Group therapy can be used to treat a variety of mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression.
Bedrock Recovery Center provides group therapy for a variety of mental health disorders to help patients feel validated and supported by others with similar life experiences.
What Is Group Therapy?
Group therapy is the treatment of multiple individuals at once by one or more treatment providers.
Group therapy can be an avenue to create healthy attachments, provide positive peer reinforcement, and teach new social skills.
Conditions That Benefit From Group Therapy
Group therapy can be used to treat various mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other mood disorders.
Group therapy allows patients with mental health conditions to realize that others experience the same symptoms and have similar conditions.
This feeling can create a sense of community within the group and facilitate treatment by creating a feeling of acceptance.
How Does Group Therapy Support Mental Health Treatment At Bedrock?
Group therapy at Bedrock supports mental health treatment by encouraging productive conversations between peers and encouraging them to educate and support one another.
Psychoeducation group therapy supports mental health treatment by educating patients on various mental health topics, including levels of care such as inpatient and outpatient treatment, treatment approaches, etc.
Bedrock also offers specialized group therapy, including LGBTQ+, trauma-informed therapy, and 12-step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA).
What Therapeutic Techniques Are Used During Group Therapy?
Bedrock uses a variety of evidence-based psychotherapies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy
(CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and motivational interviewing (MI).
Together these techniques help clients identify their own motivations for improving their mental health while providing them with the skills to recognize problematic behaviors and create alternative patterns.
Additional Treatment Modalities Used At Bedrock
There are a variety of other treatment services used at Bedrock treatment centers.
Our mental health treatment services include:
- family psychoeducation
- individual therapy
- medication management
- mindfulness
- support groups
Learn How Bedrock Recovery Center Can Help You
If you or a loved one are seeking mental health treatment in Massachusetts, we can help. Contact Bedrock Recovery Center to learn more about how we can help you with our treatment plans.
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