We offer group therapy over a 6-week period three times a year.  The groups usually include around 8 people as well as the therapist and co-facilitator, and the sessions are for two hours.

As well as offering women-only groups in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes, we also offer men-only groups for male survivors of sexual and/or domestic violence across the Thames Valley region (including Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire).

Group therapy is facilitated by trained therapists who have additional training in trauma and the impact of sexual violence and undertake additional training to work with groups.

Group therapy is a kind of psychological therapy that takes place with a group of people together, rather than with an individual counsellor during a one-to-one session.  Together with the therapist and the other group members, survivors are encouraged to gain a better understanding of themselves and their responses with the aim of living the life they would like to lead. Working through problems by interacting with others who too have been affected by sexual violence, along with a therapist, normalises feelings and reactions and makes use of the group dynamic to help survivors gain a better understanding of their needs.