Process, skills, or support. They’re different things doing different jobs, and “group” on a listing tells you nothing about which one you’re looking at.
Reviewed by Albert Wong, PhD·Clinical psychologist·Last reviewed September 2026·About this site
Why the label on a listing isn’t enough
“Group” covers three quite different things, and the words are used loosely. A drop-in peer support meeting and a year-long clinician-led process group appear under the same heading and share almost nothing.
Support and therapy. The distinction matters least on an ordinary evening and most in the moment something goes wrong — whether anyone is screened, whether anyone is trained for risk, and whether anyone is responsible. Both are valuable; only one is treatment.
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