopewoods Psychotherapy & Consulting Services
As a Toronto based psychotherapy and consulting team, we have more than 15 psychotherapists and social workers to compliance with flexible schedules and variety of specialties. Our mission is to provide a confidential and non-judgmental therapeutic environment for all people. ...
Hosted by Jianping Su
Registered Psychotherapist, EdD, RP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Markham, ON L3R
As a Toronto based psychotherapy and consulting team, we have more than 15 psychotherapists and social workers to compliance with flexible schedules and variety of specialties. Our mission is to provide a confidential and non-judgmental therapeutic environment for all people. ...
Ottawa Ukrainian Mental Health
Ottawa Ukrainian Mental Health is a collective of mental health professionals and partner of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Ottawa Branch. We work to provide and meet the current need for psychosocial supports of Ukrainians in Ottawa. We have been doing ...
Hosted by Ivan Pityk
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Ottawa, ON K2B
Ottawa Ukrainian Mental Health is a collective of mental health professionals and partner of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Ottawa Branch. We work to provide and meet the current need for psychosocial supports of Ukrainians in Ottawa. We have been doing ...
A New Tomorrow Psychotherapists
Psychotherapists who work at A New Tomorrow and offer Holistic Psychotherapy. We offer services for all ages.
Hosted by Melissa Farinaccia
Registered Psychotherapist, BA, MA, RP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vaughan, ON L4L
Psychotherapists who work at A New Tomorrow and offer Holistic Psychotherapy. We offer services for all ages.
In-Person Psychodynamic Group Therapy
The purpose of this small psychodynamic group (max 10) is to supplement your individual therapeutic process. The focus of participation is on careful listening to each member's experience, sharing your feelings and thoughts and processing the experiences using a psychodynamic ...
Hosted by Spencer Overgaard
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, DipCTP, RP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Toronto, ON M4K
The purpose of this small psychodynamic group (max 10) is to supplement your individual therapeutic process. The focus of participation is on careful listening to each member's experience, sharing your feelings and thoughts and processing the experiences using a psychodynamic ...
Teen Matters- Online/Video
Life could be demanding & stressful for youth. Social situations like bullying, family challenges like moving, divorce, and grief, and medical/learning challenges like, chronic illness, ADHD/Depression/Anxiety/T rauma or learning disabilities affect the social development of youth. Teen Matters will provide ...
Hosted by Johnson Family Counseling
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP, CCC, LPC, RPT-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newmarket, ON L3Y
Life could be demanding & stressful for youth. Social situations like bullying, family challenges like moving, divorce, and grief, and medical/learning challenges like, chronic illness, ADHD/Depression/Anxiety/T rauma or learning disabilities affect the social development of youth. Teen Matters will provide ...
LoveHER
Few spots available for registration - Discover the empowering community of "LoveHER" Support Group for Women—a tailored space exclusively designed to foster a deeper connection with yourself. Together we will journey to activate a sense of peace and well-being without ...
Hosted by Angel Powers
Registered Social Worker, RSSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Barrie, ON L4N
Few spots available for registration - Discover the empowering community of "LoveHER" Support Group for Women—a tailored space exclusively designed to foster a deeper connection with yourself. Together we will journey to activate a sense of peace and well-being without ...
Adult Interpersonal Group Therapy - Online
This online group is for individuals who want to understand and improve the quality of their relationships. We will use our interactions with each other to explore interpersonal patterns that interfere with intimacy and connection with others and learn new ...
Hosted by Amber Sager
Registered Psychotherapist, DpPsych, RP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Toronto, ON M5R
This online group is for individuals who want to understand and improve the quality of their relationships. We will use our interactions with each other to explore interpersonal patterns that interfere with intimacy and connection with others and learn new ...
Psychodrama and Sociometry for Professionals
Action Techniques to Enrich Your Work with Individuals and Couples - Go beyond traditional talk therapy! This workshop will offer a variety of interventions to enrich your clients' engagement in the therapeutic or skill-building process. These techniques are applicable in ...
Hosted by Ananta Chauhan (Baljit Kaur)
Registered Psychotherapist, Ph D, MA , MEd, TEP, RP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Ottawa, ON K1Y
Action Techniques to Enrich Your Work with Individuals and Couples - Go beyond traditional talk therapy! This workshop will offer a variety of interventions to enrich your clients' engagement in the therapeutic or skill-building process. These techniques are applicable in ...
Remembering the Healer Within - Group Retreat
Working with the magic of the Comprehensive Resource Model (a psychotherapy model for thoroughly addressing trauma) and the subtle tools of yoga therapy, you will be provided with guidance to dive deep inside you, revealing new truths, hidden wisdom and ...
Hosted by Tara Siobhan McGee
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Creemore, ON L0M
Working with the magic of the Comprehensive Resource Model (a psychotherapy model for thoroughly addressing trauma) and the subtle tools of yoga therapy, you will be provided with guidance to dive deep inside you, revealing new truths, hidden wisdom and ...
Online Men’s Group - Tuesdays 7pm
If you are a man who is feeling alone with the stress, pressure and expectations that modern society hoists upon you to “Be a Man” or is experiencing a sense of shame, embarrassment or regret regarding how you have been ...
Hosted by Brian Janes
Registered Psychotherapist, CSAT, ICADC, MBA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Stoney Creek, ON L8G
If you are a man who is feeling alone with the stress, pressure and expectations that modern society hoists upon you to “Be a Man” or is experiencing a sense of shame, embarrassment or regret regarding how you have been ...
Hold Me Tight weekend workshops for couples
Hosted by Mary Luard
Registered Psychotherapist, MSW, RSW, RP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kitchener, ON N2H
Yoga for Mental Health & Happiness
This 7 week experiential program + 1 ReConnecting session will provide you with an opportunity to experience the benefits of the integrating the Yoga tradition as a complete system of mind-body therapy within a modern psychotherapeutic approach to mental health. ...
Hosted by Lucille Villasenor-Caron
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, AWP, E-RYT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Ottawa, ON K1Y
This 7 week experiential program + 1 ReConnecting session will provide you with an opportunity to experience the benefits of the integrating the Yoga tradition as a complete system of mind-body therapy within a modern psychotherapeutic approach to mental health. ...
Supporting Your Voyage Through Life and DBT
13 Week DBT Skills Group (CLOSED - PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT FUTURE DATES). Feeling overwhelmed and looking for strategies to help with impulse control, managing fluctuating emotions, improving communication skills, and building healthy relationships. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy is a skills-based therapy ...
Hosted by Tracie Gignac
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Tecumseh, ON N8N
13 Week DBT Skills Group (CLOSED - PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT FUTURE DATES). Feeling overwhelmed and looking for strategies to help with impulse control, managing fluctuating emotions, improving communication skills, and building healthy relationships. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy is a skills-based therapy ...
Harvesting Stories
Using Narrative methodology, this group invites you to look back on your own history and bring to light, or harvest, overlooked stories of skills and abilities. Such stories may have been dismissed or forgotten but exist in spite or because ...
Hosted by Alina Isaac
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Toronto, ON M4J
Using Narrative methodology, this group invites you to look back on your own history and bring to light, or harvest, overlooked stories of skills and abilities. Such stories may have been dismissed or forgotten but exist in spite or because ...
Monthly Clarity Breathwork
This powerful tool unlocks deep healing, releases body tension, and guides you to inner wisdom for self-forgiveness, inner peace, and genuine clarity. Especially beneficial for those facing stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and grief, each session ensures a stronger connection to ...
Hosted by Healing Recovery Centre
MSW, RSW, RD, Psyc, RP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newmarket, ON L3X
This powerful tool unlocks deep healing, releases body tension, and guides you to inner wisdom for self-forgiveness, inner peace, and genuine clarity. Especially beneficial for those facing stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and grief, each session ensures a stronger connection to ...
GTIm Youth (18-24) Group - Peer group, leadership
This peer co-led group is for young people ages 18-24 who may identify as GTIm (Gifted, Talented, Intense-Minded) website acornandanchor.com. Come and hang out together in a shared space and connect with like-minded peers. The youth in each term of ...
Hosted by Acorn & Anchor Therapy Centre
Registered Social Worker, RSW/MSW, CYCP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Toronto, ON M6P
This peer co-led group is for young people ages 18-24 who may identify as GTIm (Gifted, Talented, Intense-Minded) website acornandanchor.com. Come and hang out together in a shared space and connect with like-minded peers. The youth in each term of ...
Overcoming Anxiety Group
Anxiety can cause overwhelming physical sensations, racing thoughts, and persistent worry that can disrupt your daily life. This can affect your work, relationships, and overall well-being. In this group you’ll find support from members experiencing the kinds of issues you’re ...
Hosted by Victoria Cameron
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), RP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Oakville, ON L6J
Anxiety can cause overwhelming physical sensations, racing thoughts, and persistent worry that can disrupt your daily life. This can affect your work, relationships, and overall well-being. In this group you’ll find support from members experiencing the kinds of issues you’re ...
Mind-Body Fertility Support Group
A 6 week Mind-Body Fertility Group for women who are struggling with infertility. This group is online. For more information, please check out our website at www.healinginfertility.ca
Hosted by Amira Posner
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Toronto, ON M5G
A 6 week Mind-Body Fertility Group for women who are struggling with infertility. This group is online. For more information, please check out our website at www.healinginfertility.ca
Self Ease for Singles
This group helps women who feel stuck and unhappy with being single. Whether you have been in relationships or never had one this group will help by supporting your goals. By looking at unhealthy beliefs, behaviours and trauma associated with ...
Hosted by Self-Ease Solutions Counselling & Life-Coaching
PC, Coach, Reiki
Verified Verified
Group meets in Mississauga, ON L5V
This group helps women who feel stuck and unhappy with being single. Whether you have been in relationships or never had one this group will help by supporting your goals. By looking at unhealthy beliefs, behaviours and trauma associated with ...
DBT Skills Group (Virtual)
VIRTUAL GROUPS. Comprehensive DBT Skills Training - this 24-week skills training group is designed for individuals who struggle with significant difficulty regulating, expressing, and/or tolerating emotion and for those with impulsive and self-destructive behaviors (e.g., self-injury, suicide, eating disorders). Each ...
Hosted by Centre for Psychology & Emotion Regulation
Treatment Centre, PhD, CPsych
Verified Verified
Group meets in Midland, ON L4R
VIRTUAL GROUPS. Comprehensive DBT Skills Training - this 24-week skills training group is designed for individuals who struggle with significant difficulty regulating, expressing, and/or tolerating emotion and for those with impulsive and self-destructive behaviors (e.g., self-injury, suicide, eating disorders). Each ...
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FAQs - About Group Therapy and Support Groups
How can I find a support group in Ontario?
Search for nearby support groups by inputting your city, postal 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 postal 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 counselling is typically less expensive than individual counselling, with each session costing on average about $90 to $100. Meanwhile, individual therapy sessions can run anywhere from $100 to $200. It is possible to find low-cost group therapy options and many therapists offer group sessions free of charge.
Does insurance cover group therapy?
If you have private insurance, your plan may cover some if not all of your group therapy sessions. You should contact your insurance provider to determine if they provide coverage for group therapy sessions and to determine what, if any, requirements they might have in order for your sessions to be covered, such as a referral from your GP or medical specialist.
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.