Jackson Memorial - Group Therapy?

It has been suggested by some media, including the San Jose Mercury News, that yesterday's Michael Jackson memorial was a sort of global "group therapy session."

Mental health professionals, what do you think?

Post your comments!

Group Therapy for Pre-Schoolers?

Okay, boys and girls, gather 'round, it's circle-time...no wait, it's Group Therapy!! The London Telegraph is reporting that some pre-schools are using circle time as a place for children to share their problems. And one of these pre-schools even set up a "calming tent" for frustrated children to settle down. The children are being taught to listen and respond with empathy to their classmates' problems. Wow -- we knew Group Therapy was powerful, but who knew that it could be implemented so early in life!!

You can read the full article in the London Telegraph here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/5612434/Four-year-olds-given-therapy-to-improve-behaviour.html

For listings of hundreds of Therapy Groups around the U.S. (sorry, none are for pre-schoolers yet!), visit FindGroupTherapy.Com at www.findgrouptherapy.com

Southern California Heats Up on FindGroupTherapy.Com

Have you logged on to FindGroupTherapy.Com recently? If you're searching for therapy groups in the Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire, or other Southern California areas, you'll find dozens of them now listed.

Recently added therapy groups include: Adult Children of Narcissists; Women with Trans-Gender Partner Group; Survivor's Group; Children's Behavior and Anger Management Group; and many others.

Hey, Southern California therapists -- are you running a group? Why isn't it listed at FindGroupTherapy.Com? Your colleagues and clients will look for you here -- will they find you????

Group Therapy with At-Risk Teens

A MedPage article today says that group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may help prevent depression in at-risk teens! Read the full article here: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Depression/14490

New Therapy Groups at FindGroupTherapy.Com

In the last few days, we've seen a bunch of new therapy groups show up on the Web site. Here's a sampling: Self Confidence and Better Relationships; Caring for Yourself, Caring for Your Elder; Chronic Medical Pain and Illness Support Group; a Therapy Group for Therapists; a Relationships Therapy Group; a Social Skills Group for Teens; Sex and Love in Recovery - A Men's Group; and many others.

Looking forward to letting you know about more interesting groups in the coming week....

ABC News Tackles the Topic of Group Therapy

Group Therapy is in the news quite a bit lately. ABC News recently did an interview with a New York therapist who spoke about why many people are turning to Group Therapy as an alternative to individual, one-on-one sessions. You can check it out here: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7382531

At FindGroupTherapy.Com, we know that people are online searching for group therapy and there aren't a whole lot of resources for locating groups all in one location. We're working hard to become *the* source for this! Please remember to link to us and help us grow.

Cheers for tonight,

Linda
Founder and President of FindGroupTherapy.Com
www.findgrouptherapy.com

Man Sent to Prison for Filming Group Therapy Sessions

Now here's something that you don't hear about every day -- a man in Pennsylvania is in prison for secretly filming his group therapy sessions and then posting them on YouTube! Don't go looking for them -- they've been removed. So, how does someone videotape their group therapy without other participants knowing? Apparently, with a cell phone! Wow! Here are a few articles with the details of this story...

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/northampton-county/index.ssf/2009/04/northampton_borough_man_sent_t.html

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-3youtube1.68714571apr25,0,486317.story

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/all-3youtube1.68714571apr25,0,2068378.story