WHAT IS GROUP THERAPY?
Are you longing for a sense of community?
Do you wish other people understood what you’re going through?
Have you ever felt shameful about your mental health related struggles?
Group therapy provides you with the opportunity to connect with others and embark on the journey of therapy in community. If you’ve ever felt alone, isolated, or ashamed, group therapy helps to destigmatize mental health related concerns and allows you see firsthand that you are not alone. Groups offer you the opportunity to receive understanding, support, and encouragement from others facing similar issues and gain different perspectives, ideas, and viewpoints on those issues.
The groups that we offer at NYCCT are CBT Skills Groups. This means that our groups are more structured than typical support groups. Attending a group at NYCCT will equip you with tangible tools and techniques that you can put into practice to manage your mental health in your daily life.
Group therapy sessions range from 60-90 minutes and meet anywhere from 8-15 weeks depending on the specific group.
Do you wish other people understood what you’re going through?
Have you ever felt shameful about your mental health related struggles?
Group therapy provides you with the opportunity to connect with others and embark on the journey of therapy in community. If you’ve ever felt alone, isolated, or ashamed, group therapy helps to destigmatize mental health related concerns and allows you see firsthand that you are not alone. Groups offer you the opportunity to receive understanding, support, and encouragement from others facing similar issues and gain different perspectives, ideas, and viewpoints on those issues.
The groups that we offer at NYCCT are CBT Skills Groups. This means that our groups are more structured than typical support groups. Attending a group at NYCCT will equip you with tangible tools and techniques that you can put into practice to manage your mental health in your daily life.
Group therapy sessions range from 60-90 minutes and meet anywhere from 8-15 weeks depending on the specific group.
SEVEN BENEFITS OF GROUP THERAPY
HOPE
Most of us are impacted by real stories of real people.
In group therapy, clients are inevitably in different stages of their recovery from mutual symptoms.
UNIVERSALITY
Clients tend to feel so alone, isolated, and ashamed, as if they are the only people with their problem. Group therapy shows clients that they are not, in fact, alone. A handful of "me too's" is a great antidote for shame.
IMPARTING INFORMATION
An example would be information about what is known to be true, based on research about anxiety disorders or clinical depression. When someone thinks to ask a question or build on someone else's point, the information becomes available to everyone in the group.
ALTRUISM
It feels good to help others.
SOCIAL SKILLS
Group is a great place to learn about assertiveness, among other social skills, and to practice actually asking for what you need directly from others in the room. Everyone involved will have the opportunity to experiment with new behaviors without fearing rejection.
CORRECTIVE RELATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Failure is an excellent teacher, but so is success. It is a safe setting to learn to ask for what you need or set boundaries for the first time, to do it badly, and to tiptoe and stumble until you figure it out.
SOCIAL MICROCOSM
In group, there are enough other personalities participating that relationship dynamics that you struggle with at home, work, with friends, or even within your family will start to evolve amongst the group members.
Most of us are impacted by real stories of real people.
In group therapy, clients are inevitably in different stages of their recovery from mutual symptoms.
UNIVERSALITY
Clients tend to feel so alone, isolated, and ashamed, as if they are the only people with their problem. Group therapy shows clients that they are not, in fact, alone. A handful of "me too's" is a great antidote for shame.
IMPARTING INFORMATION
An example would be information about what is known to be true, based on research about anxiety disorders or clinical depression. When someone thinks to ask a question or build on someone else's point, the information becomes available to everyone in the group.
ALTRUISM
It feels good to help others.
SOCIAL SKILLS
Group is a great place to learn about assertiveness, among other social skills, and to practice actually asking for what you need directly from others in the room. Everyone involved will have the opportunity to experiment with new behaviors without fearing rejection.
CORRECTIVE RELATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Failure is an excellent teacher, but so is success. It is a safe setting to learn to ask for what you need or set boundaries for the first time, to do it badly, and to tiptoe and stumble until you figure it out.
SOCIAL MICROCOSM
In group, there are enough other personalities participating that relationship dynamics that you struggle with at home, work, with friends, or even within your family will start to evolve amongst the group members.
CURRENT GROUPSCBT SKILLS FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY
NYC Cognitive Therapy is launching a virtual 15-week CBT Skills Group for Social Anxiety led by Gianna LaLota, LMHC and Franklin Ezeorah, Psy.D. The 15-week closed group will contain 10-12 members (ages 18 and up) whose primary concern is social anxiety. The goal of the group is to help members address concerns, including socializing, making friends, dating, increasing assertiveness and communication skills, advancing one’s career, and other performance-related anxiety using CBT skills and techniques. This group covers: - How to challenge anxious thoughts and develop more balanced thinking - Creating a fear hierarchy - In-session exposure exercises and behavioral experiments - Assertiveness training - Tips for small talk and having group conversations - Techniques for combating rumination - Attention training and mindfulness for anxiety The group will meet via Zoom on Monday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm starting in September. Please email [email protected] to learn more and schedule an intake session. ocd group
Struggling with OCD? Looking for tools to manage intrusive thoughts and reduce compulsions? Our structured 15-week online group will help you build essential skills using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques. In a supportive environment, you'll learn to: manage anxiety and distress, challenge unhelpful thought patterns, let go of the need for certainty, cultivate resilience and self-compassion. Each session includes practical exercises, guided strategies, and resources based on Getting Over OCD by Jonathan Abramowitz. Transform your relationship with OCD and take back control of your life! When: Weekly on Thursday evenings- 6:30-8:00pm Where: Online Start Date: TBA Ready to take the first step? Reach out today to learn more! Contact information: [email protected] PREVIOUS GROUPS- Virtual Body Talk: Nourishing Your Relationship to Food, The Body & Self - Virtual Group for Mindfulness - Parenting during COVID - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - Hoarding - Trichotillomania and Skin Picking Please contact us if a group covering any of these topics is of interest. |
READY TO JOIN A THERAPY GROUP?
Group therapy helps with so many issues, even beyond mental illness, and improves general wellness and relationship health.
Contact us to sign up for a CBT therapy group at the link below.
Group therapy helps with so many issues, even beyond mental illness, and improves general wellness and relationship health.
Contact us to sign up for a CBT therapy group at the link below.