Emotional Development Groups

I found Social Therapeutics in the early 2000s when I was living in Brooklyn, NY. It was life-changing, and continues to be. A therapeutic modality (with roots NYC in the 70s) that honors our human nature and design of being in community; a concept and a question: we do our lives in all sorts of groups, we do family in groups, we do schooling in groups, why not also do our emotional development in groups?

We can practice and choose to have our emotional lives together, co-creating ways of being together, engaging in our curiosity, practicing ways we listen and ways we talk, being present to vulnerability (and possibly the struggles around that), being present to what is. We build with whatever is in the room. And we work to go & grow beyond what we *know*, and can discover together so many new things. The activity of building the group, of being impacted on by one another, of trying out and learning new ways of listening, new ways of talking, new ways of performing our lives, that ends up being such a growthful activity.

I’m using the word “performance” on purpose, not to suggest it is fake or insincere, but to center that we have a choice, of how we want to respond, of what we might want to create in any given situation, dynamic or relationship.

I know this may sound abstract :) If your curiosity is piqued, if you have questions or desires to hear more, please reach out. Let’s schedule a 20 or 30 min consult call to see if this might be a good fit for you.

I typically like to meet with folks individually for a few sessions (we can decide our timing together), and then consider if/which group would be a good fit for you. I have a few group options that we could consider.

If you are a person that isn’t sure if group work is for you, we can work one-on-one and see what we might build together

It is one of my life’s honors to work closely with people as they/we grow!

If my rate is prohibitive right now, let’s talk about what can work for you.