Welcome to Therapists Uncensored, a podcast where therapists freely speak their minds about real life matters. Hi, I'm Patty Alwell with therapist uncensored.

I'm here today with my co-host Hi, I am Patty Allwell with Therapist Unsensored.

I'm here today with my co-host Sue Marriott,

and we are really excited to bring you this special treat.

We are at the American Group Psychotherapy Association annual meeting.

This is a gathering of psychotherapist from around the world who are experts in group

therapy and we've asked some of our friends and colleagues to talk to you

about why group therapy is so important to them and why it's such effective treatment

for clients. The interviewees are Kelly Insulman, Rita Draken, Tammy Brown, Pierre Shukron,

Jamie Moran, Liz Rosenblatt, and you'll also hear my co-host Sue Marriott asking

the questions. So stay tuned. How would you describe group therapy to those who have never heard of it before?

Group therapy is therapy where you get together with a group and usually you meet weekly and generally

it's the same people that commit to being together for a certain amount of time.

Who come together willing and able to work on their issues.

And it's a way to really get to know one another and to support one another and to challenge one another to grow.

It's an opportunity to be with other people, people like you, as well as therapist, maybe one, maybe two.

To get feedback and to be in an environment that's safe, supportive, and trusting.

Kind of a magical process, you have to have faith that the things that you struggle with

in your life are actually going to happen eventually in the group if you stick with it.

So it's kind of like an exciting adventure.

It's passionate, it a profound.

terrifying encounter.

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