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Originally Posted by nessaea
Hi all!
Was wondering who else here had done group therapy, and what they had thought of it? Some questions, if you want specific ones:
- Have you ever done group therapy?
- What type of group therapy was it? (skills focused, support, specific diagnosis, etc?)
- Who ran the group?
- What did the structure of the group meetings look like?
- What were the criteria and/or rules for the group?
- What did you like about it?
- What didn't you like about it?
- Would you do group therapy again (or ever, if you have never done it)?
- What would your ideal group therapy experience look like?
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i am in group therapy right now. it is a womens trauma group that meets weekly. its a closed group which means no new members can join, but it opens up for a couple weeks every 6 months. my T runs it. its a process group which means we just talk about anything... our issues, our days, even whats happening in the group itself. sometimes we look over worksheets and talk about those.
the only criteria for the group is that its womens only, but all of us do suffer from effects of trauma. i like that i can hear other women's stories and even though they don't mirror mine i do find a lot of elements that i can really relate to... experiences, feelings, desires. what i dont like about it is it ramps up my anxiety to be open and vulnerable around other people. having my T there helps, though.
i cant really picture my ideal group therapy experience...