Why group works
Most of what wears people down — minority stress, family-of-origin patterns, the inner voice that says no one else is going through this — is fed by isolation. Individual therapy is good. Group therapy is good at things individual therapy isn't, particularly the unhooking of shame from identity and the building of relational repertoire in real time.
The groups we run
Group offerings rotate. Past and current groups have included:
- Affirming process group for trans & nonbinary adults — open-ended, weekly, ongoing
- Coming-out support group — time-limited, structured around the specific work of disclosure decisions
- Teen affirming group — short-term, structured, for adolescents 14–17 (with parent consent and a confidentiality framework spelled out clearly)
- Group for parents of LGBTQ+ teens and young adults — for the parent's own work, not "how to fix my kid"
- Skills groups — DBT skills, anxiety skills, depression-focused behavioral activation
Call us about current openings. We do not run groups year-round; cohorts open as enough members are ready.
What a group looks like
Most groups are 6–10 members and run 75–90 minutes weekly. Process groups are open-ended; structured groups (skills, time-limited support) run for a defined number of sessions. Confidentiality among members is established in writing at the start of every group. Sessions are in person or telehealth, depending on the group.
If group sounds like your worst nightmare
Many people who end up loving group therapy started by being terrified of it. We do a one-on-one pre-group meeting before any group starts. You don't sign up to a group having met no one — you meet your group facilitator first, ask questions, and decide whether the fit is right.
You don't have to figure this out alone
If this sounds like the kind of work you'd want to do, reach out — we'll start with a no-pressure first session.