Group Therapy

Group therapy is psychological treatment delivered to several people at once, typically 6 to 10 members with one or two therapists, meeting weekly for 75 to 120 minutes. Groups may teach skills, such as CBT or DBT groups, or focus on relationships and feelings as they arise between members.

For many conditions it works about as well as individual therapy, and it adds something individual work cannot: discovering that others share your difficulty and practising new behaviour with real people. It asks for regular attendance, and some people need individual work first before a group feels manageable.

Conditions this service looks after

• Depression and persistent low mood
• Social anxiety, panic and generalised anxiety
• Emotion regulation difficulties and borderline personality disorder, through DBT skills groups
• Alcohol and drug problems, and relapse prevention
• Eating disorders
• Grief and adjustment to chronic illness or cancer
• Post-traumatic stress, in structured trauma-informed groups

Tests you may be offered

• Pre-group interview: An individual meeting to understand your needs, explain how the group runs and judge fit.
• Symptom questionnaires: Such as PHQ-9 and GAD-7, repeated to track progress.
• Risk assessment: Acute suicidal crisis, active psychosis or intoxication call for other care first.

Treatments available

• CBT groups: Structured sessions with a workbook and home practice, usually 8 to 16 weeks.
• DBT skills training: Mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal skills over about 6 months.
• Interpersonal and psychodynamic groups: Longer, less structured groups that use relationships in the room as the material.
• Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: An 8-week course shown to reduce relapse in recurrent depression.
• Support and psychoeducation groups: For carers, people with chronic illness and families.

When to ask for a specialist opinion

• You feel alone with a problem that is actually common
• Difficulties show up mainly in relationships
• You have finished individual therapy and want to consolidate gains
• A clinician has recommended a skills programme such as DBT

Travelling to Türkiye for this care

Groups rely on the same people meeting weekly for months, so they cannot be fitted into a treatment trip. They are relevant for residents and long-stay visitors, where an English-speaking or other language group can be hard to find and worth asking about. Some closed groups run online, which can continue wherever you live. Short intensive formats exist but evidence is stronger for weekly programmes.

Send your reports, scans and a short history and a Clinic-Y coordinator replies within 24 hours with suitable teams and written, all-inclusive proposals side by side. Reviewing your case is free.

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