Semi-structured
group
therapy provides an opportunity for people to address
specific concerns in a supportive context with others who share the
same concerns. I facilitate six- or eight-week groups on two
different topics. The group entitled “Living Well with Chronic
Illness” is geared toward people who have any chronic medical
illness.
We address areas such as stress management, relationships
and communication, coping strategies for depression and anxiety, the
physician-patient relationship, and work and family concerns. In
each group session, there is an educational component followed by an
experiential exercise and group sharing. People often report
receiving great value from hearing about others’ experiences with
similar concerns.
The “Self-Inquiry
Group” is for those interested in investigating ways they resist
being here in the present and centered in the heart. We open with a
guided meditation, then use structured exercises and group sharing to
facilitate awareness of our strategies and defenses. Participants in
this group invariably realize the possibility of living with greater
authenticity and truth and report feeling lighter, more tender toward
themselves and others, and more aligned with their true nature.
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For more information,
or to schedule an appointment, please call (805) 570-9765 or
email Gail@GailBrenner.com.
Gail
Brenner, Ph.D., therapist, serves
Santa Barbara Goleta Montecito Summerland Carpinteria Solvang Santa
Ynez Buellton
Ojai and the
online community 93101
93102
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93014. She
provides therapy, counseling, healing, or stress,
anxiety,
depression, worry, grief, career, inner critic, forgiveness,
relationships, spiritual awakening
for individuals, seniors, couples, families, and people with chronic and
terminal
illness.