I'm sorry you have had these experiences, littleowl. For me, group therapy has never been an option at all, and I just wanted to mention the fact that it is not something that helps everybody, and that's perfectly okay. If somebody is not helped by group therapy, it can be because a) the specific group is problematic in some way, b) the therapist who leads the exercise is not doing their job, c) the person just isn't the kind of person who benefits from group therapy - and probably other possible reasons as well. But if you cannot raise your problems in the group, it does not have to mean that you have to try harder, or that the facilitator isn't doing their job, or that there might be another group for you - it could quite simply be that group therapy isn't helpful for you, because you don't feel comfortable ventilating your issues in a group and the group's response cannot help you. Only you can gauge whether that might be the case. But in therapy there is no solution that is good for everybody, we're all different and need different things. Any halfway competent therapist should recognise that.