If you're considering psychotherapy, several options are available. One of those options is group therapy.
Depending on the nature of your problem, group therapy can be an ideal choice for addressing your concerns and making positive changes in your life.
Group therapy involves one or more psychologists who lead a group of roughly five to twelve patients. Typically, groups meet for an hour or two each week. Some people attend individual therapy in addition to groups, while others participate in groups only.
Many groups are designed to target a specific problem, such as hoarding disorder, anxiety, or OCD. Below is a list of some of our groups.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Group for Children (ages 8-12)
The Cognitive Behavior Therapy Group for Children consists of 15 weekly sessions for 75-90 minutes in our Hartford location. The group will be facilitated by a licensed psychologist with expertise in helping children with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Children and caregivers participate in separate, simultaneous groups.
Children will learn how to:
- Increase emotional awareness as they make connections between their behaviors, thoughts, and physical sensations
- Build a plan to experiment with new ways of facing uncomfortable emotions
- Practice challenging their emotions using skills learned
Caregivers will learn:
- The same strategies that their children are learning
- Effective parenting skills including understanding the role of avoidance and accommodation
- How to respond to an anxious child
- How to support their child in building mastery of the coping skills
Hoarding Disorder Group
The group takes place weekly and consists of 16 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy for hoarding disorder. Treatment will focus on increasing motivation for decluttering, and learning skills to improve organization, discarding. Participants will also learn how to increase flexible thinking and how to reduce acquiring. The group will take place in our Hartford location.
Unified Protocol Adolescent Group
The Unified Protocol Adolescent Group begins with a 6 week Adolescent Introduction to the Unified Protocol Group. Teens will learn to increase emotional awareness as they make connections between their behaviors, thoughts, and physical sensations. During the group they will start to build a plan to experiment with new ways of facing uncomfortable emotions. Separate family meetings will be scheduled during this introduction group. After the 6 week introduction group, teens will transfer to our Adolescent Unified Protocol Practice Group where they will practice challenging their emotions using the skills they have learned. This group is open to teenagers with Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.