There’s a particular kind of relief that comes from realising someone else understands exactly what you mean, not because you’ve explained it perfectly, but because they’ve lived something similar themselves. That’s the quiet power at the centre of group therapy.

Working through grief, anxiety, life transitions or other shared experiences alongside others facing similar challenges offers something individual therapy alone can’t fully replicate: a sense of connection and normalisation that can be deeply healing in its own right.

Group therapy isn’t about losing the personal attention of individual work. It’s guided by a psychologist, structured around a shared focus, and kept small and confidential, but the presence of others who genuinely understand often becomes just as valuable as the professional guidance itself. For many people, walking into a group for the first time feels daunting. Walking out, having realised they weren’t as alone as they thought, is often the turning point.