Group Therapy
Group therapy has proven to be effective in mental health. While
some counselor will start out with one on one therapy, they may
finally refer the patient to group sessions. Many services and
support groups available offer help to those with mental health
problems. Group therapy allows the patients to freely discuss
their issues, problems, and even find social influences that
share the same symptoms or similar symptoms. When two or more
people are together and can relate to each other, this is often
more effective than one on one sessions...Group therapy sessions
allows the patients to meet once or twice each week, meeting
many others that share common illnesses, thus promoting
association.
If a person is suffering and has difficult to meet in public
places, or even go grocery shopping this is a great source for
healing. Some people with mental illnesses often avoid
socializing simply because they feel that other people do not
understand and it is embarrassing for them to go in public when
they are at risk of erupting from their diagnose. Triggers are
often what cause a mental ill individual to suffer
interruptions, and many times people care less about what may
trigger another individual. It is important to get help when you
have a mental illness, yet it is also important to work through
the problems on your own if possible.
If you use self-talk strategies, it can help with your mental
health issues. Another great form of therapy is writing your
problems on paper. This is great since if you put all the
details of your interruptions on paper your counselor can help
you find out the cause and work toward a resolve. Other great
strategy for dealing with mental health is to avoid isolation.
This is where group therapy comes in to play. Since you are
around others, you will be able to communicate. Communication is
an excellent source for healing. Another great source for
healing is education.
If you are in a group therapy session, you are teaching more
about you disability as well as learning about how others suffer
similar symptoms as yourself. This prevents you from feeling
alone. Group therapy is also great since it gives you the
ability to get out of the house. Think of it as an activity or a
social entertaining experience. The entertainment will be seen
once you sit down, relax and start sharing your problems with
others. Most people when you tell them I am suffering from my
diagnose, symptoms including the inability to concentrate; most
people will say, 'oh, I understand this. I too have difficulties
concentrating.' Well, what do you do to make matters better? You
may ask.
The other person may tell you what he or she does to work toward
concentrating, and you may see somewhere in the conversation a
strategy that can work for you. It becomes entertainment since
you found a source of happiness within. Group therapy is great
for many individuals, but there are some disorders where group
therapy should be avoided at all costs. Although counselors have
set up group meetings for such disabilities, it often proves
troublesome rather than helpful. One example is MPD patients, or
Multiple Personality Disorder. These patients are very distinct
and have triggers that interrupt the diagnose more so than other
types of mental illnesses. Mental illness is tricky and often
difficult to understand, but in most all cases, there is a
solution to dealing with the diagnoses.
It is important to pay close attention if you are joining a
group session. When you pay attention, you receive the benefits
of hearing all about others and how they suffer too. You also
get the benefit of possible learning something about yourself.
When you learn who you are, you are growing to development,
which is the element required for better mental health. Finally,
many that suffer mental illnesses often lack development. There
was something in their lifetime that was not provided to them to
help them grow. If a person is now growing in accordance to
human standards, then that person often jumps track somewhere
along the way. Mental health and group sessions then, is a great
solution for growing.