{"id":29518,"date":"2015-10-13T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/?p=29518"},"modified":"2019-12-26T09:48:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T17:48:35","slug":"whats-so-great-about-group-therapy-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/whats-so-great-about-group-therapy-anyway-1013154","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s So Great About Group Therapy, Anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"groupI was at a party chatting with a stranger when he asked me what sort of work I do. I told him I am a marriage and family therapist who specializes in group therapy<\/a>. \u201cGroup therapy!\u201d he said. \u201cI thought that went away after the \u201960s.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m happy to report\u00a0that group therapy did not, in fact, go away in the 1960s. However, many people, like the guy at the party, don\u2019t realize that group therapy exists as a powerful therapeutic option to consider instead of, or in addition to, individual therapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

People may dismiss\u00a0group therapy because it\u2019s a therapeutic approach more often utilized in hospitals and treatment centers than in private practices. It can be difficult to find private practice therapists<\/a> who run groups. Sometimes, it requires a lot of research and phone calls to find a group. However, plenty of therapists do run groups in their private practices, and this unique experience is worth the effort it might take to find it.<\/p>\n

So, what\u2019s so special about group therapy?<\/p>\n