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<a href="group_psychotherapy.htm">Group Psychotherapy</a></h1> <h2>About Our Group Psychotherapy Services</h2> <p><img src="images/pic5.jpg" width="300" height="195" align="right">Group psychotherapy is a form of therapy in which a small number of people meet together under the guidance of a professionally trained therapist to help themselves and one another. </p> <p>Group therapy dynamic - Group therapy is like jump-start therapy. People tend to be terrified of group therapy, but it is a safe environment. And once someone feels safe in that environment, it s really where you can pull things apart, and ask yourself what is happening here? </p> <p>Group therapy helps people learn about themselves and improve their interpersonal relationships. It addresses feelings of isolation, depression or anxiety and helps people make significant changes to enhance the quality of their lives. Group therapy can be a tool to better understand conflicts in your life. Even more, it will help you to see better ways of moving beyond those conflicts in your interactions with others. </p> <p align="center"><img src="images/div.gif" width="490" height="1"></p> <h2>Our Approach</h2> <p>Our approach to group psychotherapy utilizes the interpersonal model which assumes that each person develops his individual personality through interactions with others. We draw upon various psychodynamic theories to understand personality development, and seek to help clients identify roles and patterns first learned in their families of origin and early peer groups, and later replayed in their lives more or less consciously. These roles will naturally recur in the therapy group and you will have an opportunity in the group to learn more about them and to experiment with new ones. Each participant in the group has committed to offer honest, responsible feedback and use others feedback to uncover old, ineffective ways of relating. This process is also a way to learn to appreciate your strengths and resilience. </p> <p>In other words, the group s purpose is to help you know yourself better and to help group members know themselves better. As such, the group becomes a  laboratory  a chance to learn more about your patterns of relating: how you get close to others and how you push others away, and what triggers your feelings, and how you get stuck. </p> <p align="center"><img src="images/div.gif" width="490" height="1"></p> <p align="center"><b>QUICK LINKS:</b></p> <p align="center"><a href="chicago_therapist.htm">Counseling and Therapy</a> <b>::</b> <a href="chicago_therapy.htm">Life Strategy</a> <b>::</b> <a href="therapeutic_issues.htm">Therapeutic Issues</a> <b>::</b> <a href="background_information.htm">Background Information</a><br> <a href="psychological_assessments.htm">Psychological Assessments</a> <b>::</b> <a href="useful_resources.htm">Useful Resources</a> <b>::</b> <a href="privacy_policy.htm">Privacy Policy</a> <b>::</b> <a href="chicago_counseling.htm">Site Map</a> <b>::</b> <a href="index.htm">Home</a></p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><b>Center For Personal Development</b><br> 444 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1820 | Chicago, IL 60611<br> Tel: 312.755.7000 | Fax: 312.755.7001<br> Web: <a href="http://www.chicagotherapist.com">www.chicagotherapist.com</a> | E-mail: <a href="mailto:info@chicagotherapist.com">info@chicagotherapist.com</a></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> </td> <td width="10" height="186" valign="top"><img src="images/nav/shim.gif" width="8" height="1"></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#663300" width="240">&nbsp;</td> <td width="16">&nbsp;</td> <td width="514"><img src="images/nav/shim.gif" width="524" height="1"></td> <td width="10">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>