22455 Boca Rio Road, Boca Raton, FL 33433 Phone: 561-483-5300

Our mission is to promote emotional well-being through a variety of free and low-cost programs. All of our counseling groups and support groups are free.

At the Center for Group Counseling, we provide a warm, accepting and confidential environment where people who are dealing with life’s problems are helped to make changes or to cope more effectively with things that they cannot change.

Since 1973 the Center has provided counseling services to people of all ages at its facility on Boca Rio Road and at outreach locations throughout Palm Beach and Broward counties.

Groups are led by graduate students pursuing master’s degrees or doctoral degrees in psychology, social work or mental health counseling and are co-led by volunteer group leaders with graduate degrees in mental health fields. Group leaders are assisted by volunteer facilitators. All volunteers and graduate students are trained and supervised by the Center’s staff of licensed clinical professionals.

Center History

The Center is located in Boca Raton on Boca Rio Road (south of Palmetto Park Road) in a custom-designed two-story, 16-sided building, which symbolizes the circle of group therapy. The Center provides counseling, therapy, and support to more than 1,000 clients each year.

Center Services

Some other services include: clinical programs, initial evaluations, adult groups, couples group, parent-child group, parent-teen group, student counseling & mental health counseling. There are also themed support groups, which have had significant demand within the community.

Volunteer Opportunities

For information about volunteering in any of the following areas, call Barbara Shaffer, volunteer manager, at the Center.