Group Therapy & Small Support Groups in Tampa, FL

Group therapy at Karuna is run in small, therapist-led groups that balance personal attention with shared connection. At Karuna Behavioral Health in Tampa, FL , groups are intentionally limited in size so that every person has room to speak, ask questions and be heard.

Groups are the core of Karuna's ten-week program rather than a class you sign up for separately: three days of group therapy per week, alongside one individual therapy session per week, in a morning track (9:00am to 12:00pm) or an evening track (6:00pm to 9:00pm). Small sizing is simply how group care works across the program, so nobody gets lost in the room.

Group therapy is a structured, therapist-led session in which several adults working through similar challenges meet to learn coping skills, practise them, and talk through how they are going. A licensed clinician sets the plan for each session, teaches the skill of the day, and keeps the discussion safe and on track.

Members hear from the clinician and from each other, which often makes it easier to see a pattern in yourself that is hard to spot alone. These groups meet as part of Karuna’s intensive outpatient care, following the program’s weekly rhythm instead of being scheduled on their own.

Karuna's groups are capped at 16 people, counting in-person and video attendees together, and usually run at 12 to 14. That size is large enough to hear a range of perspectives and small enough that the clinician knows each person's goals, notices when someone has gone quiet, and can give direct, individual feedback during the session.

Karuna's support groups are clinician-led mental health groups for adults 18 and older, not peer-run drop-in meetings. Each session follows a plan, a licensed clinician leads it, and whatever comes up is carried into your individual session that week. Groups are open, so you can join in any week and graduate when you are ready, with no start date to wait for.

You can attend in person at our office on Sheldon Road in northwest Tampa, near Westchase and Citrus Park, or by video from anywhere in Florida, and you can mix the two when your week requires it.

Many people join a group with anxiety as their main concern. Group sessions offer repeated, low-pressure practice at the things anxiety tends to make harder: speaking up, sitting with uncertainty, and noticing a worried thought without acting on it. Skills from dialectical behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy are taught in group and used between sessions, and our anxiety counseling in Tampa explains the wider approach.

Every group is led by a licensed clinician, and the evening groups are facilitated by Stephanie Johnson, a master's-level clinician. Sessions rotate between three formats: psychoeducational groups that teach a specific skill, process groups that work through what members bring that day, and experiential groups that practise skills in the room.

Weekly themes rotate through topics such as communication and relationship skills, boundaries and codependency, emotional intelligence, and grief and loss, so there is always a clear focus without anyone needing to start from week one.

Your first group counseling session starts after a phone call and a short pre-assessment, and for someone who is ready, all three can happen on the same day. The clinician introduces you, explains how confidentiality works in the room, and walks through the week's theme. Nobody is asked to share their history on day one; listening is a perfectly good way to start, and most people speak up once they have seen how the group runs.

Our licensed clinicians create focused, meaningful sessions that blend guided discussion, therapeutic exercises, coping strategies, and educational tools. Smaller groups allow participants to:

• Feel more comfortable sharing personal experiences
• Receive direct feedback and individualized support
• Practice emotional regulation and communication skills
• Build deeper trust within the group
• Learn actionable skills to use in everyday life

To learn more about our practice as a whole, you can also explore the Karuna Behavioral Health website .

• Intimate group sizes that promote comfort and connection
• Therapist-led sessions with supportive guidance
• Evidence-based therapeutic structure
• A warm, welcoming office in northwest Tampa, with video attendance across Florida
• Accredited by The Joint Commission and licensed by Florida AHCA (License #14736)

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