People who can get particular help from group psychotherapy include those who are socially isolated, people who have had limited experience of close, nurturing relationships, those from difficult, powerful or overwhelming families, people who have problems with authority, and people who lack social skills and the ability to relate well to other people. Group therapy can benefit many different people, from those having difficulties with interpersonal relationships to those dealing with specific problems such as a serious medical illness, loss, or addictive disorders. It can be equally useful for children, adolescents and adults. The Process of Joining When someone applies for participation in a Group Works group, a full individual assessment is made. People are carefully matched with an appropriate group.
Groups meet once a week and sessions usually last ninety minutes.
As with individual therapy, group therapy has strict rules about timing, socializing, taking holidays at the same time as the group takes breaks, treating everything spoken about in the group as confidential, notifying the group of unexpected absences, and giving appropriate notice of leaving. Typically, group therapy is about half the price of individual therapy. Insurance coverage is similar to individual therapy. Most managed care companies will cover group therapy much the same as individual therapy. There are low fee slots based on need available in most of the groups.