Group Counseling
A wide range of group counseling services offers a sense of community to patients of all ages.
Who should seek group counseling/therapy?
There are many benefits to group counseling, including feelings of being included and knowing you are not alone. It can help improve social skills and teach members new ways to cope.
At Signature Health, groups are available to established patients only (unless otherwise noted below).
Anyone interested in attending a group who is not a Signature Health patient will first need to have an assessment appointment to establish care. Once the assessment is complete, and the patient is deemed appropriate for a group by the assessment counselor, a referral will be submitted.
No direct referrals to group will be accepted outside of the agency.
Established Signature Health patients interested in joining a new group should ask their provider for a referral.
Anger Management
This group helps patients build anger management skills. There's a focus on the cycles of anger and how to respond assertively while developing effective problem-solving strategies.
- Available in Ashtabula, Beachwood, Lakewood, Maple Heights, Painesville and Willoughby
- In Painesville, a referral is required from the Lake County court system
Adult Social Skills (CPST)
This group helps patients improve social interaction with others. Participants learn appropriate social skills; practice coping skills; and work on improving self-esteem, self-confidence, self-acceptance and discovering personal self-worth.
- Available in Willoughby
Art Therapy
- Available in Beachwood, Maple Heights and Willoughby
Body Focused Repetitive Behavior – Adult Group
This group helps patients learn and apply alternatives to replace repetitive behaviors including but not limited to hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting, or other potentially self-injurious behaviors.
- Available in Ashtabula
Boys Council - Social Skills Group for Summer
This group helps boys ages 10 to 16 focus on mental health awareness, coping skills and social skills development.
- Available in Lakewood
Building Healthy Relationships
This group offers support to women by focusing on nurturing their well-being; fostering self-love; and building resilient, healthy relationships
- Available in Willoughby
C.A.R.E (Change Awareness Recovery Empowerment)
This group helps patients learn valuable coping skills to manage life stressors in a fun, creative and supportive environment.
- Available in Beachwood
Case Management Support Group (CSS)
This group offers additional support to clients who do not meet the level of consciousness for more intensive mental health groups.
- Available in Maple Heights
Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Group
Helps patients develop mindfulness strategies, learn healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate emotions and improve relationships with others.
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Available in Ashtabula, Lakewood, Maple Heights and Willoughby
Enlightened
This women's group focuses on support and education to help process trauma and build new skills.
- Available in Painesville
For Couples: Seven Principles Program
This group provides couples with tools to build strong, satisfying, meaningful relationships.
- Available in Painesville
Grief Support/Grief Loss
This group offers support to patients who have suffered a loss. Focus areas include the grief cycle, grief education, coping skills and connecting with peers.
- Available in Beachwood, Lakewood, Maple Heights and Willoughby
Healing HeArts
This group combines grief education and art to help patients who have lost a loved one.
- Available in Willoughby
HEALS Women's Group
This group focuses on lifting, supporting and educating women on building acceptance, empowerment and self-esteem.
- Available in Beachwood
Inspire
This group helps patients focus on healthy relationships, setting boundaries and education on co-dependency and resilience.
- Available in Painesville
Love and Logic Parenting Group
This parenting group helps patients learn and apply practical tools and techniques to assist in achieving respectful and healthy relationships with their children.
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Available in Ashtabula & Willoughby
Men's Peer Group
This group helps support men in being more comfortable exploring mental health and learning new coping skills.
- Available in Beachwood
Mental Health and Aging
This group is for patients 55+ to help them in identifying common life obstacles during this stage of life. Patients will be educated on how to overcome these obstacles and different ways to cope.
- Available in Beachwood
Mental Health Recovery
This group helps patients learn valuable coping skills to manage stressors in a fun, creative and supportive environment.
- Available in Beachwood
Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
This group is designed to provide support to patients and help with functioning in the home and community.
- Available in Ashtabula, Painesville, Willoughby
Mental Health Solutions
This virtual group is designed to help patients who find themselves in need of group support for mental health.
- Available in Maple Heights
Mindfulness
This group helps patients practice mindfulness activities such as guided imagery, deep breathing, exercises and many other relaxation techniques.
- Available in Beachwood
Mothers and Babies
This group helps patients utilize coping skills to help manage mood and stress within the context of parenting a baby.
- Available in Lakewood, Painesville, & Willoughby
NAMI Connections
This is a community-based support group, led by a NAMI facilitator, that meets on Wednesdays at Signature Health's Willoughby office. Learn more. Patients and community members welcome.
NAMI Peer to Peer
This is a community-based support group, led by a NAMI facilitator, that meets on Fridays at Signature Health's Willoughby office. Learn more. Patients and community members welcome.
Pa'delante
This group focuses on building community, increasing emotional support and fostering resiliency for women within the Hispanic community.
- Available in Painesville
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
Our Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) can help patients struggling with severe mental health concerns such as serious recurring psychiatric symptoms.
- Available in Beachwood and Willoughby
Rainbow Club
This group welcomes individuals within the LGBTQ+ community to share their experiences and gain insight for navigating their identity.
- Available in Willoughby
Relationships Group - Adult Men's Relationship Group
This group is for neurodiverse men with problematic sexual behavior and/or boundary/social skill issues to gain impulse control and relationship skills.
- Available in Willoughby, Maple Heights, Beachwood, Lakewood & Ashtabula
Schizophrenia and Psychosis Support Group
This group helps patients reduce the distress associated with the symptoms of psychosis and improve functioning.
- Available in Lakewood
(SHARE) - Signature Health All Recovery Experiences
This group is peer facilitated and works to improve patient lives through the support of others who are also trying to recover. All types of recovery are welcome!
- Available in Lakewood
Starting with PRIDE
This is a LGBTQIA+ group for neuro-typical youth between the ages of 14-17 years old that focuses on shared experiences among participants and providing support. This group will contain the K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum- Rights, Respect, Responsibility.
- Available in Ashtabula
Trauma Recovery
This group helps patients understand the impact of trauma on the nervous system and the body.
- Available in Beachwood
Women's Support and Coping
This group offers support for women to learn ideas about empowerment and tools to use in finding their voice and confidence.
- Available in Willoughby
Youth Art Group
This group offers support for children ages 12 to 16 through art.
- Available in Beachwood
Aftercare/Recovery Maintenance Group
Our Aftercare and Recovery Maintenance groups are appropriate for patients who have completed the IOP program and are working to strengthen their sobriety. The focus is building coping skills to address relationships, stresses, and symptom management to reduce the risk of relapse.
- Available in Ashtabula, Beachwood, Lakewood, Maple Heights, Painesville and Willoughby
Dual Partial Hospitalization Program (DPHP)
This group assists patients with a dual mental health and substance use disorder diagnosis. It focuses on building coping skills and mindfulness to help stabilize and improve patients' living environments.
- Available in Maple Heights
Hope is Our Journey and Together We Recover
These are community/peer-based groups that meet on Thursdays at Signature Health's Ashtabula office. The groups support individuals in recovery through peer lead discussion. Both patients and community members are welcome.
Intensive Outpatient Program
With 9 hours a week of structured programming each week, the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) includes group to help patients struggling with severe substance use disorders including drugs or alcohol. The program addresses addiction by building the skills required to continue being successful in recovery.
- Available in Ashtabula, Beachwood, Lakewood, Maple Heights, Painesville and Willoughby
Living Well
This group helps patients maintain medication compliance and resiliency in a group setting.
- Available in Maple Heights
Treatment Engagement
This group is for patients in the early stages of change. The goal is to provide a positive space to encourage taking action toward recovery. Patients can attend one to three times weekly based on individual need and commitment.
- Available in Ashtabula, Beachwood, Lakewood, Maple Heights, Painesville, and Willoughby
Awareness Group
This group is appropriate for adolescent males who have demonstrated sexually problematic behavior.
- Available in Ashtabula and Willoughby
Extra Awareness Group
This group is appropriate for special needs adolescent males who have demonstrated problematic sexual behavior.
- Available in Ashtabula and Willoughby
Support Squad Group for Teens
This group helps teens learn skills and improve emotional wellness using a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) curriculum.
- Available in Painesville
Intensive Outpatient Program for Adolescents
This group is appropriate for adolescents ages 13 to 17 who are struggling with drug or alcohol use, to facilitate change and support long-term recovery. Sessions focus on understanding substance use disorder, coping strategies, communication skills, relapse prevention, managing stress and emotions, and improving relationships. Adolescents attend three times weekly, and a parent or guardian attends once per week.
- Available in Willoughby
“I would suggest the recovery-based groups to anyone. They are in the business of changing lives at Signature Health!”
–Athena G.
What insurance do you accept?
Signature Health accepts:
- Medicaid
- Traditional Medicare
- Some Medicare Advantage plans
For patients without insurance, we offer a sliding fee scale program for those who qualify. This means payment is based on your income and household size. We can also help get new patients set up with Medicaid.
See a full list of accepted insurances.
How do I make an appointment?
Please call any of our offices to schedule an appointment:
- Ashtabula - (440) 992-8552
- Willoughby - (440) 953-9999
- Maple Heights - (216) 663-6100
- Beachwood - (216) 831-6466
- Painesville - (440) 853-1501
- Lakewood - (216) 766-6080
Click here for walk-in hours and availability.
For new patient assessment appointments, you can also schedule by:
- Live chatting a member of our patient services team during business hours
- Completing our online registration and picking your visit date/time (right now, this is only available for telehealth assessments, or if you want to come in person to Ashtabula or Beachwood)
For more information about services offered at each location, please refer to our locations page.
How long does group counseling last?
Group therapies vary in length and frequency and depend on the specific group.