Group Psychotherapy
Two Ongoing Open Ended Therapy Groups:
Mixed Adult Group
Every Other Monday
Night 6:00pm - 8:10pm
Women Over 40
Every Wednesday Night Group 5:45pm – 7:00pm
Group Psychotherapy
Group is an excellent complementary therapeutic modality to individual therapy. Patients who feel isolated, alone, distrustful, or lack the skills necessary to relate and sustain connection with others can all benefit from group therapy. Group increases one’s sense of belonging, instills hope and helps to normalize feelings of ‘differentness’ or estrangement.
The interactive group experience provides ‘live action’ of one’s conflicts (i.e. fear of intimacy, problems with assertiveness) and seeks to help to unblock resistances, reduce of shameful feelings and inadequacy, and build self esteem. Over time, old ways of being are replaced with more authentic expression and communication.
Being in a group (along with individual therapy) increases the possibility of working the old and experiencing new feelings and thoughts that enhance and expand one’s self-concept and world view. Concomitantly, participants begin living life more fully: taking risks, repairing important old relationships, creating healthier new relationships, changing careers, cultivating hobbies, and welcoming closeness.
I utilize a Modern Analytic group technique that focuses on interpersonal relations in the here-and-now and uses techniques to actively engage all group participants. Rather than confronting defenses head on, the modern analytic approach seeks to highlight resistances by using a technique called “bridging” which invites group members to function as agents of change for each other in group.