Group Therapy
What is Group Therapy and How Does it Help?
The group size is small for the same reason that business organizations often keep work groups small – studies show there is more synergy in smaller groups. As a group, they find solutions they would otherwise miss.
Groups are either Open or Closed. By open, we mean that the group is ongoing and new members may join at any point. By close, the group is designed to follow a structured program from start to finish. For consideration of all, a closed group may only be joined at the start.
In fact, there are five powerful benefits of group therapy. In group therapy, each participant:
- Learns they are not alone
- Receives much needed support from others (and gives support)
- Is able to see their own feelings more clearly through the experiences of others.
- Learns to relate better to others and self.
- Enjoys a safe social environment for exploring difficult feelings and issues.
These benefits cannot be understated. Humans are social creatures. While individual therapy can help each of us better understand our internal motivations, only group therapy can provide some with the social acceptance they need to heal.
How Do I Join a Group?
- Stress Management Group
- Psychotherapy Group
- Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation Group
About Current Lev Counseling Therapy Groups:
Thursdays 5:15 pm-6:45 pm [NEED TO CONFIRM ALL DAYS AND TIMES]
The goal of this solutions-focused group is to teach you to identify your sources of stress, learn techniques for handling stress, and help finding balance to reduce the stressors in your life. This group will help you:
- Understand the 5 aspects of mental processing that leads to stress
- Understand your emotional needs and wants
- Learn to take responsibility for your own thoughts and behavior
- Apply the central strategies for stress management and healthy living
- Learn and use:
- critical problem solving
- assertiveness
- conflict resolution
- time management, and
- self-care techniques
For men and women, ages 22-30, Wednesdays 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Do you struggle with uncertainty about your career, relationships, and self confidence?
This ongoing group is aimed at helping ease symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, or unworthiness because of major transitions in post-college life. Common topics include career, responsibility, relationships, and navigating independence.
This group will teach you how to effectively handle significant life changes like selecting a mate, living with a partner, developing a strong support system, and growing professionally in a meaningful career.
The group further teaches critical problem solving, communication, goal development, emotional health, resilience, and means to cope with relationship skills.
Sundays 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Do you experience impulsivity, mood swings, low self-esteem, symptoms of depression or anxiety?
Are you struggling with substance abuse?
This psychotherapy group provides empirically proven tools to tackle life’s challenges with emotional regulation. Beginning with mindfulness training to increase self-awareness, focus, and overall effectiveness, the group helps you understand your emotions and increase positive emotions.
Over the course of six-week-long modules, participants will learn to organize behavior and take action while improving interpersonal relationships and social competence.
Over the course of six-week-long modules, participants will learn to organize behavior and take action while improving interpersonal relationships and social competence.
What Can I Expect from Group Therapy
Still, your level of participation is up to you. The group is there to both share their own experiences in applying psychotherapy and support one another. Overall, group therapy is a positive experience and helps people gain a sense of community, support and courage.
Contact me today at (312) 203-2979 to get started with this important step to wellness and recovery!
