Group Therapy Training: Evidence-Based Skills to Facilitate Dynamic, Purposeful Group

One Therapist. Profound Impact on Multiple Lives at Once.

Your caseload is full. Your clients need more than you can give them, one hour at a time.

Group therapy changes that, and neuroscience proves why it works. Humans are biologically wired for connection, and attachment disruption is comorbid with nearly every presentation that walks into your office. That makes a well-facilitated group one of the most clinically powerful environments for healing. Right-brain-to-right-brain attunement is happening simultaneously across every member in the room.

The challenge is running it well.

Group work demands a distinct skill set: how to build safety, manage conflict, read group dynamics in real time, and adapt evidence-based interventions for a multi-person setting. Without the right training, even experienced individual therapists can feel underprepared.

PESI's group therapy training fixes that.

Evidence-based, neuroscience-informed, and immediately applicable, whether you're launching your first group or deepening expertise with a specialized population.

Group therapy is effective for:

• Anxiety, depression, and mood disorders
• Trauma and PTSD, including complex trauma
• Personality disorders and borderline presentations
• Substance use and addiction recovery
• Grief, social isolation, and attachment disruption
• Adolescents, adults, and specialized populations