Group therapy

Group therapy

Group therapy is based on mutual respect and the collective empathy of the group members, as well as the therapist’s trust and responsibility for the group. The therapist is responsible for creating a safe environment and selecting the members. Gaining self-knowledge is one of group therapy’s main goals. The issues that concern and are discussed by a team member are no different from the issues that someone would work on in individual therapy. Working on difficult topics with a group of people who understand you is what separates group therapy from individual therapy. The encouraging look of the other members is what may help a person in group therapy go one step further, to determine who they want to be and towards what direction they want to steer their personal life. Issues are discussed in a broader systemic context, in a context with human interactions, as it happens in real life. The realization that there are other people who live and fight with certain difficulties, and who do not let those issues determine the course of their personal life, is what serves in many cases as an inspiration for someone selecting to be in a therapy group. Before joining a group, a certain amount of sessions are made individually with the candidate for group therapy. Prerequisite for joining a group is the commitment to therapy.