Support Groups in San Francisco, CA
Due to societal stigma issues related to non-monogamy can feel isolating. These groups strive to ease that isolation by fostering open-minded & non-judgmental social support. We foster values of acceptance for the full range of relationship preferences, welcoming those having fears/reservations related to non-monogamy and those who are confident in their non-monogamous identities. We connect 1st & 3rd Thurs 6:30 - 8 PM & 2nd & 4th Sun 11 AM -12:30 PM (PST) on Google Hangouts. Email anna@vast.love for more info. We'd love for you to join our evolving supportive community! :)
Hosted by Vast Love
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94102
I offer therapy in CA and coaching internationally through an online format. My primary focus is supporting people with issues related to non-monogamy through a trauma informed lens. My practice is kink, queer, trans, monogamy, poly, open relationship, RA, neurodivergent, and quirk friendly. I’m passionate about sharing tools that can help others experience secure relationships in whatever structures feel like the best fit for the unique values, desires, and ways of being of the individuals involved. My ideal clients are simply people who want to show up as their most authentic & actualized selves.
I am excited to announce a new psychotherapy process group for poly people in San Francisco. This group will be a safe place to expand self-understanding, improve understanding of others, and develop insight into their relationship values and patterns, in an environment where members don't have to educate people about polyamory. My special interests include identity, relationship and change issues. I enjoy working with a wide range of individuals and couples, including helping poly couples sort out their varying styles of polyamory, understanding the underpinnings of difficult areas in their relationship and helping couples make polyamory work optimally for them.
Hosted by Wendy Brown
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94122
We heal and grow best in relationships that support the hard work of self-knowledge and self-growth. In my practice, open dialogue is important. Our curiosity will help you explore and know yourself better. What we carry forward from past relationships affects both ourselves and our loved ones in the present. Coming to know and understand what is going on can help shift things for you. If you are looking inward and working on yourself, you can make bigger gains doing it with someone who has the training and experience to facilitate an experience within you through dialogue.
Turning to eating, shopping, pills or alcohol to escape? It's time to make a change. Don't suffer alone. In this group you will learn to tame your fears and *Overcome anxiety, depression and loss; *Conquer self-esteem and assertiveness issues; *Manage through life transitions; * Develop more effective ways to get what you want; * Learn relationship skills that work. Dr. Gilbert works in a very collaborative and participatory manner. You'll get constant feedback, advice and valuable life skills in each session. Complementary consultation required to meet group requirements and ensure psychotherapy is right for you.
Hosted by LGBTpsychologist.com - Dr. Gilbert Chalepas
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94123
As an LGBTQIA+ affirming therapist, I understand how anxiety and low self esteem can be unrelenting companions, whispering worst-case scenarios and drowning out the voice of reason. The knots in your stomach, the racing heart, the feeling of impending doom. The weight of sadness can be suffocating, draining your energy and leaving you in a constant state of emotional numbness. Through our sessions, I will help you uncover the roots of your anxiety and sadness, providing you with coping strategies to manage their grip on your life. I want you to know that there is hope beyond this darkness and we will find it together.
This is an ongoing somatic therapy group for trans women living in California. We meet virtually over Zoom. Fee is based on income. Please visit my website at kelsmithsomatics.com to apply.
Hosted by Kel Smith
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MCP, AMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94114
Hi! My name is Kel Smith. I am a queer, trans woman and somatic therapist. I view somatic therapy as an invitation to be playfully curious about how our bodies carry experiences. Looking for a therapist can be loaded with complex feelings such as apprehension, excitement, even fear. I invite us to tend to those feelings with curiosity as they may inform our work together. A session with me is a space to be with what comes up from longings and desires, to muscle tensions and impulses, even embodied memories. I work on values of ongoing, explicit, and informed consent and taking an active and supportive role in my work with clients.
'Social Warriors' is A Social Skills Group Therapy program that uses developmentally appropriate Cognitive and Behavioral therapy to enhance Social intelligence. The group also incorporates age appropriate Life skills assessment and training. This group stands out as being different from many other group therapies. The groups are divided by developmentally appropriate age groups. The therapist uses both Cognitive and Behavioral therapy along with developing Life skills. Social warriors serves ages 6 years-10 years, 11 years-13 years and 14 years-18 years. There are three groups held every Sunday for 60 minutes by a certified Behavioral therapist under supervision of Manisha Punwani, M.D.
Hosted by Manisha Ram Punwani
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94109
Finding a Board Certified Integrative Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, one who approaches treatment from an evidence based clinical, holistic, developmental and systems based (family, school, etc) perspective is challenging. I am committed to improving lives of children, adolescents and their families. I specialize in Autism, Anxiety and OCD disorders. I treat these through Cognitive Behavioral, Exposure Response Prevention, Family or Parent Behavioral Management therapies with or without psychotropic medications. I incorporate mindfulness, psychoeducation, sensory and complimentary interventions as appropriate.
There is a shortage of elders and mature men to guide our youth and support our adults in leaving behind their boy-psychology and embrace maturity. This group aims to introduce and deepen a notion that has been lost in contemporary society: the mature masculine as an available stage for men. Utilizing the work of Moore and Gillette in their seminal book, "King Warrior, Magician, Lover", and exploring character styles through the Enneagram of Personality character model, we intend to offer a safe container to allow members to experience, via psychoeducation and group process, their very journey toward Mature Masculinity.
Hosted by Paulo Rebello
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94114
As your therapist, using mindfulness and a caring presence, I will accompany you on the road to personal growth, supporting you in understanding how you can become appreciative of your behaviors: they helped you come this far! We will explore how you can see your life through different, enriching perspectives to include multiple ways of being in relationship and acting in the world in a more satisfying way for you. It's about empowering you with the ability to choose what you want to live. It is about giving you choices.
Dr. Prosterman now seeing clients who live anywhere in the United States with broadband internet, via Skype. Skype technology is efficient and effective, and it offers the intimacy and immediacy of an in-office consultation, including the important visual cues which we are able to share with each other via web cam, from the comfort of your own home or office at more easily convenient times.
Hosted by Seth Prosterman
Marriage & Family Therapist
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94123
Dr. Seth Prosterman brings over 25 years of experience helping individuals and couples overcome sex, intimacy and relationship issues. You deserve to have a healthy and satisfying sex life as it is an essential component for a balanced and fulfilled life and relationship. Being able to guide my clients to greater intimacy, better sex, stronger relationships and a clearer sense of self is the foundation of my practice. ***SKPE SESSIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE***
With open enrollment in every two months, PROS is a virtual group supporting adult industry professionals seeking to process and accomplish professional goals. After years of supporting sex workers as a trauma-informed psychotherapist, I created this group to fill the need for private, supportive, professional networks for those struggling to work independently on business goals. We meet weekly in small, anonymous groups (neither legal or work names are used in the group) to discuss current projects, offer support, motivation, and accountability, and celebrate professional accomplishments. Income driven sliding scale in 1-3 installments, All genders welcome, Max. 6 persons.
Hosted by The Therapist for Sexual Rebels
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94110
We need sex-positive, body-positive support for ourselves, our families, and our communities. Individuals, couples, polycules and groups I work with traverse the world with partners, genders, fetishes, or professional experiences that are often misunderstood by the dominant culture. I am in service to your joy, your healing, keeping you connected to a grounded source of abundance, gaining skills to navigate personal and professional dynamics, and being in keen awareness of your power. I’m excited to journey with you toward an embodied, fulfilling relationship with yourself and those you love.
In this challenging political climate many sexual harassment, assault, and abuse survivors are finding themselves triggered on a weekly if not daily basis. If you're a female identified survivor I want you to know that you don't have to experience this discomfort alone. Surviving & Thriving is a therapy group aimed to facilitate, share, and support in the transformation of relational, emotional, and somatic symptoms resulting from sexual trauma, within a safe and empowering space. The group meets Tuesday evenings from 7pm until 8:30pm and is accepting new members, call or email to set up an intake.
Hosted by Erika Shershun
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, EMDR
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94104
Is your inner critic working overtime, are you feeling overwhelmed, depressed, or struggling with a relationship? It has been said that our essence, our soul, is ever present like the sun, yet like the sun, it can become obscured by clouds. These clouds represent the wounds and trauma you've experienced throughout your life, along with the defenses that have helped you survive, yet these defenses (people pleasing, dissociation, rage...) may no longer serve you. Together we can bring awareness and begin to relax these defenses allowing more of your gifts, your ever-present essence to shine through.
A therapeutic group for people going through perimenopause or in early menopause, to offer support for the psychological impacts of this stage of life. Weekly experts will be brought in to the group to provide insight on various aspects of the perimenopausal and menopausal stages. This is an 8 Week in-person group, and 8 participants accepted. Cost: $50 per 90 minute session, $400 total. Payment is for the entire series, if you have to miss a session there aren’t specific refunds. Dates: Wednesdays 6-7:30pm 10/2-11/20. Please see my website for more information!
Hosted by Rhea St. Julien
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94102
My speciality is working with people who have experienced trauma. I use a range of modalities, including EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Expressive Arts Therapy, and Trauma-Informed Talk Therapy, to help my patients see real change. My approach is engaged, relational, and embodied.
If previous attempts at stopping substance use have failed or if you want to learn to manage your use rather than abstain, this is the group for you. We approach addiction as a biopsychosocial phenomenon and help our patients understand the biological, emotional, and behavioral factors underlying their drug use using evidence-based interventions such as motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and insight-oriented therapies. Power Over Addiction: A Harm Reduction Workbook for Changing Your Relationship with Drugs will be the curriculum for this group. $200 intake; $75 per group session
Hosted by Mireya Peña
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94122
Do you or a loved one want to change your relationship with substances? I work with individuals, couples and families who are struggling with addiction and substance use through a harm reduction framework. Through this framework I pay special attention to creating a non-judgmental relationship with clients along every part of their relationship with substance use, be that with the goal of moderation or abstinence.
Grief Group for Loss of a Parent: This is a process group for those (30's and above) dealing with the loss of a parent and needing knowledge and mindfulness resources to cope. Minimum of 3, max of 6 participants. $60/session, 6 weeks. Wednesdays, 7:30pm to 9pm, on zoom. Oct 2nd start date. Please email me, at blue@coreinsightpsychology for further details and to sign up.
Hosted by Blue Mudbhary
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, JD, AMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94127
What is your purpose? How can you build your life to honor your essential purpose? My hope is to use the power of depth therapy to help you answer these vital questions for yourself. In session together, we will work to support your relationships, work/life structure and dreams. One shared goal will often be in you finding the freedom in recognizing and honoring your authentic self. I am deeply interested in the power of transitional periods (such as becoming a parent, young adults leaving for college, mid-life changes and reflections, empty nest adjustments for a couple or single parent) as inflection points for growth and change.
Trying to manage a high stress career and your recovery can feel overwhelming. Sometimes it feels like you have to choose between your job and working a program. In this group, you will learn strategies to manage the stress of a demanding job, recognize when you are at risk for relapse and how to continue to stay engaged in your recovery, even when you are super busy, so you can take care of yourself in the present and stay on track with your future goals. You will hear from others who struggle with many of the same challenges.
Hosted by David Olem
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94114
My priority as a therapist is to create a warm and comfortable environment in which we can work closely together to identify goals and tailor the sessions to best meet your needs. I have an interactive style and I utilize a wide variety of techniques.
Lee Psychological Services, believes that sex addiction must be addressed within the context of the individual's total spiritual, emotional, psychological and physiological well being. SARP provides: Innovative, state-of-art curriculum tools; Comprehensive Clinical Assessments; Individualized Treatment Plans; Confidential Group Therapy sessions; Couples therapy for partners. The SARP Program has a special focus on working through past trauma and family problems. The program is designed to help men regain freedom from compulsive behaviors and develop a sense of healthy sexuality.
Hosted by Vernon Lee
Psychologist, PhD, CSAT-S
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94104
In a field with very few recognized experts, Dr. Lee is an acknowledged professional in the assessment and treatment of persons with addictive sexual disorders and domestic violence.Clients come to us for professional and compassionate guidance in creating the most appropriate treatment plan for their success.
Skills, education and process are the three main components of this group. 4-8 individuals are in each group. I use both compassion and humor to lead the groups. My background includes inpatient, outpatient and detox groups for substance abuse. All groups are currently on zoom.
Hosted by Victoria Zurkan
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94109
I've been licensed since 2006. My experience in addiction is extensive, including work in inpatient, outpatient and detox. I tailor each client's treatment needs individually using evidence based EMDR, CBT, DBT and psychodynamic therapy. Together we will learn to pay close attention to aspects of yourself that you may be unable to touch on your own. I look for patterns in either behavior or thoughts. Examining past family dynamics and reaching unconscious behavior, I connect that information to how it affects our current lives. Currently I am doing telemedicine with couples, individuals and I run CBT and DBT addiction groups.
PAWC's provider group is among the largest in CA and includes only Board Certified or Licensed Practitioners. Our doctors focus on your needs and feelings, while PAWC collaborates with you, your doctor and insurers to keep administration smooth and easy. During your treatment, practitioners and staff work together well to create a seamless care experience, including support for scheduling, billing and managing prescriptions. Our doctors collaborate with each other and listen to patient needs and interests. PAWC Psychiatrists are able to collaborate regularly with Psychologists on the PAWC team.
Hosted by Ela Aguilar Donis
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94118
Ela Donis, MD is a board-certified adult psychiatrist that has been in practice for over 10 years. Dr. Donis is competent in performing thorough psychiatric assessments, differential diagnosis, prognostic assessments, genetic testing and interpretation and medication management. Other colleagues and patients have described her as knowledgeable and compassionate. Her areas of interest are PTSD, trauma associated disorders,mood disorders, and anxiety disorders.
The group is focused on understanding the interpersonal patterns, behaviors, and beliefs that get in the way of having the closeness, intimacy, and connection you are seeking in all areas of your life. The group helps you make here- and-now emotional self-disclosures by putting your thoughts and feelings within yourself AND toward others into words as you become aware of them in the moment. Through the group process we work towards resolving long standing barriers to intimacy, generating new ways of relating to oneself and others that create more nourishing relationships, and feeling most authentically yourself.
Hosted by Alana Jacobs
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94114
Do you find yourself feeling lonely, sad, scared, depressed, empty, or anxious? And maybe hopeless, alone, and confused about how to feel better? Whatever you're experiencing, you do not have to face it alone. With the support of a therapist & the trusting, safe space that can be developed you can work through whatever you are experiencing & find light ---- whether that be decreased suffering, inner peace, increased intimacy in your relationships, or more aliveness and authenticity in your connection with yourself and others.
Being a father is one of life's greatest joys, but the process of becoming a father is a big challenge for most men. It's hard to meet the needs of our partners, children, and jobs. Friendships that we relied on earlier in life are inaccessible, and support from our partners can disappear because of the new baby. Facing these challenges with courage and support allows us to grow into mature men capable of being fathers and leaders. This online group helps men at the beginning of fatherhood meet the challenges they face through peer and expert support.
Hosted by Josh Krieger
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94118
I work with adults and couples who want to grow as they face career, relationship, and family challenges and who struggle with their own personal history, life-direction, and difficult emotions. I help people find courage, peace, and direction in the face of difficulty. I also specialize in working with men and fathers.
Bodacious Boundaries is a 6-week online therapy group for adult California residents, Aug. 22-Sept. 26, 2023. In Bodacious Boundaries, you’ll: 1.) Learn practical info, including how to deal with people who disrespect your boundaries 2.) Explore and upgrade your boundaries with art, creative writing, and Somatic Experiencing (body-based mindfulness, movement, and skill building) 3.) Gain insight with weekly journaling prompts to work on between sessions 4.) Give and receive support from a like-minded group of people (capped at 10 participants to keep the group small and intimate). Registration open through Aug. 15.
Hosted by Jessica ' Chiara ' Viscomi
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, SEP
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94118
Are you looking to recover from the wounds of narcissistic abuse and codependency and forge happier, healthier relationships? Welcome. Or do you need support for having a loved one with serious mental illness (SMI)? Welcome.
What will you learn in the group? Became Emotional Mature Parent, to avoid any arguments, issues and Trauma. Emotionally Immature and Tips to Cope: They operate from a place of ego. They don't take personal responsibility and often blame others. They use unsophisticated defense mechanisms such as denial, projection, and projective identification. They have a lack of empathy. Assertive Communication for Parents Stress Management Empathy training for Parenting and Co-parents. Anger and Conflict resolution Parenting Styles Boundary and Limit Setting. Step-family Dynamics Rewards and Discipline for Children Avoiding Parenting Mistakes. Co-parenting Teamwork/Challenges Co-parenting plan
Hosted by Nata Bolsheva
PhD, FNCCCE, FNCPC, FABFEI, CFC
Verified Verified
Group meets in San Francisco, CA 94118
Travel throughout US and Canada. In Home Visit. Telecommunication though SKYPE, ZOOM, DOXY. Artemis-Forensic Expert Services Center, based in San Francisco, and serving Bay Area, has helped many people who need assistance with issues concerning their well being for many years. We could help to coordinate parenting - a child-focused alternative dispute resolution process to assists high conflict parents to implement their parenting plan by facilitating the resolution of their disputes in a timely manner, educating parents about children’s needs, and with prior approval of the parties and/or the court.
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