What we’re about
Welcome to the California PsychoTherapy Support Groups Q&A introduction! It's free. This group is for individuals who are interested in exploring and discussing various therapy modalities, techniques, and topics related to mental health and well-being. Whether you are a therapist, client, or simply curious about the world of psychotherapy, this group provides a safe space to share experiences, gain insight, and support one another on our healing journeys. Come join us for engaging discussions, connections with like-minded individuals, and a supportive community dedicated to personal growth and self-discovery.
Find out the benefits of online support therapy groups. You will be able to ask questions and be introduced to the dynamics of this affordable online healing modality.
A lot of you have expressed interest in receiving psychological support for:
- Singles (social skills, secure attachment)
- Burnout
- Post Covid strategies
- Cultural assimilation (for expats and immigrants)
- Stress reduction
- Emotional eating reduction
- Anxiety coping
- Practicing general life skills building
- Aging and stages of life
- Parenting support and skills building with ASD or neurodivergent family members and children (neuro-feedback has been beneficial)
- Animal assisted therapy
- Art therapy
- Movement therapy (yoga, dance)
- Music therapy
- Coaching
- Survivors of sexual trauma
- KAP
Based on your interests and needs, we will form different groups (1 per interest).
Most insurances accepted, if needed.
This group is open to anyone in California. Any city, any county.
## California Counties
Alameda County, Alpine County, Amador County, Butte County, Calaveras County, Colusa County, Contra Costa County, Del Norte County, El Dorado County, Fresno County, Glenn County, Humboldt County, Imperial County, Inyo County, Kern County, Kings County, Lake County, Lassen County, Los Angeles County, Madera County, Marin County, Mariposa County, Mendocino County, Merced County, Modoc County, Mono County, Monterey County, Napa County, Nevada County, Orange County, Placer County, Plumas County, Riverside County, Sacramento County, San Benito County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, San Francisco County, San Joaquin County, San Luis Obispo County, San Mateo County, Santa Barbara County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, Shasta County, Sierra County, Siskiyou County, Solano County, Sonoma County, Stanislaus County, Sutter County, Tehama County, Trinity County, Tulare County, Tuolumne County, Ventura County, Yolo County, Yuba County
## California Cities
Adelanto, Agoura Hills, Alameda, Albany, Alhambra, Aliso Viejo, Alturas, Amador City, American Canyon, Anaheim, Anderson, Angels, Antioch, Apple Valley, Arcadia, Arcata, Arroyo Grande, Artesia, Arvin, Atascadero, Atherton, Atwater, Auburn, Avalon, Avenal, Azusa, Bakersfield, Baldwin Park, Banning, Barstow, Beaumont, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Belmont, Belvedere, Benicia, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Big Bear Lake, Biggs, Bishop, Blue Lake, Blythe, Bradbury, Brawley, Brea, Brentwood, Brisbane, Buellton, Buena Park, Burbank, Burlingame, Calabasas, Calexico, California, Calimesa, Calipatria, Calistoga, Camarillo, Campbell, Canyon Lake, Capitola, Carlsbad, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Carpinteria, Carson, Cathedral City, Ceres, Cerritos, Chico, Chino, Chino Hills, Chowchilla, Chula Vista, Citrus Heights, Claremont, Clayton, Clearlake, Cloverdale, Clovis, Coachella, Coalinga, Colfax, Colma, Colton, Colusa, Commerce, Compton, Concord, Corcoran, Corning, Corona, Coronado, Corte Madera, Costa Mesa, Cotati, Covina, Crescent City, Cudahy, Culver City, Cupertino, Cypress, Daly City, Dana Point, Danville, Davis, Del Mar, Del Rey Oaks, Delano, Desert Hot Springs, Diamond Bar, Dinuba, Dixon, Dorris, Dos Palos, Downey, Duarte, Dublin, Dunsmuir, East Palo Alto, Eastvale, El Cajon, El Centro, El Cerrito, El Monte, El Segundo, Elk Grove, Emeryville, Encinitas, Escalon, Escondido, Etna, Eureka, Exeter, Fairfax, Fairfield, Farmersville, Ferndale, Fillmore, Firebaugh, Folsom, Fontana, Fort Bragg, Fort Jones, Fortuna, Foster City, Fountain Valley, Fowler, Fremont, Fresno, Fullerton, Galt, Garden Grove, Gardena, Gilroy, Glendale, Glendora, Goleta, Gonzales, Grand Terrace, Grass Valley, Greenfield, Gridley, Grover Beach, Guadalupe, Gustine, Half Moon Bay, Hanford, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Hayward, Healdsburg, Hemet, Hercules, Hermosa Beach, Hesperia, Hidden Hills, Highland, Hillsborough, Hollister, Holtville, Hughson, Huntington Beach, Huntington Park, Huron, Imperial, Imperial Beach, Indian Wells, Indio, Industry, Inglewood, Ione, Irvine, Irwindale, Isleton, Jackson, Jurupa Valley, Kerman, King City, Kingsburg, La Cañada Flintridge, La Habra, La Habra Heights, La Mesa, La Mirada, La Palma, La Puente, La Quinta, La Verne, Lafayette, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Elsinore, Lake Forest, Lakeport, Lakewood, Lancaster, Larkspur, Lathrop, Lawndale, Lemon Grove, Lemoore, Lincoln, Lindsay, Live Oak, Livermore, Livingston, Lodi, Loma Linda, Lomita, Lompoc, Long Beach, Loomis, Los Alamitos, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Angeles, Los Banos, Los Gatos, Loyalton, Lynwood, Madera, Malibu, Mammoth Lakes, Manhattan Beach, Manteca, Maricopa, Marina, Martinez, Marysville, Maywood, McFarland, Mendota, Menifee, Menlo Park, Merced, Mill Valley, Millbrae, Milpitas, Mission Viejo, Modesto, Monrovia, Montague, Montclair, Monte Sereno, Montebello, Monterey, Monterey Park, Moorpark, Moraga, Moreno Valley, Morgan Hill, Morro Bay, Mount Shasta, Mountain View, Murrieta, Napa, National City, Needles, Nevada City, Newark, Newman, Newport Beach, Norco, Norwalk, Novato, Oakdale, Oakland, Oakley, Oceanside, Ojai, Ontario, Orange, Orange Cove, Orinda, Orland, Oroville, Oxnard, Pacific Grove, Pacifica, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Palmdale, Palo Alto, Palos Verdes Estates, Paradise, Paramount, Parlier, Pasadena, Paso Robles, Patterson, Perris, Petaluma, Pico Rivera, Piedmont, Pinole, Pismo Beach, Pittsburg, Placentia, Placerville, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, Plymouth, Point Arena, Pomona, Port Hueneme, Porterville, Portola, Portola Valley, Poway, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Mirage, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rancho Santa Margarita, Red Bluff, Redding, Redlands, Redondo Beach, Redwood City, Reedley, Rialto, Richmond, Ridgecrest, Rio Dell, Rio Vista, Ripon, Riverbank, Riverside, Rocklin, Rohnert Park, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Rosemead, Roseville, Ross, Sacramento, Salinas, San Anselmo, San Bernardino, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Clemente, San Diego, San Dimas, San Fernando, San Francisco, San Gabriel, San Jacinto, San Joaquin, San Jose, San Juan Bautista, San Juan Capistrano, San Leandro, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, San Marino, San Mateo, San Pablo, San Rafael, San Ramon, Sand City, Sanger, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Clarita, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Maria, Santa Monica, Santa Paula, Santa Rosa, Santee, Saratoga, Sausalito, Scotts Valley, Seal Beach, Seaside, Sebastopol, Selma, Shafter, Shasta Lake, Sierra Madre, Signal Hill, Simi Valley, Solana Beach, Soledad, Solvang, Sonoma, Sonora, South El Monte, South Gate, South Lake Tahoe, South Pasadena, South San Francisco, St. Helena, Stanton, Stockton, Suisun City, Sunnyvale, Susanville, Sutter Creek, Taft, Tehachapi, Tehama, Temecula, Temple City, Thousand Oaks, Tiburon, Torrance, Tracy, Trinidad, Truckee, Tulare, Tulelake, Turlock, Tustin, Twentynine Palms, Ukiah, Union City, Upland, Vacaville, Vallejo, Ventura, Vernon, Victorville, Villa Park, Visalia, Vista, Walnut, Walnut Creek, Wasco, Waterford, Watsonville, Weed, West Covina, West Hollywood, West Sacramento, Westlake Village, Westminster, Westmorland, Wheatland, Whittier, Wildomar, Williams, Willits, Willows, Windsor, Winters, Woodlake, Woodland, Woodside, Yorba Linda, Yountville, Yreka, Yuba City
Find out the benefits of online support therapy groups. You will be able to ask questions and be introduced to the dynamics of this affordable online healing modality.
A lot of you have expressed interest in receiving psychological support for:
- Singles (social skills, secure attachment)
- Burnout
- Post Covid strategies
- Cultural assimilation (for expats and immigrants)
- Stress reduction
- Emotional eating reduction
- Anxiety coping
- Practicing general life skills building
- Aging and stages of life
- Parenting support and skills building with ASD or neurodivergent family members and children (neurofeedback has been beneficial)
- Animal assisted therapy
- Art therapy
- Movement therapy (yoga, dance)
- Music therapy
- Coaching
- KAP
- Grief
- Pain management
- Etc.
Based on your interests and needs, we will form different groups (1 per interest).
This group is open to anyone in California.
Thank you.
Dr. Pezzini
The following sections will outline five of the most common types of group therapy.
- Psychoeducational groups
- Skills development groups
- Cognitive behavioral groups
- Support groups
- Interpersonal process groups
# Group therapy is as effective as individual therapy, and more affordable.
Group therapy sessions can also facilitate a shared sense of belonging and acceptance of one another. Talking through feelings and experiences in a group can help relieve pain, guilt, and stress (APA, 2024)
Support group therapy - online
Common group therapy activities can include:
- Icebreaker activities that help group members get to know one another
- Gratitude activities, such as mapping different aspects of their life that they are thankful for
- Sharing activities, where group members ask one another questions
- Expressive writing activities to explore experiences and emotions connected to those events
- Goal visualization activities to help people set goals and make a plan to accomplish them
## What Group Therapy Can Help With!
Group therapy is used to treat a wide variety of conditions, including:
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Panic disorder
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Substance use disorder
In addition to mental health conditions, CBT-based group therapy has been found to help people cope with:
- Anger management
- Chronic pain
- Chronic illness
- Chronic stress
- Divorce
- Domestic violence
- Grief and loss
- Weight management
## Benefits of Group Therapy:
There are several advantages of group therapy.
### Support, Safety and Encouragement
Group therapy allows people to receive the support and encouragement of the other members of the group. People participating in the group can see that others are going through the same thing, which can help them feel less alone. The setting allows people to practice behaviors and actions within the safety and security of the group.
### Role Modeling
Group members can serve as role models for other members of the group. By observing someone successfully coping with a problem, other members of the group can see that there is hope for recovery. As each person progresses, they can, in turn, serve as a role model and support figure for others. This can help foster feelings of success and accomplishment.
### Insight on Social Skills
By working with a group, the therapist can see first-hand how each person responds to other people and behaves in social situations. Using this information, the therapist can provide valuable feedback to each client.
### Affordability
Group therapy is often very affordable. Instead of focusing on just one client at a time, the therapist can devote their time to a much larger group of people, which reduces the cost for participants.
## Is Group Therapy for You?
If you or someone you love is thinking about group therapy, there are several things you should consider.
### You Need to Be Willing to Share
Especially if you struggle with social anxiety or phobias, sharing in a group might not be right for you. In addition, some types of group therapy involve exercises like role-playing and intense personal discussion, which can be overwhelming for people who are extremely private or uncomfortable around strangers.
### You May Need to Try a Few Groups
Just like you might need to shop around to find the right therapist, you may also need to try a few groups before you find the one that fits you best. Think a little about what you want and need, and consider what might be most comfortable or the best match for you.
### It’s Not Meant for Crisis
There are limitations to group therapy and not all people are good candidates. If you or someone you love is in crisis or having suicidal thoughts, individual therapy is a better choice than group therapy. In general, group settings are best for individuals who are not currently in crisis.
## Group therapy: A powerful treatment modality
Again, Here are some types of therapy groups: 
Support groups: A group therapy model that helps members share experiences and have in-depth conversations. Support groups can help members focus on communication and problem-solving.
Cognitive therapy groups: A subtype of psychotherapy that focuses on changing dysfunctional thinking patterns. A therapist can work with a patient to find ways to reroute their thinking patterns to more positive thoughts.
Skills development groups: A type of therapy that helps individuals develop new skills and strategies to help them navigate their day-to-day lives.
DBT skills group: A combination of group therapy and individual treatment that helps therapists offer the best treatment possible. DBT focuses on teaching participants a set of behavioral skills that help them cope with their difficult symptoms.
Anxiety groups: A group that focuses on developing strategies for coping with anxiety. Group members are encouraged to share experiences, discuss assignments, and offer support as members work toward making changes.
Art therapy: A branch of therapy that combines knowledge about art, psychology, and psychotherapy. Art therapy helps to express thoughts, feelings, and experiences by painting, drawing, gluing, or using any other form of art.
To your health!
Thank you
Dr. Pezzini
Behavioral Scientist
Thank you.
Dr. Elena Pezzini, PhD
Master in Applied Psychology
Professional Certified Coach
#1 Best Seller Author
California Board of Psychology Clinical Associate
Motivational Hypnotherapy
University Faculty
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