Our Therapies
Group Therapy Sessions
Facilitated, confidential circles where guests share, listen, and connect. There is something uniquely powerful about healing alongside others who understand.
Why Group Therapy Matters
Individual therapy helps you understand yourself. Group therapy helps you understand yourself in relationship with others – which is where most of life’s challenges actually play out.
Our groups are small, facilitated by a trained therapist, and held in complete confidentiality. Participation is encouraged but never forced. Many guests who arrive reluctant about group work describe it as one of the most powerful parts of their stay.
What Group Therapy Offers
Shared Understanding
Being truly heard by someone who has lived through something similar is profoundly healing. Groups offer a form of validation that individual therapy, no matter how skilled, cannot fully replicate.
Mirror & Feedback
Groups provide honest, compassionate feedback about your patterns – how you communicate, how you respond to conflict, how you connect. This relational awareness is invaluable for lasting change.
Practice Ground
The group is a safe place to practise new behaviours – setting boundaries, expressing needs, tolerating vulnerability – before taking them back into the outside world.
Reducing Isolation
Trauma, burnout, and depression all create isolation. Groups break that pattern directly. The connections formed in therapeutic community often outlast the stay itself.
How Our Groups Work
All group sessions at Silkworth are facilitated by a qualified therapist and follow clear ground rules around confidentiality, respect, and safety.
- Small groups – typically 4-8 participants for genuine connection
- Process groups – exploring whatever arises in the moment, rather than following a fixed curriculum
- Psychoeducational groups – structured sessions on topics like emotional regulation, communication, and self-care
- Participation is always voluntary – you are welcome to observe before joining in
- What is shared in group stays in group – this boundary is non-negotiable
Group therapy is particularly valued by clients in our grief and bereavement programme, where shared experience is a powerful source of healing, and by professionals in our burnout recovery programme, who benefit from connecting with peers who understand their pressures. See who our retreat is for to learn more.
Ready to begin your journey?
Get in touch to discuss your needs and learn more about how we can support you.