Online Group Therapy for Busy-Brained, High-Achieving, People Pleasers
Because You’re Tired of Carrying It All Alone—And You Shouldn’t Have To.
Group Therapy
What if healing wasn’t something to hustle for but something to receive in community?
CONNECTION, COMPASSION AND REAL-LIFE SKILLS IN A SPACE THAT GETS IT
You’ve tried to outwork the pain. To fix it with podcasts, self-help books, solo journaling, or holding yourself to impossibly high standards. You’ve white-knuckled your way through anxiety, burnout, and heartbreak—telling yourself if you could just get more organized, try harder, or stay positive, you’d finally feel okay. Maybe you’re the one who keeps everyone else afloat, even when you’re sinking. Maybe you’re grieving something no one else can see, managing thoughts you’re too ashamed to say out loud, or questioning if the way you relate to others is just too much. You’re tired. And you’re starting to wonder if there’s another way.
That’s where group therapy steps in—not as another performance, but as a space to soften the edges. If you’re navigating burnout and resentment in your relationships, trying to untangle your worth from how much you give, the group helps you find your voice again. If you’re stuck in loops of obsessive thoughts, compulsions, or mental checking, the group gives you space to practice freedom, not just talk about it. If you’re grieving the loss of someone, something, or some version of yourself, the group makes room for the sadness and for what’s still possible. You don’t have to heal in isolation. You don’t have to earn rest, connection, or support. You just have to show up—and let yourself be received.
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You’ve tried the productivity hacks, downloaded the habit trackers, and filled notebooks with color-coded plans. You’ve done everything “right”—but still feel stuck, overwhelmed, and quietly wondering if something’s wrong with you. It’s not that you’re not trying hard enough. It’s that trying harder isn’t the answer.
Group therapy offers something different. Not more things to do—but a space to unlearn, to breathe, and to stop doing it all alone. Because the truth is, you don’t need to optimize your way out of burnout. You need a place where you can show up honestly, be supported, and finally feel like enough—even without checking a single box.
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You’ve been white-knuckling your way through overwhelm for years—pushing through exhaustion, ignoring your own needs, and telling yourself to “just keep going.” People think you’re strong because you never quit. But strength isn’t the problem. The problem is that you’ve had to be strong for too long.
Group therapy offers a space to put down the pressure and stop relying on willpower to survive. You’ll learn how to listen to yourself again, not just push past discomfort. Because sustainable change doesn’t come from forcing—it comes from connection, practice, and support that meets you where you are.
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It’s easy to feel like something must be wrong with you—that everyone else has figured out how to cope, how to rest, how to say no, and you just… haven’t. But what if the issue isn’t you, but the pressure you’ve been living under?
Group therapy helps you unhook from that story. You’ll begin to see yourself through a more compassionate lens—one that honors your experience instead of pathologizing it. You don’t need to be less sensitive, less driven, or less you. You just need space to be understood and tools to support the nervous system you’ve been asking so much of.
You need a place to just be…
At The Red Door, group therapy isn’t about fixing you. It’s about offering you the space to feel seen, to breathe, and to know—deep in your nervous system—that you’re not the only one navigating this. It’s a space where you can drop the mask, where others accept and see the cracks behind your composure because they’ve lived it too.
Here, you get to exhale. And in that breath, something new begins.
This isn’t a lecture. It’s not a passive support circle or a place where someone else does all the talking. Group therapy here is interactive, skill-based, and deeply human.
Group work can feel intimidating at first. But over time, something shifts. You realize you’re not the only one who’s struggling. You begin to speak more freely, listen more openly, and take up space without apology.
Group Therapy That Makes Space for the Real You
ROOTED IN ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT), GROUPS AT THE RED DOOR HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO:
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Respond to stress, overwhelm, and self-doubt without spiraling.
Instead of getting stuck in loops of overthinking or criticism, you’ll learn how to pause, notice what’s happening, and respond from a place of clarity. You’ll practice creating space between what you feel and how you act—so you can stay grounded, even when things feel messy.
Build psychological flexibility so you can face hard emotions without shutting down.
We won’t try to eliminate discomfort, but you’ll learn how to move through it without letting it take the wheel. Over time, you’ll develop the capacity to sit with uncertainty, doubt, or fear—and still move toward what matters.
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Unhook from people-pleasing and perfectionism (without losing your compassion).
You don’t have to stop caring about others to stop abandoning yourself. In group, you’ll explore where these patterns come from—and how to shift them—so you can show up with integrity and authenticity, not just obligation.
Practice real-time communication and boundary-setting in a space that feels safe.
Group therapy gives you the chance to practice saying the hard things, asking for what you need, and holding your ground—without shame. You’ll learn to speak up in ways that feel aligned, even when your people-pleasing reflex wants to take over.
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Reconnect with your values—and learn how to act on them, even when it’s uncomfortable.
When you’re caught in survival mode, it’s easy to lose touch with what actually matters to you. In group, you’ll clarify your core values and begin practicing small, courageous steps toward a life that feels more grounded, meaningful, and true to you.
What Could Change If You Stopped Carrying It Alone?
Imagine moving through your day without second-guessing everything you said. You’re no longer stuck in the loop of “Did I do enough?” or “Did I say too much?” because you’re learning to trust yourself again. You stop shrinking to fit others’ expectations—and start expanding into who you truly are, without apology.
Your relationships begin to shift. You’re not tiptoeing around other people’s emotions or absorbing all the blame just to keep the peace. You communicate more clearly. You ask for what you need. And for once, you let yourself be seen—not just the version that’s easy to love, but your full, honest self.
And something else shifts, too: you feel more at home with yourself. The tension in your body loosens. The self-doubt quiets. You start living from your values, not your anxiety—and that clarity brings a kind of ease you didn’t know was possible.
You deserve this kind of support. Let’s find the group that’s right for you.
Starting Something New Doesn’t Have to Feel So Heavy.
What to Expect When You’re Ready to Begin
You may worry that a group will feel overwhelming, too vulnerable, or not “for someone like you.” But here’s the truth: most people come in feeling exactly that way—and leave realizing they weren’t alone in their struggle after all.
Group therapy at The Red Door is offered entirely online, so you can join from wherever you feel most comfortable—whether that’s your couch, your parked car, or your lunch break hideaway. It’s about connection, not perfection.
Getting started is simple. We begin with a free 20-minute consultation to talk through what you’re looking for and whether group therapy might be a good fit. If you decide to move forward, we’ll schedule a one-on-one 60-minute intake session with me. This private meeting gives us the chance to explore your goals, better understand your current challenges, and make sure we find the group environment that feels right for you.
Most groups meet for 90 minutes each week, offering enough time to connect meaningfully, practice new skills, and share without feeling rushed. While weekly attendance tends to lead to the most growth, flexibility is a core value here. We’ll work together to find a rhythm that honors your energy, schedule, and capacity.
Groups are capped at seven members to keep the space intimate and safe. Every participant is thoughtfully vetted to ensure a good fit—not just for the group’s topic, but for the dynamic we’re building together. You won’t be just a face in a Zoom square—you’ll be part of a small, supportive community that gets it.
Let’s Explore Which Group Might Be the Right Fit for You
Women’s mental health—shared struggles, real connection, lasting change
Women’s Mental Health Group: The Space You’ve Been Needing
You’ve been carrying it all, managing work demands, keeping the household running, remembering every little thing no one else notices, absorbing the weight of current events, and trying to hold it together when your mind and body feel out of sync. On the outside, you’re capable, composed, and dependable. Inside, you’re running on empty.
This group is the space you’ve been needing—a place where you don’t have to explain why you’re tired, why your brain won’t turn off, or why the smallest request can feel like too much. Here, you’ll connect with other women who carry their own invisible load and know exactly what it’s like to keep going when you’re running on fumes. Together, we’ll create a space that feels lighter just by being in it, where understanding runs deep, validation comes easily, and you can finally explore how to navigate life’s pressures with more compassion, flexibility, and steadiness.
Through the lens of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), we’ll focus on more than just “managing” stress; we’ll work on building the skills to respond to pressure without losing yourself in it. You’ll find room to rest without guilt, set boundaries without second-guessing, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that have been buried under responsibility.
Because it’s not about doing more, it’s about finally having space to breathe and to connect with other women who get it. When you’re surrounded by people who understand the invisible weight you’ve been carrying, you start to feel less alone, more grounded, and more able to show up for yourself.
Led by Emily MacNiven, LPC
Want to Learn More About How Group Therapy Works?
Explore this blog post from Emily: Co-Regulation in Action: How Group Support Meets the Nervous System
A space where the weight is shared, understood, and lightened together
This group has flexible, ongoing enrollment and welcomes new members at any point. Covered by most insurance plans.
Day & Time
Mondays:
2:30-4:00pm MST
3:30-5:00pm CDT
4:30-6:00pm EST
Online Group Therapy for OCD, Anxiety Loops, and Perfectionistic Overthinking
Permission to Be Uncertain
If your mind is stuck in “what if” mode, chasing certainty, replaying conversations, or performing endless mental rituals just to feel okay, you’re not alone. It’s exhausting to live in a brain that won’t settle until everything feels just right. But that search for certainty often makes things feel worse, not better.
This group creates a compassionate, judgment-free space to learn a different way of responding to obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Grounded in ACT, we’ll work on unhooking from those thoughts, expanding your tolerance for uncertainty, and reconnecting with a sense of purpose and peace, even when your brain is loud.
Group therapy helps you see you’re not the only one living with these intrusive fears. You’ll gain skills, perspective, and encouragement in a space where honesty and hope coexist.
Led by Emily MacNiven, LPC
Want to Learn More About How Group Therapy Works?
Explore this blog post from Emily: You Don’t Have to Hold It All Alone: Why Group Support Might Be Exactly What You Need
It’s okay to not feel certain. And it’s still possible to live a full, meaningful life.
Join when you’re ready—this group has flexible, ongoing enrollment. Covered by most insurance plans.
Day & Time
Tuesdays:
1:00-2:30pm MST
2:00-3:30pm CDT
3:00-4:30pm EST
Online Group Therapy for Communication, Boundaries, and People Pleasing
Voice Without Apology
You rehearse every word. You over-explain, avoid conflict, or say yes when you meant no. Deep down, you want connection, but you’re stuck in patterns that leave you resentful, misunderstood, or emotionally exhausted.
This group is for people who are ready to stop shrinking in relationships. Through ACT-based tools and guided group support, you’ll learn how to name your needs, set boundaries without guilt, and stay present—even when conversations get hard.
Group therapy offers something individual work can’t: real-time connection, shared courage, and the chance to practice saying the hard things out loud in a safe, supportive space.
Led by Emily MacNiven, LPC
Want to Learn More About How Group Therapy Works?
Explore this blog post from Emily:
Why Group Support Is a Game-Changer for Healing Relationship Wounds
Your voice matters—even when it’s messy, uncertain, or takes up space.
Join when you’re ready—this group has flexible, ongoing enrollment. Covered by most insurance plans.
Day & Time
Mondays:
1:00-2:30pm MST
2:00-3:30pm CDT
3:00-4:30pm EST
Online Group Therapy for Teachers Who Dread the Week Before It Even Starts
Small Steps Sundays
By Sunday afternoon, the weekend has slipped through your fingers. You’ve prepped lessons, half-folded laundry, maybe even answered a few emails… and yet, the weight is still there. It’s not just about Monday’s to-do list. It’s the knowing that you’re about to spend another week pouring out energy you don’t have, making decisions from the moment you wake up, and carrying the invisible emotional labor no one else notices.
Your brain doesn’t just spin on Sundays, it spins all week. But by late Sunday, the dread sharpens: Here we go again. The weekend “rest” you tried to have feels erased before it even lands.
That’s where Small Steps Sundays comes in.
Instead of revving yourself up to power through another week, we slow down. We take the pressure off “fixing” everything at once and focus on what your nervous system actually needs to get through, and grow through, what’s ahead. We trade in all-or-nothing pushes for bite-sized shifts that stack over time.
This group is your place to:
Drop the mask and be honest about what’s heavy without fear of judgment.
Work with your “always on” mind instead of trying to shut it down.
Interrupt burnout loops before they pull you under.
Practice boundaries without guilt, even in a culture that asks for endless giving from teachers.
Trust your own yes and no, instead of second-guessing every decision.
Grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), we’ll focus less on erasing your thoughts and more on reshaping your relationship to them, so you can make space for rest, presence, and what matters most.
Because sometimes the bravest thing you can do on a Sunday is take a smaller step, and still believe it counts.
Want to Learn More About How Group Therapy Works?
Explore this blog post from Emily:
I Can Hold It Together at School—So Why Is Everything Else Falling Apart?
You’ve spent the weekend trying to recover, only to feel the weight of the week pressing in by Sunday night.
Join when you’re ready—this group has flexible, ongoing enrollment. Covered by most insurance plans.
Day & Time
Sundays:
3:00-4:30pm MST
4:00-5:30pm CDT
5:00-6:30pm EST
Online Group Therapy for Navigating Adult Friendships & Dating with Social Anxiety or Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)
Brave Connections
You want connection, but sometimes it feels like your mind is working against you. A delayed text, a shift in tone, or an awkward silence can send you spiraling into “what did I do wrong?” Instead of feeling excited about friendship or dating, you’re bracing for the moment it all unravels.
Whether it’s:
The build-up before reaching out,
The awkwardness of small talk,
Or the post-conversation replay that leaves you exhausted
Your nervous system is in survival mode while your heart longs for connection. That’s not weakness; it’s the reality of navigating friendships and dating with social anxiety or rejection sensitivity. Here’s the good news: it doesn’t have to stay this way.
This group is for women navigating adult friendships and dating with tender hearts and busy, noisy minds. Together, we’ll explore how to:
Unhook from mental loops that keep you stuck.
Soothe the fear of rejection and the pressure to “get it right.”
Shift from self-abandonment to self-trust in your relationships.
Build resilience to show up authentically, even when vulnerability feels risky.
Grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and supported by creative reflection, this group gives you more than strategies; it gives you a space where you don’t have to perform, prove, or apologize.
Instead, you’ll find women who get it and learn how to move from isolation and self-doubt to connection, confidence, and self-compassion.
Led by Emily MacNiven, LPC
Want to Learn More About How Group Therapy Works?
Explore this blog post from Emily:
Am I Too Much or Not Enough? How Group Therapy Helps You Date Without Losing Yourself
Because connection shouldn’t mean silencing yourself, overthinking every word, or bracing for rejection
This group has flexible, ongoing enrollment and welcomes new members at any point. Covered by most insurance plans.
Day & Time
Wednesdays:
1:00-2:30pm MST
2:00-3:30pm CDT
3:00-4:30pm EST
Online Group Therapy for Grief, Transitions, and Letting Go
The Things We Carry
Want to Learn More About How Group Therapy Works?
Explore this blog post from Emily:
Grief Isn’t a Problem to Solve—It’s a Tender Story to Hold (Together)
Grief isn’t always loud. It can show up in the stillness after loss, in the ache of a relationship that’s changed, or in the quiet unraveling of how things used to be. Sometimes it’s caused by death. Sometimes by a thousand tiny goodbyes. Either way, the sorrow is real, and it deserves space to breathe.
This group offers a gentle place to lay down what you’ve been carrying, whether you're grieving a loved one, the loss of a role or relationship, or the turning of a life page you didn’t choose. Through ACT-based support and creative reflection, we’ll explore how to honor what was, make space for what is, and begin to trust the unfolding of what’s next. No fixing, no pressure, just presence, softness, and the slow work of letting go.
You’ll also be invited to engage in guided creative expression to help give form to the feelings that words can’t always reach.
Led by Emily MacNiven, LPC
You don’t have to move on. You just need a place to rest while you move through.
Join when you’re ready—this group has flexible, ongoing enrollment. Covered by most insurance plans.
Day & Time
Tuesdays:
2:30-4:00pm MST
3:30-5:00pm CDT
4:30-6:00pm EST
Take the next step
Ready to Join—or Just Exploring?
Whether you’re all in or still figuring things out, the next step is the same: fill out the form below. I’ll reach out personally to answer your questions, help verify your insurance if needed, and guide you through what comes next—whether that’s scheduling your intake session or simply starting a conversation.
No pressure, no rush—just real support, at the pace that works best for you.