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At SWA, we value the opportunity that group therapy can add into individual’s treatment plan. Group therapy offers several benefits that can complement individual therapy or serve as a primary treatment approach.
Here are some key advantages:
- Support and Encouragement: Being part of a group provides a sense of belonging and support from others who are facing similar challenges. Group members can offer encouragement, empathy, and understanding, which can be incredibly validating and reassuring.
- Different Perspectives: Hearing different viewpoints and experiences from others can help you gain new insights into your own situation. It can also help you see problems from various angles and discover alternative coping strategies.
- Improved Social Skills: Group therapy provides a safe environment to practice social and communication skills. This can be especially beneficial for individuals who struggle with interpersonal relationships or social anxiety.
- Cost-Effective: Group therapy is often more affordable than individual therapy, making mental health support accessible to more people.
- Accountability: Being part of a group can increase motivation and accountability. Knowing that others are working towards similar goals can inspire you to stay committed to your own therapeutic journey.
- Learning from Others: Group members can share coping mechanisms, strategies, and success stories, offering valuable tips and techniques that you might not have considered.
At SWA, we customize group therapy opportunities based on the identified needs of our clients, our partnerships, and our community.
Options Include:
Anger Management Group Therapy
The Anger Management program employs a cognitive-behavioral and solution focused approach. The clients assess their level of anger, review employed strategies for dealing with anger, discuss physiological and psychological constructs of anger, present strategies for reducing anger, and restructuring of cognitive errors. The program attempts to improve communication skills, develop conflict resolution skills, problem solving and assertiveness skills. The format includes exchanges, modeling, various “anger workouts” and pen/paper assignments.
The Social Skills program focuses on developing pro-social skills, such as, listening, self-image, accepting consequences, exercising self-control, problem solving, dealing with feelings, and dealing with peer pressure. A structured learning approach is used, consisting of four components: (1) modeling, (2) role playing, (3) discussion of performance, and (4) use in real life situations.
Eating Disorders Group Therapy
Eating Disorder Group Therapy addresses clients whom have deficits in behavioural coping skills and emotional dysregulation; furthermore, clients may struggle with extreme thinking, regulating emotions, emotional vulnerability, emotional sensitivity, and very intense response to stimuli, resulting in inappropriate behaviours and an inability to organize self or self-soothe. Group content includes (1) how to use powerful solution-focused strategies, (2) skills building training, (3) emotional regulation, (4) interpersonal effectiveness, (5) distress tolerance, (6) relaxation training, (7) learned optimism and non-judgemental observation, and (8) exploration of mindfulness and self-awareness.
Solution Focused Group Therapy
Solution Focused Group Therapy provides counselling services to a small group of clients through a Brief Solution-Focused approach. Group sessions are specifically designed to treat specific populations, depending on the common need. By coaching clients collaboratively to assist them in identifying their strengths, clients are able to create positive behavioural change successfully within a short period of time.
Stress Management Group Therapy
Stress Management Group Therapy’s goal is to quickly and effectively elicit realistic positive change through the development of self-control and emotional modulation skills in a therapeutic group setting. Also, each client is to effectively establish a “self management” plan that focuses on building upon already existing strengths and coping skills.
At SWA, we customize group therapy opportunities based on the identified needs of our clients, our partnerships, and our community.
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Social Skills Group Therapy