Welcome to Group Therapy Central!
What We Do
We provide high quality group therapy experiential training to therapists and other helping professionals around the world.
Please watch our welcome video!
Current Opportunities
Group Therapy Conference April 27-28, 2023 (Hybrid In-Person + Online)!!!
Minnesota Group Therapy Conference
April 27-28, 2023
12.0+ CEUs
There are two tracks:
(1) Online
(2) In-Person (in St. Paul Minnesota)
Experiential Format: The experiential nature of this conference means you will learn about group dynamics and interventions by being a group member of a process group made up of psychotherapist peers. You will experience and study actual group issues as they organically arise in your group work together. This ‘real-time’ group work creates a learning environment that is not possible in didactic, role-playing, or other forms of trainings. Most of the conference will be spent in your Small Group Experiential Training (SGET) comprised of 6-12 members and 1-2 highly skilled group leaders.
The evaluations from our last conferences were overwhelming positive, and included several helpful suggestions. Attendees said they would recommend this event to any colleague that is wanting experiential training.
Wonderful! Loved the modeling of holding space, engaging group members, and the emphasis on present moment feelings. It was truly experiential!
-Spring 2021 Conference Participant
“Just sign up!”…” It’s very worth it”… “but be prepared for what it is (experiential rather than just didactic).”
-Fall 2020 Conference Participant
“Experiential aspect was much more powerful than the traditional “lecture” approach. I very much appreciate it.”
-Fall 2019 Conference Participant
Ongoing Online Process-oriented Training Groups for Therapists.
Group #1: Tuesday evenings (1st & 3rd) 7:30-9:00pm (Central Time). Facilitator: Nate Page, PhD, LP, CGP (1 open slot possibly in April 2022)
Group #2: Tuesday evenings (2nd & 4th) 7:30-9:00pm (Central Time). Facilitator: Nate Page, PhD, LP, CGP (0 open slot in February 2022)
Group #3: Thursday evenings twice monthly 7:30-9:00pm (Central Time). Facilitator: Nate Page, PhD, LP, CGP (0 open slots)
Group #4: NEW GROUP – Wednesdays 11:00am – 12:30pm (Central Time) Started in 2022 with a wonderful co-facilitator Dr. Sophia Aguirre. (0 open slots, but Sophia is scheduling pre-group interviews for her next group which will be Tuesdays 3:00-4:30pm EST)
Co-facilitators: Nate Page, PhD, LP, CGP AND Sophia Aguirre PhD, CGP, FAGPA
These groups are comprised of wonderful group of clinicians from all over North America. Our primary focus is to practice ACTIVATING and ILLUMINATING the here-and-now realities of our interpersonal relationships. The group is ongoing in nature and members anticipate investing 6-24 months (or possibly longer) in this group. It is online, yet we plan to meet face-to-face once a year.
We conduct Pre-Group Meetings with folks that are interested in joining a new training group for therapists.
The Pre-Group Meeting is a 20-30 minute video conference where you and Nate will discuss your goals and hopes for the group, review norms and expectations, answer any questions you have about the group, and help determine if this group is a good fit.
You can also watch this video Nate made a couple of years ago where he talks about these groups.
Video: Nate discusses the Online Process Groups for Therapists
Two-Day Group Intensives
These groups are lead by one or two highly skilled group leaders, and are filled with 6-9 compassionate group members that are dedicated to creating a rich, deep and meaningful process experience. This group intensive is based on the institute model used by the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
After completing your application we will find a time for a 45-minute pre-group interview with the group leader(s) to talk through your goals for group, answer questions you have, and help you determine if this is a good fit.
Upcoming Group Intensives:
Thursday/Friday May 13 & 14, 2022 (Online)
Thursday/Friday August 18 & 19, 2022 (In-Person in Northfield, MN)
Thursday/Friday 10 & 11, 2022 (Online)
Schedule (Central Time Zone)
The group meet for four 90-minute sessions over the two days.
Thursday
Session #1: 8:30-10:00am
Session #2: 10:15-11:45am
(Lunch)
Session #3: 1:30-3:00pm
Session #4: 3:15-4:45pm
Friday
Session #5: 8:30-10:00am
Session #6: 10:15-11:45am
(Lunch)
Session #7: 1:30-3:00pm
Session #8: 3:15-4:45pm
DESCRIPTION:
Group members are mental health clinicians (and occasionally other helping professionals) that want a process group experience.
This is a relational process group. We will continually activate, illuminate, and process the HERE-AND-NOW dynamics of our relationships together. The content of the group will be driven by group members wants/needs. Themes surrounding attachment styles, relationship concerns, burnout/compassion fatigue, finances and money management/mindsets, impostor syndrome, and other issues related to being a clinician will surface…but that is just the beginning of where this group could go. The group may also decide to create space for consultation and masterminding work as needed. The goal of the group is to immerse ourselves in a process experience while also being able to reflect on this experience in a way that is meaningful to professional development as therapists. This group is similar to an institute experience at an AGPA or affiliate society conference, but it will be ongoing.
This is not a therapy group, yet the boundaries/norms of confidentiality will be observed and members may bring into the group anything that is meaningful to their experience as a therapist and as a human being.
Burnout, Compassion Fatigue and Moral Injury
Nate has witnessed the damaging impact of burnout and compassion fatigue among far too many professionals, and has committed much of his career to helping individuals heal from these injuries.
He provides individual and group therapy services for those with clinically diagnosed burnout, and also leads weekend recovery retreat programs to help professionals begin their burnout healing journey. Nate does some organizational consultation to help business leaders assess the causes of burnout within their organizations and discover ways to make improvements.
Over the past three years Nate has delivered customized presentations on burnout to just over 25 different organizations.
To contact Nate about a presentation, retreat, or therapy please schedule a free consultation or shoot him an email at nate@grouptherapycentral.com.
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