LGBT Therapy and Support Groups - LGBTQIA Healthcare Guild
Find a Support Group, Therapy Group, or Community Education Group in Your Community
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1)Support Groups and Therapy Groups are listed on the page specific to your Geographic Location. Click on the Guild logo above to return to the front page and select the geographic location closest to you.
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2)Most LGBTQIA Resource Centers and PFLAG chapters in each community offer support groups for various issues from coming out to parents wanting to learn more about their LGBT child. Click on Our Partners in the lower lefthand navigation under “About Us” to find a community center near you! Click on Friends & Family under “Relationships” to find a PFLAG chapter closest to you.
On-Line Support Groups
The LGBT Caring Community Online Support Group offers a place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender caregivers of adults with chronic health problems to discuss the unique issues of caring for their loved ones.
Therapy Groups, Support Groups, and Other Community Based Connections
According to Corey (2010) “Group Therapy offers unique therapeutic possibilities...The interaction that takes place among members provides a level of support, caring, confrontation, and other qualities not found in individual therapy. Within the group context, members are able to practice new social skills and apply some of their new knowledge”
(cited from Corey, M. S., Corey, G., & Corey, C. (2010). Groups: Process and practice (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole).
Whether longer-term or short-term in nature, group therapy is a very effective form of treatment. Years of research prove that group therapy can be just as effective as individual therapy, and in many instances, even more effective. Group therapy will give you the opportunity to better understand yourself, interact with and get support from peers who share similar problems, improve your interpersonal relationships and help you grow as an individual. Our short-term, skill-based groups give you the added benefit of acquiring education and skills that will help you cope better with specific emotional and/or behavior problems.
(cited from: Fenway Health: http://www.fenwayhealth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FCHC_srv_services_supportgroups)
Association for Specialists in Group Work - Standards of Care for Diversity Issues
The Association for Specialists in Group Work is a division of the American Counseling Association. As Counseling Professionals who are interested in and specialize in group work, we value the creation of community; service to our members, their clients, and the profession; and leadership as a process to facilitate the growth and development of individuals and groups.
American Group Psychotherapy Association - Standards of Care for Diversity Issues
The AGPA Cross-theoretical guide to developing and leading psychotherapy groups. AGPA is an interdisciplinary community that has been enhancing practice, theory and research of group therapy since 1942. AGPA provides the support you are looking for to enhance your work as a mental healthcare professional or your life as a member of a therapeutic group...
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