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Why we should all give group therapy a go!
- Group therapy is often stereotyped and overlooked as a way to deal with challenges in your life, but it can offer a variety of benefits if you are willing to try it.
- It offers a chance to experiment with real emotions and aspects of your life.
- It helps you notice issues and habitual patterns in your life.
- You can try different responses and different behaviors in group that you might not feel comfortable doing in your everyday life and relationships.
- The other people in the group can offer a variety of different views and perspectives to help you work through things.
- You can say things honestly to others with the knowledge that everyone will return next week, and you can continue to work through difficulties. This can provide security!
- It provides you with a sense of community and belonging. It can really help with issues of social isolation.
- It can provide stability that is not always present in personal life.
Resources
Additional resources for this episode:
- Austin Group Psychotherapy Society: Organization that promotes group therapy and provides training for clinicians
- American Group Psychotherapy Association: National organization that promotes group therapy as a cost effective and clinical valuable treatment.
- Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy Scott Rutan Walter Stone and Joseph Shay. These are masters of group. Excellent text for therapists and others eager to learn about group. You can trust these authors.
- These and other resources have been collected for you on our Resources page!
