This group focuses on helping participants understanding themselves better by looking at how they enter, maintain and end relationships. It may be particularly interesting to people who want to:

How does group therapy work?

Group therapy is based on the idea that many of the difficulties that people have in their lives can be understood as problems in getting along with other people. As children we learn ways of getting close and talking to others and ways of solving issues with others. Often, these early patterns are then applied in adult relationships. Sometimes these ways are not as effective as they might be. Many people experience anxiety or unhappiness, feel bad about themselves, or are dissatisfied with life largely because of the unsatisfactory state of important relationships. Groups offer an opportunity to learn more about these "interpersonal" patterns no matter how they got started.

Do therapy groups really help people?

Studies that have compared individual and group therapy approaches indicate that both are about equally effective. The difference with groups, of course, is that a group has to form, and the members need to get to know each other a bit, before it can be of the greatest benefit. The main difference between a non-therapy group and a therapy group is that in the latter, the leader has a responsibility to ensure that the members stay focused on their goals for self-improvement and that everyone participates in this.

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