Group Psychotherapy

Group psychotherapy is a courageous and appropriate way to transform relational wounds and the impact that the past has on your present relationships. Wounds that impact our social functioning or ability to be intimate with others were created in relationship, and therefore best healed within the context of healthy and corrective relationships which offer sunlight, comfort and nourishment to deprived or bruised places within the person.

While practicing communication and relational skills that builds (self) trust and develop empathy, group psychotherapy offers a safe container to bring yourself to relationships in a new way.

We are not neurologically wired to go through life alone or to feel difficult feelings in isolation, however in many cases it can feel safer to withdraw and try to go it alone when life gets overwhelming. Knowing when it is best for your therapeutic growth to enter into group psychotherapy vs individual therapy is part of my clinical assessment I can support you within, and I recommend talking with your individual therapist about before entering the experience.

Being encouraged to practice authenticity is common in group work, while looking compassionately at protective mechanisms like inhibition, freeze reactions, dissociation, or other common defenses. Embodying yourself in a new way becomes possible through new, healthy relationships (with yourself and others) who reflect who you are now and are curious about what is possible together.

If you are interested in joining a group process with me, please inquire on my contact page.