Group Therapy
Why Group Therapy?
Tired of traditional talk therapy? Do you feel stuck and unable to find the roots of your pain? If you’re tired of dancing around your issues, we have a unique approach to help you get to the root.
Our groups offer experiential tools to explore your inner world in a deeper way. Clients report spontaneous changes in their nervous systems, shifts in behaviors, healthier relationships with emotions, and feeling more adaptable in their overall lives.
Group therapy is extremely powerful because groups mimic our original natural social environments. This allows group therapy to both evoke our trauma and then provide a space for it to be healed in a way that individual therapy cannot.
Group therapy can help access the deeper areas of the brain where trauma resides (Gantt & Badenoch, 2013). Group also activates specific nerves in the body (“Social Engagement System”) which provide safety and calm when members share and receive compassion.
All pain is relational pain. Healing must involve relationships.
Is Group Right For Me?
There are different groups for different stages. As our groups are heavily experiential (and not traditional support groups), here are some clues if our group work is right for you:
You’re ready to connect. You are able to be present with others. If you struggle with being disconnected from yourself (chronic states of depression or dissociation), it’s best to find a specialized group.
You’re curious about yourself. A major benefit of group is finding our blind spots. Being open to areas of pain that you might have missed can help you grow in unexpected ways.
You can tolerate discomfort. Group therapy is a powerful way to surface unexpressed emotions and pain. If you are willing to work through it with the group, we can help you heal those original wounds. If your system is already overwhelmed, group may end up being destabilizing.
You’re not in crisis. Group is a “neural exercise” and will be very difficult if you don’t have existing stability in your life. If you’re in survival mode, it will be hard for you to do the work of group that involves offering care, self-reflection, and to take in safety cues from others. If you struggle with chronically feeling overwhelmed, suicidal, self-harm ideation, or heavy use of substances, it’s best to find a group specific for those issues.
Types of Groups
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This is an experiential model of group where instead of talking about thoughts, feelings, and impulses in a high-level way, we’ll help you directly experience and transform them.
Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Psychodrama, you’ll get to know the different parts of you that developed to protect you, understand how they developed, and process the emotional pain at the roots. This allows you to update your symptoms and build a deep compassion and confidence within yourself.
This group uses action to step outside of your typical patterns and experience yourself in a radical new light.
The goal isn’t to get rid of your parts or “fix” yourself. It’s to better understand your inner world, heal old wounds, and develop more freedom in how you respond to life.
This group is led by two licensed therapists John Maxwell, LPCC, and Chelsea Meyer, LPCC.
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In this group we will focus on teaching, discussing, and practicing skills from IFS & Somatic therapies. You will learn about relating to your “parts” as well as using the body to release anxiety, depression, anger, and trauma. Clients will also benefit from having access to the Rest and Restore Protocol (a research-based music program).
Members often notice a decrease in triggers, increase in inner calm, better sleep, improved communication, and better relationships.
This group is lead by two therapists, John Maxwell, LPCC and Lindsay Spoerl, LPCC.
Group Details
IFS & Psychodrama
Mondays from 4-5:30pm
In-Person
4400 North High Street Columbus, OH 43214 STE 319.
Cost - $65/session (scholarships may be available)
IFS & Somatic Skills and Education Group
Fridays from 4-5:30pm
In-Person
1115 Bethel Rd, Columbus, OH 43220
Cost - $65/session (scholarships may be available)
Members are financially responsible for all sessions, even those missed, but may drop out anytime. We are not able to bill insurance.
Groups are “closed” by default - no new members can join until the round of group ends.