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Group Psychotherapy

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Sometimes it might be useful to join a therapy group. Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and Counselling has been designed as a group therapy and this has many advantages. Group size is usually between 4-6.

So when is it best to join a group?
  • if you already had 3-6 months one-to-one therapy (earlier is not advisable)
  • if you would like to experience being part of a development within a group and want to receive feedback, but also support others with your experiences and thoughts.
  • maybe you find it hard to connect to others and would like to learn this in a contained and safe setting

There are many more reasons why joining group therapy might be a good choice for you. Whatever you decide, we will respect your preferences as to whether you want to be in a group or have one-to-one sessions.

Group sessions involve the same as individual sessions, with the added benefit of:
  • being able to learn from other's experiences
  • have several individual's feedback and thoughts
  • experiencing protection and safety within a group and possibly outside of sessions.
  • 120 minute sessions instead of 50 minutes at a lower price

However, there are also limitations:
  • depending on whether a group member is in acute crisis, you might not get the same time for yourself within a session as you would in one-to-one psychotherapy and counselling.
  • sometimes conflict can arise
A group is facilitated safely and at the beginning of the group we contract with each member on how much time they need in that particular session and make sure that you have a satisfactory experience.

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