If you are interested in joining a therapy group, please click on "Contact Jeffrey," above, right, or join my mailing list to let me know of your interest, and we can discuss your situation and see if my group is a good fit for you.

Group therapy can be particularly helpful for many people, providing a safe setting to work on relationship issues. Many times friends avoid telling you how they really feel when they are with you, or relatives will tell you, but their feedback can sting with all that baggage you have with them, making it too painful to hear. In a therapy group, members do not have outside contact, so they can feel freer about being straight with one another, giving participants the unique opportunity to get honest, yet gentle feedback. It is also a powerful experience to be helpful to others. Even though you may be dealing with your own difficult issues, you have a lot to offer others, based on your experience and perceptions.

My role in the therapy group is to insure that it remains safe for everyone. It is critically important that no one feels scapegoated or singled out for negative feedback. Everyone has something very important to offer, even if they don't agree with the others.

When someone joins my therapy group, I always meet with them individually for several sessions first. This provides a chance for us to get to know one another, and for you to feel comfortable and safe with me, before you start what is naturally a bit nerve-wracking at first. When you are in a group of people you don't yet know, it really helps to have at least one person you are familiar with. Since we meet individually first, I can be that "anchor" person for you. After just a few sessions (sometimes even after just one session), most people start to feel comfortable in the group.

Whenever a new person joins the group, we discuss confidentiality. The general rule is that “what's said in the room, stays in the room”. Just as in any other form of therapy, people need to feel safe in opening up, and knowing that others won't “blab” to outsiders about your personal issues is necessary to feel you can share with the group.

Please see this video I've made about my therapy groups.