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Group Therapy Services at TPSRC


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Collaborative Support, Evidence-Based Care, and Developmentally Attuned Group Experiences Across the Lifespan

Group Programs at TPSRC extends support beyond the individual session and into a shared, collaborative space where clients can learn, practise, and grow alongside others who are experiencing similar challenges. Our groups offer something uniquely powerful: the chance to develop skills within a community, to feel less alone in one’s experiences, and to see change unfold through connection as well as through individual work. Sessions combine structure, guided practice, and evidence-based strategies with the encouragement that comes from being part of a group that is learning together.
 
Each program is carefully designed to balance therapeutic depth with psychological safety. Participants are supported by clinicians who provide clear guidance, model healthy communication, and create an environment where every member can contribute at their own pace. All groups are facilitated or supervised by registered psychologists and psychological associates, ensuring that clinical standards remain high and that interventions are grounded in research and best practice.
 
TPSRC offers Group Therapy across six developmental levels — preschool, elementary, middle school, high school, post-secondary or young adult, and adult life — allowing clients to engage in programming that is appropriate for their stage of development. Groups are available both in person and virtually, making it easier for clients to access consistent support regardless of schedule or location. Across every level and format, Group Therapy at TPSRC is designed to help clients build skills, deepen insight, and experience the strength that comes from healing and growing within a supportive community.

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Why Group Therapy Works

Group therapy offers benefits that extend beyond what can be achieved in one-to-one therapy. Within a supportive group environment, participants discover that their experiences are not isolated or unique—they are shared, understandable, and human. This sense of connection reduces shame and builds confidence, allowing members to speak openly, practise new skills, and receive feedback in real time.
 
Groups also provide built-in opportunities for learning. Clients gain insight not only from their own therapeutic work but from observing how others navigate similar challenges. They see strategies modelled, experiment with new behaviours, and experience the encouragement that comes from being part of a community working toward similar goals. This blend of structure, accountability, and shared experience often accelerates progress, helping clients apply skills more consistently and transfer them into daily life.
 
At TPSRC, groups are designed to be safe, guided, and intentional—places where clients can grow at their own pace while benefiting from evidence-based techniques and the collective strength of the group. For many, it becomes a meaningful part of their therapeutic journey, offering connection, perspective, and momentum that deepen and sustain long-term change.

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Our Group Therapy Streams

TPSRC offers four group therapy streams, each designed with a specific therapeutic purpose and set of outcomes in mind. These streams allow clients to access the type of support that best matches their needs — whether they are seeking connection, building skills, deepening insight, or learning through structured psychoeducation.

Support Groups

Support groups at TPSRC create a compassionate space where individuals can share their experiences, feel understood, and connect with others who are navigating similar challenges. These groups provide a sense of community that many clients describe as grounding — a place where they can speak openly without fear of judgment and discover that their struggles are neither isolated nor uncommon. Under the guidance of a trained clinician, participants learn coping strategies, receive encouragement, and gain perspective from the lived experiences of other group members. Support groups are especially meaningful for clients who feel overwhelmed, discouraged, or unsure of their next steps, offering connection, validation, and steady support during periods of transition or difficulty.

Learn More About TPSRC’s Support Groups:

  • Behavioural Addictions Recovery – This group offers a supportive environment for individuals working to reduce compulsive behaviours such as gambling, gaming, shopping, or other activity-based patterns. Members connect with others who understand their struggles, share experiences openly, and receive encouragement as they work toward healthier choices and daily rhythms.
  • Co-Parenting After Separation – This group provides a supportive space for caregivers navigating parenting after separation or divorce. Participants discuss challenges, reduce the sense of navigating the transition alone, and share strategies for creating calmer, more consistent approaches that keep their child’s well-being at the centre.
  • Depression and Low-Motivation Support – This group brings together individuals who are struggling with low mood, fatigue, or difficulty staying engaged. Members explore shared experiences, gain emotional support, and hear from others working to rebuild momentum, connection, and hope.
  • Grief and Life Transition Support – This group offers a compassionate space for individuals adjusting to loss or major life changes. Participants share their stories at their own pace, receive validation, and find connection with others coping with grief, uncertainty, and shifting identities.
  • Healing Sexual Self-Image and Sexual Beliefs – This group supports individuals exploring the messages, experiences, and internal narratives that have shaped their relationship with sexuality. Members reflect together, reduce shame through shared understanding, and connect with others who are working toward greater comfort and self-acceptance.
  • Impact of Stress, Mental Health, or Medication on Sexual Connection – This group provides support for clients experiencing changes in desire or intimacy related to stress, mental health symptoms, or medication effects. Participants connect with others navigating similar concerns, share experiences candidly, and receive gentle guidance toward understanding and reducing shame.
  • Intimacy After Conflict, Betrayal, or Emotional Disconnection – This group offers support for individuals processing relational hurt, trust injuries, or long-standing emotional distance. Members explore their experiences in a respectful environment, reduce self-blame, and connect with others who understand the complexity of healing from relational ruptures.
  • LGBTQ+ Identity and Belonging – This group provides a safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ individuals reflecting on identity, self-acceptance, relationships, or community. Members share experiences, support one another, and build connection in an environment grounded in respect and mutual validation.
  • Parenting Neurodivergent Children – This group offers a supportive community for caregivers raising children with ADHD, ASD, learning differences, or other neurodevelopmental patterns. Parents share challenges, successes, and emotions in a judgment-free space where lived experience and mutual encouragement guide the conversation.
  • Parents of Trans and Gender-Diverse Youth Support Group – This group supports caregivers of trans and gender-diverse youth by offering a space to share their experiences, reduce isolation, and gain guidance on communication and acceptance. Sessions focus on understanding their child’s emotional and developmental needs, strengthening family connection, and navigating challenges in a supportive, non-judgmental setting.
  • Parenting Young Children: Building Emotional Resilience – This group supports caregivers of young children navigating big feelings, transitions, or early behavioural challenges. Members connect over shared experiences, reduce isolation, and discuss day-to-day realities of parenting young children with warmth and openness.
  • Professionals Coping with Burnout – This group brings together individuals in high-demand careers who feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or disconnected from their sense of balance. Members share experiences, normalize burnout-related stress, and support one another in navigating pressure and fatigue.
  • Rejected / Alienated Parent Support – This group offers stability and understanding for parents experiencing rejection, withdrawal, or alienation from a child. Members receive emotional support, connect with others who deeply understand this experience, and reduce isolation through shared insight and validation.
  • Substance Use Recovery – This group provides connection and understanding for individuals working to change their relationship with alcohol, cannabis, or other substances. Members share challenges and successes, offer support to one another, and discuss the emotional experiences that accompany recovery.
  • Trans & Gender-Diverse Youth Support Group – This group provides a safe, affirming space for trans and gender-diverse youth to share experiences, explore identity, and build connection with peers who understand their journey. Sessions focus on emotional support, navigating school and social dynamics, and fostering a sense of belonging in a respectful, inclusive environment.

Psychoeducational Groups

Support groups at TPSRC create a compassionate space where individuals can share their experiences, feel understood, and connect with others who are navigating similar challenges. These groups provide a sense of community that many clients describe as grounding — a place where they can speak openly without fear of judgment and discover that their struggles are neither isolated nor uncommon. Under the guidance of a trained clinician, participants learn coping strategies, receive encouragement, and gain perspective from the lived experiences of other group members. Support groups are especially meaningful for clients who feel overwhelmed, discouraged, or unsure of their next steps, offering connection, validation, and steady support during periods of transition or difficulty.

Learn More About TPSRC’s Support Groups:

  • Behavioural Addictions Recovery – This group offers a supportive environment for individuals working to reduce compulsive behaviours such as gambling, gaming, shopping, or other activity-based patterns. Members connect with others who understand their struggles, share experiences openly, and receive encouragement as they work toward healthier choices and daily rhythms.
  • Co-Parenting After Separation – This group provides a supportive space for caregivers navigating parenting after separation or divorce. Participants discuss challenges, reduce the sense of navigating the transition alone, and share strategies for creating calmer, more consistent approaches that keep their child’s well-being at the centre.
  • Depression and Low-Motivation Support – This group brings together individuals who are struggling with low mood, fatigue, or difficulty staying engaged. Members explore shared experiences, gain emotional support, and hear from others working to rebuild momentum, connection, and hope.
  • Grief and Life Transition Support – This group offers a compassionate space for individuals adjusting to loss or major life changes. Participants share their stories at their own pace, receive validation, and find connection with others coping with grief, uncertainty, and shifting identities.
  • Healing Sexual Self-Image and Sexual Beliefs – This group supports individuals exploring the messages, experiences, and internal narratives that have shaped their relationship with sexuality. Members reflect together, reduce shame through shared understanding, and connect with others who are working toward greater comfort and self-acceptance.
  • Impact of Stress, Mental Health, or Medication on Sexual Connection – This group provides support for clients experiencing changes in desire or intimacy related to stress, mental health symptoms, or medication effects. Participants connect with others navigating similar concerns, share experiences candidly, and receive gentle guidance toward understanding and reducing shame.
  • Intimacy After Conflict, Betrayal, or Emotional Disconnection – This group offers support for individuals processing relational hurt, trust injuries, or long-standing emotional distance. Members explore their experiences in a respectful environment, reduce self-blame, and connect with others who understand the complexity of healing from relational ruptures.
  • LGBTQ+ Identity and Belonging – This group provides a safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ individuals reflecting on identity, self-acceptance, relationships, or community. Members share experiences, support one another, and build connection in an environment grounded in respect and mutual validation.
  • Parenting Neurodivergent Children – This group offers a supportive community for caregivers raising children with ADHD, ASD, learning differences, or other neurodevelopmental patterns. Parents share challenges, successes, and emotions in a judgment-free space where lived experience and mutual encouragement guide the conversation.
  • Parents of Trans and Gender-Diverse Youth Support Group – This group supports caregivers of trans and gender-diverse youth by offering a space to share their experiences, reduce isolation, and gain guidance on communication and acceptance. Sessions focus on understanding their child’s emotional and developmental needs, strengthening family connection, and navigating challenges in a supportive, non-judgmental setting.
  • Parenting Young Children: Building Emotional Resilience – This group supports caregivers of young children navigating big feelings, transitions, or early behavioural challenges. Members connect over shared experiences, reduce isolation, and discuss day-to-day realities of parenting young children with warmth and openness.
  • Professionals Coping with Burnout – This group brings together individuals in high-demand careers who feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or disconnected from their sense of balance. Members share experiences, normalize burnout-related stress, and support one another in navigating pressure and fatigue.
  • Rejected / Alienated Parent Support – This group offers stability and understanding for parents experiencing rejection, withdrawal, or alienation from a child. Members receive emotional support, connect with others who deeply understand this experience, and reduce isolation through shared insight and validation.
  • Substance Use Recovery – This group provides connection and understanding for individuals working to change their relationship with alcohol, cannabis, or other substances. Members share challenges and successes, offer support to one another, and discuss the emotional experiences that accompany recovery.
  • Trans & Gender-Diverse Youth Support Group – This group provides a safe, affirming space for trans and gender-diverse youth to share experiences, explore identity, and build connection with peers who understand their journey. Sessions focus on emotional support, navigating school and social dynamics, and fostering a sense of belonging in a respectful, inclusive environment.

Developmental Levels

TPSRC offers group programs across six developmental levels to ensure that each client participates in a setting that is appropriate, engaging, and aligned with their stage of growth. Developmental fit matters: a strategy that feels empowering to a teenager may feel overwhelming to a younger child, while an adult’s therapeutic needs and life context differ significantly from those of a post-secondary student. By organizing groups according to age and developmental stage, we create environments where participants feel understood, supported, and able to connect with others facing similar challenges.
 
For preschool and early elementary-aged children, groups emphasize playful engagement, emotional expression, early social skills, and foundational regulation strategies. Activities are hands-on and interactive, designed to help children practise skills through movement, creativity, and developmentally friendly routines.
 
Middle school participants benefit from a blend of structure and peer connection. Groups at this stage focus on building confidence, strengthening friendships, managing growing academic and social demands, and learning skills that support independence.
 
High school students engage in groups that address identity, emotional intensity, academic stress, relationships, and the transition into adulthood. These groups create opportunities for teens to explore their experiences with peers who understand the pressures they face.
 
Post-secondary students and young adults often navigate major transitions—academic demands, independence, career exploration, and complex relational experiences. Groups for this age range offer space to learn skills, deepen insight, and feel grounded during a period of rapid change.
 
Adult groups focus on the realities of adult life, including stress management, emotional patterns, relationships, work–life challenges, and personal growth. Participants benefit from structured strategies as well as opportunities to reflect, learn, and connect with others in similar life stages.
 
Across all developmental levels, groups are carefully designed to meet clients where they are. This alignment allows participants to learn skills that resonate, take risks at a pace that feels safe, and experience growth alongside peers who share their stage of life.

What to Expect

Group therapy at TPSRC provides a structured, supportive environment where participants can learn and practise new skills, explore emotions and patterns, and connect with others who share similar goals. Groups are intentionally designed to balance learning with experience — ensuring that members not only understand new strategies but also feel confident applying them in real time.
 
Each session includes guided activities, opportunities to practise strategies with the support of the facilitator, and space for meaningful discussions with peers. Participants are encouraged to reflect on their experiences, share insights at a pace that feels comfortable, and learn from the perspectives of others in the group. Over time, clients often find that the combination of structure, practice, and connection helps them build confidence and integrate skills more effectively into daily life.

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Group Structure, Frequency, and Fees

Group therapy at TPSRC follows a structured format that reflects standard clinical practice and ensures sessions are predictable, supportive, and effective. Group size, frequency, and duration vary based on the purpose and developmental level of each group.

Psychoeducational Groups

Psychoeducational groups typically run for three to six weekly sessions. These groups are designed to provide focused, research-based information and practical guidance, and include six to twelve participants. Sessions are generally 60 to 90 minutes in length.

Support Groups

Support groups operate on an ongoing or open-cycle basis and are often held weekly or bi-weekly. These groups offer a space for connection and emotional validation and generally include six to twelve participants. Sessions are 60 to 90 minutes in length.

Skills-Development Groups

Skills-development groups are structured programs that typically run for eight to twelve weekly sessions. These groups focus on teaching and practising specific skills and usually include six to ten participants to allow for coaching, practice, and individualized support. Sessions are 60 to 120 minutes in length.

Process and Insight Groups

Process groups generally operate as closed cycles of eight to twelve sessions that meet weekly. These groups are more intimate, with recommended group sizes of six to eight participants to allow for deeper emotional exploration and interpersonal feedback. Sessions are 60 to 120 minutes in length.

Across all group types, fees vary according to whether the group is facilitated by a supervisee, clinical therapist, psychotherapist, social worker, or psychological associate/psychologist, ranging from $50 to $100 per hour. This structure ensures families have access to affordable, evidence-informed group services delivered with clinical oversight and consistent quality.

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Why Clients Choose TPSRC
for Group Therapy

Clients choose TPSRC for group therapy because they want programming that is both clinically grounded and thoughtfully designed. All groups are facilitated or supervised by registered psychologists and psychological associates, ensuring that every session is guided by evidence-informed practice and supported by strong clinical oversight. Each program is intentionally structured around the developmental level of its participants, allowing children, adolescents, young adults, and adults to work in groups that feel relevant, comfortable, and attuned to their stage of life.
 
Our groups blend clear therapeutic intention with practical tools that extend far beyond the session. Participants learn strategies they can use at home, at school, at work, and in their relationships, supported by facilitators who help them apply new skills in real time. Groups are offered both in-person and virtually, making it easier for clients to access consistent, high-quality support in a way that fits their schedules and needs.
 
This model also provides a cost-effective pathway to evidence-informed care. Clients benefit from the collective strength of the group and the accountability that comes from learning alongside others, all while receiving the level of clinical attention and professionalism that TPSRC is known for. Through this combination of guidance, connection, and structured learning, participants feel supported, understood, and equipped to make meaningful changes in their lives. 

Across all group types, fees vary according to whether the group is facilitated by a supervisee, clinical therapist, psychotherapist, social worker, or psychological associate/psychologist, ranging from $50 to $100 per hour. This structure ensures families have access to affordable, evidence-informed group services delivered with clinical oversight and consistent quality.

Your opportunity to connect with others in the TPSRC community can begin today through our secure and convenient booking portal:

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After booking, our administrative team will connect with you to send you intake and consent forms, respond to your questions, including about insurance billing, and help you prepare for your first session.
 
From your first consultation to your final session, TPSRC ensures every step of the process is guided, structured, and supportive — evidence-based care delivered with clarity and compassion.