Posted by cubic_me on December 13, 2006, at 9:47:39
In reply to Does anyone have experience with group therapy?, posted by Dunder on December 7, 2006, at 5:39:52
I'm from the UK and have had group therapy at my university (which take their guidelines from the NHS). There were 7 of us to start with (a few left after a month or so), with one therapist. We all had one individual session with the therapist before starting to make sure we'd be suitable for the group. We then met once a week for an hour and a half, starting with 'getting to know you' kind of things then just talking about what topics happened to be coming up for people.
I personally didn't find it that helpful, most of the people in the group had confidence issues (hence why they tried a group), and I felt a bit of an outsider. But several of them found it very helpful and continued into the next academic year. Even though it didn't do much for you, I'm glad I did it and found that out - if you don't try, you'll never know.
Another way of getting individual therapy is to see if your local town/city has a councelling service - many do, but they do have long waiting lists.
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