FOR THERAPISTS - How to Set Up Your Group

[@KatianaAbdulahad]

Many thanks for this video!

[@jennifermckenzie1006]

Very well explained video. Shame you’re no longer doing group work. Good luck with your current endeavours ❤

[@jeffjackson1125]

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[@miriamlaverick3345]

This is really useful, thank you. Do you find it okay having new people joining existing groups in terms of building and maintaining a sense of trust?

[@TheBingeEatingTherapist]

I frame the ongoing groups as ever-evolving. Every time someone leaves/joins it’s a new group. Departures and arrivals always stir up new things, which is great; the group is encouraged to embrace these as part of the therapeutic work. It means working with loss and change, which are both such fundamental parts of life! I’m glad the video was useful 🙂

[@miriamlaverick3345]

@@TheBingeEatingTherapist such a helpful and considered reply. Thanks so much 🙏🏻

[@TheBingeEatingTherapist]

Miriam Laverick You are very welcome 😍🙏🏻

[@cathyhoughton5016]

HI Sarah, how would I join your group for therapists running groups?

[@TheBingeEatingTherapist]

Hey Cathy. I’m afraid I don’t run the group anymore. Sorry about that 😕

[@cadmantheaviator]

Not all groups are equal. What group analytic therapists do not allow is if you bring up consent informed about the risks. 5-15% experience lasting harm. But this is buried. There is an ethical black hole at the heart of psychotherapy. A lot of people and money invested in blaming patients for poor outcome. The therapist running the group that she recommended I join messed me up. Six years later. Still chewing myself up because of the way I was disempowered. My advice to anyone is if it feels wrong and you’ve felt tricked into joining something you don’t understand- RUN and ignore their letters. If you don’t have psychological safety nothing good will come from it.

[@tyanaz1498]

I need to join one of these groups

[@sammieb9009]

Thank you. Such useful information. How can I reach you?

[@TheBingeEatingTherapist]

Hey Sammie, I don’t work with therapists setting up groups anymore I’m afraid. I’ve thrown all my energy into the binge eating recovery field now ❤️