Find the Best Therapy Groups in New York

Therapy groups and support groups for DBT skills, addiction recovery, trauma, anxiety, and loss run by the best therapists and psychologists in New York

Fear of Flying Group

Fear of Flying Group

Group Therapist: Alan Jacobson
Time: Several
Description: This fear of flying group is for those afraid to fly or don't fly and experience severe anticipatory fears and/or anxiety while in flight. I use a variety of clinical techniques, and you get excellent group support. The results have been very positive.
I choose me over us.

I choose me over us.

Group Therapist: Morolake Odetoyinbo
Time: Tuesdays 6:00pm-7:00pm
Description: They are married, in a relationship or a complicated situation. They need you, want you, beg you to stay. They will not choose you, cannot choose you, have not chosen you. Your heart is broken, your ego is bruised. It is time to choose yourself!
Unity Unwound:Breaking Free From Anxiety Together

Unity Unwound:Breaking Free From Anxiety Together

Group Therapist: Paris Williams
Time: Wednesday 8:30pm - 9:45pm
Description: Join our Women's Therapy Group, a supportive space where we delve into the intersections of anxiety, relationships, and self-perception.
Mindful Masculinity:Exploring Emotions Together

Mindful Masculinity:Exploring Emotions Together

Group Therapist: Paris Williams
Time: Wednesday 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Description: Join our Men's Wellness group, a supportive therapy group that delves into the exploration of male mental health and masculinity.
Conscious Mindset is the Foundation: Group Therapy for Eliminating Money Mindset Blocks for Ambitious Female Business Owners

Conscious Mindset is the Foundation: Group Therapy for Eliminating Money Mindset Blocks for Ambitious Female Business Owners

Group Therapist: Kat Vollono
Time: Wednesdays 6-7:30pm
Description: The sad truth is… no one is going to change your relationship with money but YOU. Together, we will help you move through limiting beliefs and emotions like shame, anxiety, fear, and guilt that are stopping you from growing your service-based business.
Grief Support Group

Grief Support Group

Group Therapist: Therapy Connect NYC
Time: Saturdays 12pm-1pm
Description: This is a weekly, in-person, grief support group for members who are dealing with grief of a loved one. The goal of this group is to continuously process grief, in all stages, and begin positive discussions and growth related to their personal process.
Eating Concerns and Body Image Support Group

Eating Concerns and Body Image Support Group

Group Therapist: Modern Therapy Group
Time: Mondays 7:00-8:30pm EST
Description: This therapy group is designed for individuals dealing with eating concerns and body image issues, offering an integrative approach that focuses on treating the whole person rather than just the symptoms.
Fertility Support Group

Fertility Support Group

Group Therapist: Feruze Zeko
Time: 1st Thursday of of the month @3PM
Description: Are you navigating the challenges of fertility treatment? You are not alone. Join our supportive community tailored to women like you.
Perinatal Substance Use Recovery Group

Perinatal Substance Use Recovery Group

Group Therapist: Lily Grace
Time: Saturday 11am and Thursday 6pm
Description: 8 person-centered spots to join a process based group that supports and explores perinatal and substance use related themes and topics that occur in the recovery process.
Grief and Bereavement Group

Grief and Bereavement Group

Group Therapist: Melissa Walker
Time: Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Description: This is a 12-week group for those coping with the loss of a loved one. Members will have an opportunity to share their experience and seek connection with others who are also experiencing grief.
Support Group for Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Support Group for Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Group Therapist: Erin Falconer
Time: TBD
Description: Virtual support group for those dealing with or recovering from narcissistic abuse or coercive control
LAST CALL NOW: Survivors of Sexual Assault Group

LAST CALL NOW: Survivors of Sexual Assault Group

Group Therapist: Ace Oh
Time: Tues 7pm - 8:15pm, starting January 30th, 2024
Description: This group is for survivors of sexual assault who seek a supportive community of folks with shared experiences, a safe space to process trauma, and practical tools building.
DBT Skills Training

DBT Skills Training

Time: Fridays 12 PM- 1 PM
Description: If you are interested in learning new coping skills to help you work through difficult feelings, manage distress, and communicate more efficiently in relationships then join our DBT group.
 Sisterhood Empowered: Nurturing Wellness for Black Women

Sisterhood Empowered: Nurturing Wellness for Black Women

Group Therapist: Shawn James
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Description: This virtual group focuses on nurturing mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being through supportive discussions and therapeutic exercises, fostering a sense of sisterhood and empowerment.
LGBTQIA+ Therapy Circle

LGBTQIA+ Therapy Circle

Group Therapist: Meadow Therapy
Time: Every other Wednesday from 5-6pm
Description: Join us for the LGBTQIA+ Therapy Circle where we use movement, mindfulness, talk therapy, and group connection to heal from stressors associated with being LGBTQIA+ in today's world.
Natalie Fraize

Natalie Fraize

Group Therapist: Natalie Fraize
Time: Mondays at 5 and 6 pm, Fridays at 5:30 pm
Description: Cardiac Counseling Groups at VCC are designed to support individuals who have experienced a cardiac event or those with a range of cardiac conditions such as heart disease and A-fib.
Men In Recovery

Men In Recovery

Group Therapist: Michael O'Kane
Time: Wednesday 3:00pm-4:00pm
Description: Men in Recovery is a safe and affirming group for male-identified individuals to share and support one another in their recovery from addiction and mental health challenges.
DBT - Dialectical Behavior Therapy

DBT - Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Group Therapist: Michael O'Kane
Time: Fridays 11:00am-12:00pm
Description: This group aims to provide skills and strategies to help you manage difficult emotions, enhance your interpersonal relationships, and maintain balance in your life.
CBT - Relapse Prevention

CBT - Relapse Prevention

Group Therapist: Michael O'Kane
Time: Mondays 1:00pm-2:00pm
Description: This skill building group is for individuals who are recently abstinent and are seeking support in early recovery. The group meets for 60 minutes and runs for 12 weeks.
DBT Skills Group

DBT Skills Group

Group Therapist: Ally Grant
Time: Tuesdays 11:00am-noon and Wednesdays 6:00pm-7:00pm
Description: This group aims to provide skills and strategies to help you manage difficult emotions, enhance your interpersonal relationships and to maintain balance in your life.
Mindfulness

Mindfulness

Group Therapist: Ally Grant
Time: Monday 11:00am-12:00
Description: This mindfulness-based psychotherapy group is for people who are interested in exploring their relationship with alcohol and drugs.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Group Therapist: Alexa Shelden
Time: Saturday noon-1:00pm
Description: This group explores the triggers (thoughts, emotions, memories, physical pain) for avoidant behaviors and the development of willingness to commit to actions that are consistent with our values and personal goals.
Supportive Expressive Therapy (SET) Group

Supportive Expressive Therapy (SET) Group

Group Therapist: Alexa Shelden
Time: Thursdays 11:00am-noon
Description: Supportive-Expressive Therapy (SET) is an evidence-based treatment for a variety of different presenting problems, including substance use disorders.
CBT Relapse Prevention Group

CBT Relapse Prevention Group

Group Therapist: Alexa Shelden
Time: Wednesdays 1:00pm-2:00pm
Description: This skill-building group is for individuals who are recently abstinent and are seeking support in early recovery. This skill-building group is for individuals who are recently abstinent and are seeking support in early recovery.
Stages of Change Group

Stages of Change Group

Group Therapist: Alexa Shelden
Time: Tuesdays 1:00pm-2:00pm
Description: This group will teach you skills and strategies that are targeted to your level of readiness to make positive changes in your life.
Emotion Regulation (Anger Management)

Emotion Regulation (Anger Management)

Group Therapist: Alexa Shelden
Time: Mondays 1:00pm-2:00pm
Description: This group can support individuals to better understand the emotions hiding underneath anger and to respond to this difficult emotion more mindfully.
Psychedelic Integration Group

Psychedelic Integration Group

Group Therapist: Melanie Van Orden
Time: TBD based on group member availability
Description: Have you had profound or difficult psychedelic experiences and would like to discuss them with others in a therapeutic setting? This group aims to utilize the insights gained from non-ordinary states of consciousness and integrate them into daily life.
Adult Therapy Group (Mixed Ages, Mixed Gender)

Adult Therapy Group (Mixed Ages, Mixed Gender)

Group Therapist: Erica Gardner-Schuster
Time: Wednesdays 1 - 2:15 pm
Description: An empowering, supportive therapeutic community to help members navigate parenting, relationships, life transitions, & mental health issues. Members foster more fulfilling relationships through "here and now" interpersonal process.
Young Adult DBT Skills Group

Young Adult DBT Skills Group

Group Therapist: M. Kim O'Connor & Associates
Time: Tuesdays 7-8:30 PM
Description: This weekly, online group is for young adults (under 30) who struggle with intense emotions that affect relationships and the ability to live life fully.
Living with Adult ADHD

Living with Adult ADHD

Group Therapist: Nicole Fontenot
Time: Wednesdays 7:00pm-8:00pm
Description: A skills and support group that teaches strategies to increase effectiveness in academics, work, and relationships. We also explore strengths and creativity, so group members get useful tips and tricks, as well as positive outlooks from social support.
Relational Group

Relational Group

Group Therapist: Scott Sasso
Time: Thursdays 6:00pm-7:30pm
Description: Therapy group designed to allow members to learn about their relationship patterns and areas to improve their emotional expression.
Relational Group

Relational Group

Group Therapist: Scott Sasso
Time: Tuesdays 8:30am-10:00am
Description: Therapy group designed to allow members to learn about their relationship patterns and areas to improve their emotional expression.
Women's Process Group

Women's Process Group

Group Therapist: Jayne Miller
Time: Mondays 5pm-615pm
Description: Women's process group - for high functioning individuals between the ages of 23 and 40.
Dungeons and Dragons Adult Social Skills and Anxiety Management Group Dungeons and Dragons Teen Social Skills and Anxiety Management Group

Dungeons and Dragons Adult Social Skills and Anxiety Management Group Dungeons and Dragons Teen Social Skills and Anxiety Management Group

Group Therapist: Joe Atanasio
Time: Every Other Wednesday 4:30-6:00pm
Description: Combining group talk therapy and game therapy, this group utilizes the table top game Dungeons and Dragons to help members work as a team while building their communication, critical thinking, and conflict management skills.
DBT Group for LGBTQIA+ folks and allies

DBT Group for LGBTQIA+ folks and allies

Group Therapist: Laura Wu
Time: Wednesdays 5:45-7pm
Description: DBT modules (emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness) for LGBTQIA+ and allies run by a queer woman of color; infusing social-justice oriented, trauma informed care into every group session.
Women under 30 Psychotherapy Group

Women under 30 Psychotherapy Group

Group Therapist: Brooke Finley
Time: Fridays from 1000-1100PST/1300-1400 EST
Description: Psychotherapy group for women under age 30yo- focuses on identity, development, relationships, and transitioning to adulthood. Conducted on Zoom with participants from all states I'm licensed in.
20s/30s Life Transitions & Relationships Therapy Group (Mixed Age, Gender, Race, & Sexual Orientation)

20s/30s Life Transitions & Relationships Therapy Group (Mixed Age, Gender, Race, & Sexual Orientation)

Group Therapist: Erica Gardner-Schuster
Time: Tuesdays 8 - 9:15 pm
Description: A safe, empowering space for 20s/30s to support each other in creating lives of greater purpose, courage and love. Members foster more fulfilling relationships through "here and now" interpersonal process, emotional honesty and relational mindfulness.
Life Transitions, Breakups, Divorce Therapy Group (Mixed Age, Gender, Race, & Sexual Orientation)

Life Transitions, Breakups, Divorce Therapy Group (Mixed Age, Gender, Race, & Sexual Orientation)

Group Therapist: Erica Gardner-Schuster
Time: Tuesdays 2 - 3:15 pm
Description: An empowering, supportive space where members create a new chapter navigating life transitions, including divorce. Members foster more fulfilling relationships through "here and now" interpersonal process, emotional honesty & relational mindfulness.
Women's Therapy Group (Mixed Age, Race & Sexual Orientation)

Women's Therapy Group (Mixed Age, Race & Sexual Orientation)

Group Therapist: Erica Gardner-Schuster
Time: Thursdays 7:45 - 9 am
Description: A safe, empowering space for women to support each other in creating lives of greater purpose, courage and love. Members foster more fulfilling relationships through "here and now" interpersonal process, emotional honesty and relational mindfulness.
20s/30s Women's Therapy Group (Mixed Race & Sexual Orientation)

20s/30s Women's Therapy Group (Mixed Race & Sexual Orientation)

Group Therapist: Erica Gardner-Schuster
Time: Wednesdays 5 - 6:15 pm
Description: A safe, empowering space for women to support each other in creating lives of greater purpose, courage and love. Members foster more fulfilling relationships through "here and now" interpersonal process, emotional honesty and relational mindfulness.
20s/30s/40s Therapy Group (Mixed Gender, Race, & Sexual Orientation)

20s/30s/40s Therapy Group (Mixed Gender, Race, & Sexual Orientation)

Group Therapist: Erica Gardner-Schuster
Time: Wednesdays 7:45 - 9 am
Description: An empowering space for 20s/30s/40s to support each other in creating lives of greater purpose, courage and love. Members foster more fulfilling relationships through "here and now" interpersonal process, emotional honesty and relational mindfulness.
20s/30s/40s Therapy Group

20s/30s/40s Therapy Group

Group Therapist: Erica Gardner-Schuster
Time: Wednesdays 6:30 - 7:50 pm
Description: A safe, empowering space for 20s/30s/40s to support each other and create lives of greater purpose, courage & love. Members foster more fulfilling relationships through "here and now" interpersonal process, emotional honesty and relational mindfulness.
Women's Therapy Group for Chronic Pain & Chronic Illness

Women's Therapy Group for Chronic Pain & Chronic Illness

Group Therapist: Kelsey Bates
Time: Tuesdays 6:00pm-7:15pm for 12 weeks
Description: Online support group designed to provide tools and hope for women navigating chronic pain or chronic illness such as endometriosis, fibromyalgia, pelvic pain, adenomyosis, chronic fatigue syndrome and autoimmune disorders.
Inside Out (LGBTQIA Group)

Inside Out (LGBTQIA Group)

Group Therapist: Wholeview Direct
Time: Thursdays 6:30pm-7:30pm
Description: Having a queer identity may carry with it a series of joys, sorrows, advantages, and disadvantages, confusion, clarity, shame and celebration.
Mentalization

Mentalization

Group Therapist: Wholeview Direct
Time: Thursdays 10:30-noon
Description: Mentalization is the way that we understand other people’s emotions, thoughts, desires, beliefs, and intentions.
#Altsober

#Altsober

Group Therapist: Wholeview Direct
Time: Wednesdays 12:30-2:00pm
Description: Drawing upon online platforms such as #Altsober, a NYC community of people devoted to ending the stigma related to addiction while welcoming a safe place for people to be open about their recovery.
Refreshed Recovery

Refreshed Recovery

Group Therapist: Wholeview Direct
Time: Tuesdays 10:30-noon
Description: Whether you are ambivalent about making change, or have committed yourself to sobriety, this group will provide a fresh perspective in helping you achieve your ideal relationship with substances.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Group Therapist: Wholeview Direct
Time: Thursdays 6:30-7:30
Description: This group helps patients understand and effectively communicate and utilize difficult emotions and thoughts through skill building.
Community Reinforcement Approach & Weekend Planning

Community Reinforcement Approach & Weekend Planning

Group Therapist: Wholeview Direct
Time: Fridays 10:30am-noon
Description: Community Reinforcement Approach is based on the concept that behavior is shaped by its consequences, both positive (sometimes called “rewards”), as well as negative (similar to contingency management).
Interpersonal Process Group II

Interpersonal Process Group II

Group Therapist: Jayne Miller
Time: Mondays 11:45am - 1pm
Description: This is a mixed gender, remote group. Must be based in NY. This group is for individuals looking to expand their awareness of themselves in relation to self and other. The goal of this group is to explore thoughts, feelings, and reactions to each other.
Interpersonal Process Group 1

Interpersonal Process Group 1

Group Therapist: Jayne Miller
Time: Wednesdays 4:15pm - 5:30pm
Description: Mixed gender, in person group. This group is for individuals looking to expand their awareness of themselves in relation to self and other. The aim is to explore thoughts, feelings, and reactions to each other. 5-10 people.
Panic/Anxiety Group

Panic/Anxiety Group

Group Therapist: Merav Gur
Time: Mondays 5:15pm-6:15pm
Description: This 4-session group uses a combination of ACT (acceptance & commitment therapy), CBT, and psycho-education principles to help clients struggling with panic/anxiety better manage their symptoms and triggers.
Wellness While Sheltering in Place

Wellness While Sheltering in Place

Group Therapist: Aurora Center NYC
Time: Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Description: Wellness While Sheltering Place is an online therapy group designed to support and teach participants skills, tools, tips, techniques, and activities to better cope with the current quarantine conditions imposed by COVID-19.
Yoga Therapy Group

Yoga Therapy Group

Group Therapist: Aurora Center NYC
Time: Tuesdays at 5pm & Fridays at 11am
Description: This twice-weekly online yoga therapy group aims to create connection and foster wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 College Student Support Group

COVID-19 College Student Support Group

Group Therapist: Aurora Center NYC
Time: Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Description: This weekly online group provides a space for college students to process the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic with other peers who are also adjusting to this new normal.
Recovery in Color

Recovery in Color

Group Therapist: Aurora Center NYC
Time: Mondays at 7pm
Description: Recovery In Color is an online support group providing a safe space for individuals of color to discuss and process their personal experiences with disordered eating and eating disorder treatment.
Binge Eating Disorder Group

Binge Eating Disorder Group

Group Therapist: Aurora Center NYC
Time: Mondays at 6:45pm
Description: This 4-week group offers support and strategies for individuals struggling with binge eating disorder during these uncertain times.
Thursday Therapy Group

Thursday Therapy Group

Group Therapist: Nathaniel Smith
Time: Thursdays 6:45pm-8:00pm
Description: This weekly process group for adults helps members cope with a wide variety of challenges through group support and guidance.
Mixed Issue Psychodynamic Process Group

Mixed Issue Psychodynamic Process Group

Group Therapist: Nathaniel Smith
Time: Wednesdays 7:15pm-8:45pm
Description: This ongoing weekly process group for adults is a place for members to work on personal challenges of various origin while receiving support and feedback from the group setting.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Substance Use

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Substance Use

Group Therapist: James Benton
Time: Saturdays 12:00pm
Description: This weekly group utilizes acceptance and commitment therapy to help participants explore the triggers that lead to avoidant behaviors and develop the willingness to act in a way in-line with personal values and goals.
Divorce Support Group for Mothers

Divorce Support Group for Mothers

Group Therapist: Babita Spinelli
Time: Thursdays and Saturdays (Time TBD)
Description: This virtual group provides a space for recently separated or divorced mothers to work through their emotions and share experiences with other women going through similar challenges.
Emotional Growth Group

Emotional Growth Group

Group Therapist: Joan Ingalls
Time: Weekly (every Monday 6pm-7:30pm or every Tuesday 7-8:30 pm
Description: These weekly groups offer an opportunity for participants to receive support, give support, and grow emotionally in the context of a group setting.
Support Group for Parents of Neurodiverse Children

Support Group for Parents of Neurodiverse Children

Group Therapist: Hili Tsarfati
Time: Every other week 3/25/20-07/01/20
Description: This 8-week group aims to connect parents of special needs children to other parents facing the same joy and challenges that come with parenting their child.
DBT Skills Group for Emerging Adults & University Students

DBT Skills Group for Emerging Adults & University Students

Group Therapist: Matthew Mandelbaum
Time: Tuesdays 3:30pm-4:30pm beginning TBD
Description: This 10-week group is for emerging adults and students looking to improve their interpersonal effectiveness, self-understanding, and stress management skills using evidence-based DBT.
DBT Skills Group for Professionals in Business, Technology, Law, Healthcare, the Arts & Education

DBT Skills Group for Professionals in Business, Technology, Law, Healthcare, the Arts & Education

Group Therapist: Matthew Mandelbaum
Time: Mondays at 7:30pm-8:30pm beginning 1/27/20; Wednesdays at 1:30pm beginning TBD
Description: This 10-week group is for professionals looking to improve their interpersonal effectiveness, self-understanding, and stress management skills using evidence-based DBT.
Reclaiming Sexual Intimacy: A 2-Part Workshop for Trauma Survivors

Reclaiming Sexual Intimacy: A 2-Part Workshop for Trauma Survivors

Group Therapist: Sarah Betz
Time: November 9 and November 16 from 2pm-4pm
Description: This two-part workshop for female-identified trauma survivors provides participants with information about trauma and consent in addition to offering skills for dealing with triggers in sexually intimate contexts.
Breakup Therapy Group

Breakup Therapy Group

Group Therapist: Sarah Gundle
Time: Wednesdays from 5:30pm-6:30pm
Description: This 4-week group run by Dr. Sarah Gundle, PsyD provides compassionate support for individuals going through a traumatic breakup or divorce.
Let's Talk Mindful Sobriety

Let's Talk Mindful Sobriety

Group Therapist: Talking for Wellness
Time: Mondays 5:15pm– 6:30pm
Description: This weekly group offers individuals in recovery from substance use a chance to receive support from peers and learn relapse prevention strategies for long-term recovery.
Let's Talk Dating Mastery

Let's Talk Dating Mastery

Group Therapist: Talking for Wellness
Time: Thursdays 5:00pm-6:15pm
Description: This weekly group helps participants address personal boundaries to successful relationships by gaining insight to internal patterns of fear, awkwardness, and low-confidence.
Men's Addiction, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention group

Men's Addiction, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention group

Group Therapist: Uptown Therapy and Wellness
Time: Tuesdays at 6:00pm (tentative); start date TBD
Description: This weekly group for men in recovery from substance use (as well as for those curious about recovery and pursuing sobriety) offers skill-based sessions to prevent relapse, increase resiliency, and provide support.
Navigating Loss: A Grief & Bereavement Support Group

Navigating Loss: A Grief & Bereavement Support Group

Group Therapist: Anna Zelig
Time: Thursdays from 4:30-5:30pm
Description: This 8-week group provides a supportive and understanding environment for those who have just experienced a loss and wish to move forward in their lives while also exploring different ways of memorializing their loved one.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Relapse Prevention Group

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Relapse Prevention Group

Group Therapist: Wholeview Direct
Time: Tuesdays 12:30-2:00pm
Description: This group is based upon CBT principles and is tailored for recently abstinent individuals seeking support in early substance use recovery.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Group Therapist: Wholeview Direct
Time: Saturdays at noon
Description: This group offers a safe environment for individuals in substance use recovery to engage in an action-oriented approach to making strides towards a more fulfilling life.
Mindfulness

Mindfulness

Group Therapist: Wholeview Direct
Time: Mondays 10:30-12:00
Description: This group helps patients explore their relationship with alcohol and utilize mindfulness practices to bring about change and recovery.