Why Group Therapy?
There are things women say in groups they’ve never said anywhere else.
Sometimes because another woman finally says it first.
The room changes when someone realizes she is not the only one carrying resentment, loneliness, pressure, grief, confusion, exhaustion, or the quiet feeling of disappearing inside her own life.
Group therapy offers something individual therapy cannot fully recreate: the experience of being seen in real time by other people who recognize parts of themselves in you.
What makes group therapy powerful
You learn things you can’t learn alone. Growth is relational. Insight matters, but change sticks when that insight is lived out loud in real time, witnessed by people who see you clearly and stay anyway.
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You begin noticing your relationship patterns in real time
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You begin seeing how other people experience you
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You practice asking for what you need instead of quietly adapting
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You realize how many women are carrying versions of the same struggle alone
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You discover that honesty creates connection more often than rejection
My approach to group
For twenty-five years, I’ve facilitated therapy groups and taught graduate-level group therapy at Pepperdine University.
Group work differs from individual therapy. The relationships begin happening in the room.
The silence. The overexplaining. The apology before the truth. The moment someone withdraws after feeling misunderstood.
That’s the work.
My role is not to lecture or hand out quick fixes. I hold a direct, emotionally honest space where:
• Silence is respected
• Feedback is thoughtful, not performative
• Accountability and compassion exist together
• Women are witnessed, not advised
The Journey: 10 Weeks Together
The same women meet each week for 10 weeks, allowing enough time for trust, honesty, and deeper conversations to gradually develop.
Over time, women begin recognizing parts of themselves more clearly. The roles they’ve been stuck in. The conversations they avoid. The ways they adapt, overfunction, withdraw, or carry too much alone.
Some weeks feel deeply connecting. Others feel unexpectedly emotional or revealing. Both matter.
Each session includes check-ins, guided conversation, relational process, and closing reflections centered around “What Went Well.”
What you need to know
- Each woman will meet with me individually before being accepted into a group
- Group Size: 8-10 women
- Duration: 10 weeks, 90-minute sessions
- Format: In-person or Zoom (each group is one or the other format)
- Location: Yorba Linda, California
GETTING STARTED
Considering group therapy?
We will begin with an individual consultation to see whether the group feels like the right fit
