What Group Therapy Is

Group therapy is a guided therapeutic experience where a small group of individuals meet regularly with a trained therapist to explore emotional, relational, and interpersonal patterns together.

Unlike support groups, group therapy is not advice-driven or surface-level. It is a depth-oriented process that focuses on how you relate to others in real time.

Many of the struggles that bring people into therapy—loneliness, conflict, self-doubt, fear of rejection—are relational in nature. Group therapy offers a powerful opportunity to work through those patterns not just by talking about them, but by experiencing them safely within the group itself.

At Forbes Individual & Family Therapy, group therapy is intentional, structured, and relationally focused.

What It Will Feel Like at Forbes Individual & Family Therapy

Group therapy can feel vulnerable at first. That’s normal.

Deeply connecting
Surprisingly validating
Honest and emotionally rich
Transformational in ways they didn’t expect

Over time, many participants describe it as:

You’ll notice:

How you tend to enter new social environments
Whether you withdraw, overperform, or become overly accommodating
How you respond to feedback
What it feels like to be truly seen by peers

The therapist guides the process, helping the group slow down and explore emotional dynamics safely and respectfully.

Group becomes a living laboratory for growth. Patterns that may take months to identify in individual therapy often emerge more quickly in group settings.

And importantly—you realize you are not alone.