Group Sessions
Group sessions are at the core of our virtual IOP. Three times a week online, you'll join a small, curated group of peers matched by age and experience — with licensed facilitators guiding each session.
Group sessions anchor your week — with individual therapy, family therapy, and psychiatric care built around them. Groups are designed to create consistency and connection, giving you regular opportunities to learn alongside peers, build trust, and support one another throughout treatment.
Sample schedule
*Available as needed
01—05
Sample schedule
*Available as needed
Group sessions are guided conversations where a small group of peers work through similar behavioral health challenges together. In an intensive outpatient program (IOP), they’re a central part of weekly care.
Unlike talking one-on-one with a therapist, group sessions let you learn from other people who are struggling alongside you. Hearing how others cope offers a kind of support that only comes from lived experience. By the same token, you’ll be able to help other people, too. This give-and-take is part of why group work is a well-established part of behavioral health treatment.
How it works
At Charlie Health, you're matched into groups with others who share similar experiences, which can make it easier to open up. Every group follows a familiar rhythm, though the specifics vary from session to session:
Today’s Objective
Exploring how our relationships impact our:
Skills-building Hour: Session 3
Learning mindfulness to help us get through difficult times
Group Facilitator
10 minute activity
If your anxiety could write a song about what it would want you to know, how would it go?
Write a few lines of lyrics for us.
Group Facilitator
One of the most common worries before a first session is “What am I even supposed to talk about?” The honest answer is anything on your mind. There’s no wrong thing to bring and every group dynamic is different.
Hearing someone say “me too” can land harder than months of advice from someone who hasn't lived it.
Helping someone else through a hard moment is its own kind of healing.
You practice new tools with real people, not just in theory.
Isolation makes everything harder. Group connects you with people who understand, every week.
At Charlie Health, treatment always includes both group sessions and individual therapy. Group sessions show you you're not alone in this while individual therapy makes the work specifically yours. Together, they make one coordinated plan.
| Group sessions | Individual therapy |
|---|---|
| Who’s there You, a small peer group, and a group facilitator | Who’s there You and your Primary Therapist |
| Best for Connection, shared experience, and room to practice new skills | Best for Going deep on what’s personal to you |
| What it feels like “I’m not the only one” | What it feels like “This hour is just about me” |
Groups are matched by age, experience, and clinical need. Your Clinical Admissions Therapist ultimately decides which group is the best fit for you. Our current group types include:
Groups built around a proven therapeutic method, pairing hands-on skills you can use every day with space to process what's underneath.
Includes:
