To be notified when future groups open for enrollment, complete my therapist-survivor interest form to join my specific therapist-survivor email list, or join my general notification list for infrequent email updates about new offerings.
As a therapy harm survivor who is also a therapist, I am currently offering peer support groups for fellow therapist-survivors. I believe that therapy harm support groups for non-therapists are best run by non-therapists, such as Bernadine Fox who is a therapy abuse survivor and mental health advocate. Click here to check out Bernadine's groups (therapists are also welcome at Bernadine's groups, if they attend as survivors). Bernadine's groups may also be a good choice for non-therapist care workers looking for therapy harm support.
You can also find survivor-led support group facilitation guides on the Therapy Harm Community Resources doc: one for non-therapist survivor groups and one for therapist-survivor groups. These are available for community use.
Confidentiality: We will not share any identifying information or experiences of other group members outside of the group (with one exception below).
Self-Definition: We will allow for self-definition of therapy harm, never comparing or litigating legitimacy of experiences. Anyone who feels harmed by therapy is welcome.
Voluntary Presence: We will respect participants’ need to take a break or leave, allowing them to return today or to a future group without receiving comment or question.
Voluntary Participation: We will allow participants to “pass for now” (given another chance to share if desired once others have spoken) or “pass” fully, no questions asked.
Protected Sharing: We will not interrupt, and will only remark on or ask questions about what someone shared with permission (“may I ask you about what you shared?” or “may I share a reflection on what you shared?”) ⬅️ this can be dispensed with by the group once trust has formed.
Equitable Sharing: We will limit our sharing such that everyone present has time to share should they wish to. We will avoid all hate speech and slurs.
Autonomy: If a harming therapist is mentioned by name, we will never remove autonomy from their harmed client by contacting or reporting that therapist ourselves.
Fidelity to Purpose: Although we are all therapists or therapists-in-training, this is not a clinical or colleague space. We talk about cases (in de-identified form) not for consultation, but when doing so helps us gain support for our harmed client experience, as it arises in our work as therapists.
Ethical Responsibility: This space is not designed for a therapist to disclose that they have abused a client. Although concerns about our own harm-doing as therapists will arise, were a participant to share having abused a client to the level of egregiousness that calls upon us to immediately report to the relevant authority, in keeping with our ethical obligations as therapists, confidentiality in these matters is not guaranteed.
To be a psychotherapist or mental health provider who's had harmful experiences in therapy or mental health treatment yourself is to live at a complicated and often painful nexus. This group is a support space for therapists who have had impactful negative, harmful, or abusive experiences as clients.
Topics will include:
what it's like to work with clients having been harmed as a client yourself
triggering experiences with colleagues, supervisors, modalities, and communities of practice
and more, including whatever participants bring in
Please note: Although I am a psychologist, this is not a therapy group. This is a facilitated and guided peer support group, run by a fellow therapist-survivor.
Virtual, on Zoom
5 participant maximum per section
(plus me as facilitator-participant = 6 max)
⬇️ 3- tiered sliding scale pricing, total due up front
I aim to utilize a pricing schema that allows the group to be accessible while enabling me to sustainably offer this type of support in an ongoing way. I have formulated a 3-tiered sliding scale fee for the group. Please evaluate which tier corresponds with your current financial capacity. More information on pricing rationale and how to choose your tier here.
Per group session fee of $27
6 group sessions + 1 to account for prep
$27 x 7 = $189
Per group session fee of $42
6 group sessions + 1 to account for prep
$42 x 7 = $294
Per group session fee of $57
6 group sessions + 1 to account for prep
$57 x 7 = $399
If this pricing is cost-prohibitive, please email me directly about the availability of hardship spots.
Note: Groups are scheduled approximately every other week. A back-up date is offered in the event that I am unable to facilitate due to illness or emergency and must cancel a group session
October 6th
October 20th
November 3rd
November 17th
December 1st
December 15th
Back-Up Date: December 22nd
October 9th
October 23rd
November 6th
November 20th
December 4th
December 18th
Back-Up Date: January 8th
October 8th
October 22nd
November 5th
November 19th
December 3rd
December 17th
Back-Up Date: January 7th
Please note: enrollment is not guaranteed, and is based upon goodness of fit with group purpose and assent to communication agreements. The process includes completing an interest form below, providing proof of licensure or license-track status, having a 1:1 exploratory call with me, signing the group registration document, and placing a card on file for payment.
OPEN ENROLLMENT CLOSED
Groups will fill on a rolling basis.
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(please do not complete this form when enrollment is not open; there is no waitlist for the group)
Join the therapist-survivor email list by filling out the therapist-survivor interest form to be notified when enrollment opens for future seasons.
This option is for a self-assembled small group of 3-5 therapist-survivors who together would like me to facilitate a closed group (no open enrollment). This can be arranged for either a set number of meetings with a clear end date, or an ongoing group running continuously on an agreed-upon schedule. Within the parameters of my capacity and recommendations, facilitation can be tailored to your group's needs as pertains to meeting length, structure, agreements, themes, prompts, and accommodations. Please email me directly to inquire.