Psychotherapeutic groups are process focused and organised around specific issues or problems. Possible topics could include:

• Emotional awareness and anger management
• Parenting mindfully
• Meditation to help in life
• Bereavement and Grief
• Care for the caregiver
• Substance Use and Abuse
• Managing Stress
• Addiction: for people who are using and for those who are affected by another’s use.

Other topics might be developed if people in the community express the need for them.

The groups will be 2 hours in length and will run for 6 weeks. People will be able to gain information about their problem but the focus is upon their being given the opportunity to discuss their own problems and for the counsellor and the clients to work together as a group to suggest possible solutions that the people might then apply to  their circumstances. The clients will be able to practise learned skills in the groups including building warm, respectful relationships in which all everyone has the opportunity to both speak and listen.

The cost is $350 per person.