Group therapy offers a unique environment where individuals can find support during challenging times and experience personal growth in healthy, creative ways. Under the guidance of a skilled and experienced leader, therapy groups can tap into their healing potential to foster healthy relationships, encourage positive peer interactions, provide a safe space for self-expression, and teach essential social skills.
Group therapy is particularly effective in addiction treatment. Research shows that individuals struggling with substance use are more likely to maintain sobriety and commitment to recovery when they participate in group-based treatment. The therapeutic benefits of group therapy—such as connection, constructive confrontation, support, and shared experiences—help strengthen an individual’s bond to the treatment process. This connection is crucial, as increased engagement in treatment leads to better long-term outcomes for clients.
(Sources: Leshner 1997; Project MATCH Research Group 1997)
The harvest of psychotherapy is not cure but instead change or growth.” –
Irvin D. Yalom, The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
