Group Work, Healing, and the Role of the Facilitator with Christian Pankhurst

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Jayson Gaddis

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4.6 • 981 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Christian Pankhurst joins Jayson to talk about group work. What does “healing” really mean? What do transformative arcs in group therapy look like? Should the facilitator be part of the group? Can group work replace one-on-one therapy? How can you stay well as a healer? How should facilitators deal with projection? Stay tuned until the end to hear Christian and Jayson share their self-care strategies.

Timestamps:

2:22 - Emergent group facilitation
3:48 - Is the facilitator part of the group?
8:48 - Transformative arcs in group therapy
13:37 - What does “healing” mean?
15:53 - Why group work?
25:52 - Group work vs one on one
30:59 - Staying well as a healer
40:09 - Dealing with projection as a facilitator
50:56 - Where to find Christian

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show Christian Pinkhurst.
0:05.7	Yeah, happy to be here.
0:07.1	Yeah, great to see you, man.
0:08.4	In the Flesh.
0:09.3	Indeed.
0:10.0	We did, this is our second interview.
0:11.5	We did a conversation, I don't know, like six years ago.
0:14.1	Yeah, July 2017.
0:15.8	Yeah, yeah, good memory.
0:17.1	Wow, seven years ago, eight years ago.
0:20.5	Yeah.
0:23.6	Damn, lots changed. Yeah, indeed. Yeah. Wow, seven years ago. Eight years ago. Damn, lots changed. Yeah, indeed. Yeah.
0:32.7	Well, today I want to talk, kind of mine your wisdom around healing and change and growth in humans.
0:38.4	Yeah. Because that's the world you live in, and that I live in. Yeah. How do you describe yourself these days?
0:41.3	What the hell do you do or who are you?
0:44.0	Yeah.
0:45.0	I spend most of my time now training facilitators, so specifically in group dynamics.
0:50.9	So I would say my core way that I describe myself is primarily a healer, but I don't
0:57.1	really like that term because most people misunderstand what healing is. But I'm a facilitator
1:04.2	trainer. I coach and train other leaders to learn how to hold group space and levericks the
1:10.5	amplified field for maximum effect.
1:13.1	Yeah.
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