I participated in a group set up specifically for female survivors of CSA. It was set up by my individual therapist and one of his therapist colleagues who both saw the need for such a group among their own clients. They hand picked the 8 of us who participated as a group they felt would work well together.

It's been a few years, so my memory of exactly how the sessions were structured is vague anymore. It seems like most often the therapists started the session with some sort of focus question/topic and then the session evolved from that point.

It was a marvelous experience -- one of the most profound therapy experiences I ever had actually. What made it work was the fact that we were all there for similar reasons so no matter who was talking, it was as if it really did connect and apply to all of us. We were very respectful of each other and no one person dominated the group. Having two therapists co-lead worked really well.

I tried other groups, but found they weren't set up with the same care and attention to the mix of clients and just never worked as well.