Groups for Adults

Supportive communities for shared challenges.

What was hurt in relationships often needs to be healed through relationships. Group therapy can be a powerful tool for working through experiences and emotions together.

The Brookline Center offers over a dozen of psychotherapy groups where adults can address issues such as improving relationships and self-image or changing limiting patterns. Groups provide a safe place for adults to share common struggles, find support, and move forward with new skills and ways of thinking.

“Group Therapy” is actually a big umbrella term used to describe a lot of very different types of experiences and interventions. At the Center, we recognize that different people need different things, and so we offer a range of groups in order to meet different needs. Offerings varies from season to season, but we do have many groups that run year-round. The Center offers a range of discussion-based interpersonal process groups, and some of our groups also incorporate approaches such as mindfulness, creative arts, or supportive activities.

Clinicians may be interested in our observation group program to build group therapy skills.

If you are in need of a group or would like to learn more about how groups can help you, please contact our intake department and ask to speak with our adult group program manager. 

Groups commonly address topics such as:

• Building and maintaining healthy relationships
• Managing depression, anxiety, and other stressors
• Navigating work and life transitions in early adulthood
• Handling late-life transitions, including retirement and loss
• Moving forward after a personal or mental health setback
• Changing addictive behaviors or limiting habits and self-perceptions
• Releasing stress and cultivating a healthier mindset

Availability

The Center’s adult groups are open to anyone who lives in Brookline or the Greater Boston area. We offer groups with morning, afternoon, and evening times on weekdays. Groups are ongoing, and many accept new members year-round. Additional groups (e.g. grief and loss, parenting, creative arts, etc.) are offered intermittently. Please contact us to inquire about availability.