I have tried group therapy twice. One was a process/support group for grad students (when I was a grad student) and the other, which i am currently in (and deciding if I will continue or not) is a support group for queer survivors of trauma and sexual assault. The problem with both groups is that the facilitators have been inexperienced and the mix of participants isn't quite right. In both groups, I have found it difficult to be mixed with clients who are low-functioning simply because we do not have very much in common and cannot relate well to one another. I am not getting the experience of really "seeing myself" in anyone else's struggle. Because I am in a very different place, I feel uncomfortable sharing because I don't want sound a certain way-- like, if I complain about the stress of my job, I'm afraid how it will sound to the other members who are unable to find jobs and are afraid they will never be healthy enough to work. I would fit in much better with a group of other people who are struggling with the same issues I am-- job stress, stress of just keeping "all the balls in the air", relationship dynamics after experiencing sexual assault, etc. The other group members are struggling to find things to do to fill their day (other therapy programs, distractions, etc) so that they don't stay stuck in re-living their trauma. I'm so busy that I can't seem to find a free moment to even process my trauma. But, during group, we don't actually process trauma because it is "triggering" and the facilitators are not actually trained as therapists, so it doesn't really help with that. So, I may not stay with the group. The thing I liked about it was that it's specifically a queer group, and I don't really have a lot of queer spaces to go in my current city, so that part was nice. And it's obvious that everyone in the group really cares and wants to help/be helped-- we just aren't looking for the same kind of help.