Group Therapy

Some cases, personality specifics and problem origins are suitable to be tackled by group therapy. If it’s the first time you go to therapy, you know you need this but are shy to share – in big groups people tend to get comfortable quickly and talk with easy, realizing that there are other people with similar issues.

Psychodrama is the main method used during group work. We get into different roles, share feelings from being in those roles, look at the people and situations from a different perspective and see things we haven’t even thought about before.

Advantages of group therapy:

* In a larger group (6-9 people) different angles of the same problem may be seen, discussed, and used to find possible solutions. This is a process where all members take part in. Everyone can express their opinion, previous experience, feelings, and emotions. The satisfaction that the group has helped someone is shared by all participants.

* The keywords here are “expressing an opinion”, “sharing previous similar experience”. No one is there to judge you or criticize you for the choices you have made.

* Working in a group you learn to resolve conflicts in a peaceful, at the same time – productive manner. Everyone’s opinion is valued, critics and attacks are forbidden. The place is both secure, and free to express your opinion. 

* Learning to share with people you don’t know. You may even feel a special kind of bond with some of them. Sometimes it’s easier to share with strangers, rather than talk to friends who often judge us, the way we think and how we behave. * Confidentiality of everything said and done.