Online Support Groups FOR THERAPISTS During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Welcome! I hope we can help you find an online group designed for therapists.
If you know of any online groups for therapist that are not on this list, please CONTACT ME and I will post them here.
Here is a link to my full list of online groups for therapists. The clinicians running these groups are WONDERFUL! I have met many of them, and trained with a few. Most are Certified Group Psychotherapists, which means they know how to run effective groups.
Many of these online groups for therapists existed before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, some were created recently in response to the increased number of therapists wanting to engage in online group work.
I encourage you to read through this list to see if there is a group that is right for you.
Online Process Groups for Therapists
Nate Page, PhD, LP, CGP
Nate runs FOUR different Online Process-Oriented Training Groups for Therapists:
(1) Tuesdays 7:30-9:00pm (Central Time) – Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month
(2) Tuesdays 7:30-9:00pm (Central Time) – Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month
(3) Thursdays 7:30-9:00pm (Central Time) – Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month
(4) Wednesdays 11:00am – 12:30pm – Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month (Co-faciltator: Sophia Aguirre, PhD, CGP, FAGPA)
Two-Day Group Intensives
These groups are lead by one or two highly skilled group leaders, and are filled with 6-9 compassionate group members that are dedicated to creating a rich, deep and meaningful process experience. This group intensive is based on the institute model used by the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
These groups are lead by one or two highly skilled group leaders, and are filled with 6-9 compassionate group members that are dedicated to creating a rich, deep and meaningful process experience. This group intensive is based on the institute model used by the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
After completing your application we will find a time for a 45-minute pre-group interview with the group leader(s) to talk through your goals for group, answer questions you have, and help you determine if this is a good fit.
Asian + Healers Group for Therapists
Teresa Lee, MD
This group will take place on Tuesdays at 4:30 PM EST. This weekly group will be 75 minutes and a potential for deep connection and intrapsychic work. This a place for you to take off your professional hat, learn about your interpersonal signature and reactions in a safe and supportive environment, and practice new ways of connecting with others.
Contact Teresa Lee at teresaleemd@gmail.com
Consultation & Process Groups for Therapists
Sophia Aguirre, PhD, CGP, FAGPA
Group will meet biweekly online via Zoom with the opportunity to meet once per year for an extended group session in person at Dr. Aguirre’s office in Atlanta. *Group day will be chosen based on what works best for the collective group member’s schedules.
More information and registration link available at: https://www.inclusivepsych.com/bipoc-therapists-group
Process & Consultation Group For Therapists (NEW Group Forming!)
Tuesdays 3:00pm – 4:30pm EST (meets every 2 weeks)
Process & Consultation Group For BIPOC & Latinx Therapists*
Fridays 12:00pm -2:00pm EST (meets every 2 weeks)
Group is Full. Waitlist available.
Process Training Group for Therapists
Wednesdays 12:00pm -1:30pm EST (meets every 2 weeks)
Co-facilitated by Dr. Sophia Aguirre & Dr. Nate Page
Group is full. Waitlist available.
Group therapists pursuing CGP certification that are in need of accruing hours towards the 75 supervision hour requirement; this group will meet those requirements.
Contact Dr. Sophia Aguirre to schedule a 45-minute initial pre-group consultation ($85 fee) to explore your goals, answer your questions, review the group expectations and assess if this group will meet your needs.
A minimum commitment of 10 sessions is required for all new group remembers.
Attachment-Focused Somatic Experiencing Training Group for Psychotherapy
Carlos Canales PsyD, FAGPA
DESCRIPTION: Attachment-focused therapy and Somatic Experiencing (SE) are fundamental and applicable theories in psychotherapy. They honor our bodies, emotional regulation, interdependence, and well-being. They are positive, ethological, humanistic, and developmental theories.
This training group aims at fostering psychological depth and growth. By paying attention to our bodies and our emotions, the way we attach, we will notice how we bring and sustain support in our lives. We will examine our regulating strategies, improve our presence, empathic witnessing, and overall relational stance.
COST: $75 per session.
WHY JOIN A TRAINING GROUP? The art of psychotherapy is best learned by observation, imitation, inquiry, and participation. Group psychotherapy, in particular, requires the collaborative investment of the communal. All of life
happens in groups! They allow the exploration of the movement from the intrapsychic to the interpersonal, the private to the public, and the cultural and systemic.
If interested, please contact:
drcarlos@vidapsychotherapy.com
Online Training/Process Groups for Therapists
Haim Weinberg PhD, CGP
Haim has a couple online training/process groups designed specifically for therapists. His groups are comprised of therapists from around the world. The format consists of 90 minutes of processing followed by 15 minutes of debriefing.
Haim might be the most renouned online group therapy expert in the world today. He has written profusely on the subject, created online training programs for group psychotherapists, and has been instructing several international organizations on how to run online therapy groups.
Please contact Haim at haimw@group-psychotherapy.com or 916-212-6424 to learn more about his groups for therapists and to determine if you are a good fit.
Racial Literacy Groups for Therapists
Chrstine Schmidt LCSW, CGP & Rudy Lucas LCSW, CASAC
Christine & Rudy (plus several additional colleagues) offer several different online groups designed to develop your racial literacy:
Whiteness Learning groups * Racial Literacy groups * Racial Literacy Consultation groups
Some groups are in-person in the NYC area and some are online via Zoom available to anyone in the world. Their website contains robust information about all of their services:
Contact Christine or Rudy through their website and feel free to ask any questions you might have, or simply register for a group: racialliteracygroups.com
Zoom Process Group for Asian Pacific Islander South Asian American Therapists/Trainees
Teresa Lee MD & Robert “Dr. Bob”Hsiung, MD
Wednesdays 8-9:15 PM EST / 7-8:15 PM CST
Please contact Dr. Bob at asians@dr-bob.org for more information, group screening, etc.
DESCRIPTION: Teresa Lee, MD, and Robert “Dr. Bob” Hsiung, MD, are psychiatrists and Asian identified group therapists who live on different coasts. Their broad definition of “Asian” invites those therapists and trainees to come together, even if there is a struggle to identify as Asian. Because this group is online, therapists/trainees *from all time zones* are invited to explore the intersectionality of their culture, chosen profession, and individuality. In this weekly group, members will be able to work more intimately with each other including processing events that happen outside the group, like at work, or in the group, including transferences. We encourage members to be brave in their sharing, spontaneous, and work with other members and facilitators to reach their goals, be it support and/or a deeper understanding of how they relate to their work, themselves, and others. Those new to groups are welcome.
$75 ($40 for trainees) per session.
Annie Weiss LICSW, CGP, FAGPA
These diverse, process-oriented training groups utilize group process and clinical case consultation to deepen clinical awareness, flexibility and skill, identify and work through blindspots, explore interpersonal relationships, settle our activated nervous systems, and create space for connection, exploration and healing.
Annie Weiss is a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and a Certified Group Psychotherapist. She has led and taught on the subject of interpersonal psychotherapy groups for over 25 years. Annie integrates psychodynamic theory, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology to catalyze interpersonal connection and development in here-and-now group interactions.
Annie currently leads online psychotherapy groups, online training groups and online consultation groups. She also teaches group dynamics to Harvard Medical School students at McLean Hospital, leads five ongoing therapy groups, facilitates an experiential training group for the Jung Institute of Boston, consults to two community mental health centers, and taught a webinar on group leadership to psychology students in Beijing. She has presented workshops and led experiential groups locally, nationally and internationally. Annie has published several papers about group therapy and is currently co-editing a book on Women group psychotherapy leaders. Annie holds degrees from Yale University and Smith College, and lives near Boston, Massachusetts.
You can connect with Annie through her website: http://www.annieweisstherapy.net/ or by phone at 617-244-9009
Online Consultation Group for Therapists
Tuesdays 1:30-3:00 p.m. E.S.T
Online Process Training Group for Clinicians
Tuesdays 3:30-5:00 p.m. E.S.T
Online Process Training Group for Clinicians
Thursdays 1:00-2:30 p.m. E.S.T
Online Process-oriented Training Group for Therapists.
Linda Eisenberg MA, EDd, LPC, LPA, CGP
Linda Eisenberg, MA, MEd, certified Psychoanalyst, is offering an online process-oriented training group (via Zoom) for therapists. Linda is a graduate of Center for Group Studies as well as Naropa University.
This group began in the fall of 2019. It runs Wednesday mornings, PST. It is experiential in nature and offers opportunities for personal and professional growth, consultation and a sense of community.\
You may contact Linda with questions at 503-236-9777, cell 503-705-9644, or email lkeisenberg@comcast.net
Online Modern Analytic Training Group for Therapists
Dave Kaplowitz LMFT, CGP
Dave is a highly qualified group psychotherapist and has been leading training groups for a long time.
He specializes in conducting Online Modern Analytic Training Groups for therapists.
Please reach out to them with any questions at dave.kaplowitz@gmail.com.
Online Process-oriented Training Group for Therapists
Katie Griffin MA, CGP & Joseph Acosta MA, LPC, CGP, FAGP
11:15am-12:30pm Central Time on Thursdays
Katie and Joseph are also highly qualified group therapists and have been co-leading a training groups for therapists for over two years.
They currently have a couple of spots open. It is at 11:15am-12:30pm Central Time on Thursdays.
Please email or call Katie Griffin, (512) 656-4067 or katielgriffin@yahoo.com
Coaching and Mastermind Groups for Therapists
Cindy Hardwick PhD, PCC, CGP
Are you are ready to move beyond anxiety and burnout as you transition to the next phase of your work and life? My groups are designed to support you to connect to what’s most authentically true for you to create a meaningful path forward that better fuels and sustains you.
This is a growth enhancing experience. It’s not therapy, yet it’s highly therapeutic. We’ll create a space allowing you to flourish at the edges of possibility as you process and incubate what’s next for you. You’ll also experientially learn here about group principles and group dynamics. I have three groups that help you design your life and work in ways to enhance meaning, purpose, and your sense of overall wellbeing:
Monday Process Group, 1:30 – 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Wednesday Combination, Please contact Cindy for precise times
Wednesday Incubation, 1:30 – 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Each group has an opening or a wait list. Participation includes a monitored text connection platform plus invitations to relevant Zoom PopUp events for between group connections. Each has a minimum commitment and a confidentiality agreement including for intellectual property. We’ll meet first to determine needs, goals, and goodness of fit.
About Me: I’m a Licensed Psychologist, Professional Certified Coach, and Certified Group Psychotherapist with four decades of diverse practice experience. Over the years, I’ve developed an appreciative and creative approach to wellbeing. My theoretical foundation is psychodynamic, and I’m both trauma and neuroscience informed. In recent years I’ve learned that mindfully creative practices enhance and sustain wellbeing. I consider myself a lifelong learner who journeys alongside you.
Learn more via my website at cynthiahardwick.com. Email me at cindy@cynthiahardwick.com. Leave a voicemail on my landline at 910-485-1819.
Please contact Cindy regarding goodness of fit: cindy@cynthiahardwick.com, Phone: 910-485-1819
(Modern Analytic Training Group for Mental Health Professionals
Heather Frank PsyD, CGP & Jim O’Hern LCSW, CGP
Mondays 10:00-11:15am (Central Time)
This Online Modern Analytic Training Group is for professionals in the mental health field interested in furthering their group training and leadership. The professional ego is the focus of the training group and all thoughts, feelings and associations to the process are explored in the online group.
The group is a combination of case consultation, practice development, and experiential learning aimed at further developing connections to colleagues and strengthening the therapist’s professional ego. Group will meet on Mondays 10:00-11:15am Central Standard Time.
For additional information or to join please contact:
Heather Frank: DrHeatherLFrank@gmail.com or
Jim O’Hern: JimOHernLCSW@gmail.com
Weekly Online Training Groups for Therapists
Jeff Hudson MEd, LPC, CGP, FAGPA
Mondays 6:30-8:00pm or Tuesdays 12:00-1:30pm (Central Time)
Jeff leads two weekly online training groups for therapists. The Monday group has been meeting for 5 years and meets from 6:30-8:00pm Central Time. His Tuesday group began in May 2019 and meets from noon-1:30pm Central Time.
For more information please call Jeff at 512-472-7476.
Case-consult/process Group for Therapists.
Rebecca Compton MEd, LPC, CGP, NCC, BCC
Rebecca has a case-consult/process group for therapists that is part in-person in Madison, Wisconsin and part online for therapists out of state. It meets twice monthly on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 11:00am-12:30pm Central Time. It is currently running and has a couple of slots open.
Feel free to learn more about Rebecca and her groups on her website https://rebeccacompton.org/ and please contact Rebecca for more information about joining this particular group (608) 772-6870, or rcompton@att.net
Online 6-step Group Supervision for Therapist
Arthur Gray PhD, CGP
Arthur does an online special 6-step group supervision for therapist based on a model he developed in 1996 and has presented at AGPA and in various countries. He currently holds a supervision group via Zoom for Australian practicioners and he is reconstituting his supervision group for the United States.
You can contact Arthur at arthur.a.gray@gmail.com
Teresa Bastos
Teresa is a psychotherapist and group analyst. She plans to start an online training group for therapists. If you are interested, feel free to contact her at tm.rodrigues@sapo.pt or 00351 96 744 11 15. You can learn more about Teresa on her website: http://www.psicoterapias-grupanalise.com/
Simon Feuerman PsyD
A few people have mentioned that Simon Feuerman runs a group for for therapists. I am not sure if it is an online group. He appears to be located in New Jersey. Feel free to reach out to Simon at simon.feuerman@gmail.com
Additional Clinicians Running Online Support Groups for Therapists
Leo Leiderman PsyD, ABPP, FAACP, CGP, FAGPA had set up a support group for members of the Westchester Group Psychotherapy Society (WGPS).
Margaret M. Postlewaite, PhD, CGP, SEP, FAGPA offered a support group to colleagues from the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (WCSPP).
Liz Stewart is offering an Ongoing Body Language Training Group for therapists.
Description: Psychotherapists generally agree that listening is a multilayered, and active process that goes beyond the words. It also includes, and can be both in and out of sync with, the body. In what ways does your body agree with your words? When are your clients’ words out of tune with what their body appears to be saying? We will explore the idea that paying attention to your body provides access to nonverbal and unverbalized realms of communication in your work with clients. This is especially important in this time of all-day video and phone sessions. When we learn to pay closer attention to our own body’s language we expand our instrument’s range to include new information. This training group is designed to help mental health professionals integrate their own body’s subtle cues with the wide range of thoughts and feelings that arise in the course of working with patients.
Format and Fees: The group meets weekly by Zoom on Thursdays, from 10:00-11:30am EST. The fee for the group is $80 per session, payable at the end of the month. To join the group, CLICK HERE to schedule an initial 50 minute interview with Liz to explore your goals and determine fit. The fee for the initial interview is $225.
Learning Intentions:
- Notice ways in which tension shows up in the body while working with clients
- Distinguish between subtle and obvious embodied cues
- Make connections between your own body’s cues and your client’s material
- Observe when the intellect interferes with embodied knowledge and when the body interferes with intellectual knowledge
- Learn techniques for regulating your nervous system and integrating your myofascia
Liz Stewart draws from 30 years of experience as a highly accomplished Structural Integration (aka Rolfing®) practitioner, supervisor and trainer. Liz both supports and challenges her clients to understand, cultivate and make full use of themselves in their work. Liz’s approach to training mental health professionals in groups is engaging, connective and supportive (much like the fascial network that holds our bodies together) and includes a strong emphasis on body awareness. Her understanding of tensional forces, integration and connection set Liz apart as a supervisor and trainer. She supports mental health professionals in learning their own body’s language – its cues and triggers – that speak in mysterious ways. Liz brings experience in Structural Integration, movement awareness, Polyvagal Theory, neural vascular techniques, modern group therapy, trauma dynamics, decoding body language and business management. Liz’s work has been described as “comprehensive, deeply transformative, highly intuitive, observant, and fun.”
Joshua M. Gross, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA, FAAGP conducts online groups for mental health professionals.
Vinny Dehili, Vice President of Florida Group Psychotherapy Society, has been holding Community Drop in Zoom groups each week for therapist working in college counseling settings.
I hope you were able to find a potential group for you. If not, please feel free to reach out to us here at Group Therapy Central if you would like help in the process of connecting to a good group.