Group Based Therapy
Group Based Therapy
If you’re considering psychological therapy, several options are available to you. At Bedfordshire Talking Therapies, we offer a wide range of group-based treatment interventions which may be made available based on the nature of your current difficulties and your identified goals for therapy.
Some of these groups are designed to target a specific problem such as depression, uncontrollable worry or social anxiety. Other groups focus more generally on managing wellbeing alongside long-term physical health conditions or improving low self-esteem.
Understandably, people often feel nervous or reluctant to attend treatment in a group setting however, there are a number of benefits of using this approach, even over more traditional one-to-one therapies. In fact, feedback from our own previous group participants has almost always been surprise at how rewarding they found the group experience to be!
If you are interested in attending a group or would like to learn more about group treatment options with Bedfordshire Talking Therapies, please have a look at some of the options available further below or contact us to discuss further.
Some key benefits of attending therapy in groups include -
Validation & Normalisation - Many people experience mental health difficulties but few openly speak about them to others, especially people they do not know well. This can often leave people feeling isolated and like they are alone in their struggles. But this is not the case, and it can be a relief to speak and hear others speak about shared difficulties to help realise that you are not alone.
Confidence - Group therapy can help people develop confidence in expressing themselves openly and honestly.
Additional Support - Group therapy can provide a greater sense of support and encouragement, not only from your therapist, but also from other members of the group who are often experiencing similar difficulties.
Self-Awareness - Group therapy can also help people develop a greater level of self-awareness by regularly talking and listening to others which can help put your own problems into perspective, leading to newfound understanding.
Communication Skills - Group therapy can help people learn how to more effectively communicate their thoughts and feelings, to listen to others and to build and maintain stronger relationships.
Accountability - Group therapy can provide a sense of accountability as members support each other in reaching their goals.
Physical Health Benefits - Building a support network of more meaningful relationships has been shown to have a positive impact on our body’s ability to fight stress.
Role Modelling - Members of the group can often serve as ‘role models’, helping one another to see there is hope for recovery.
Diversity – We all have different backgrounds and personalities, and this means we all look at situations in various different ways and group therapy embraces these differences. By seeing how other people tackle problems and make positive changes, group participants can discover a whole new range of strategies to help face their own difficulties.
