Los Angeles Group Therapy - In-person & Online
You don’t have to keep doing it alone.
When humans are struggling, we tend to isolate and withdraw from our connections and communities. Or worse, if you’ve learned that you don’t belong, you may feel you don’t have connections or communities to begin with.
This is why group therapy can be so tranformative and healing. At Kindman & Co., we offer a diverse range of group therapy offerings that promote wellbeing via the sharing of your own experience and by resonating with others. Our therapy and process groups help you feel less alone and build relationships with others who really get your experience. As Brené Brown says, “We don’t have to do all of it alone, we were never meant to.”
support & therapy process groups in Highland Park
start to feel more connected & understood.
All of our therapy groups bolster connection, vulnerability, curiosity, and reach for empathic understanding and appreciation of our collective experiences, as well as our differences. Groups often include education and cultivation of skills for managing big feelings and building intimacy within the group members and in relationships with others outside of groupwork. Groups are the perfect space to practice tools you’re learning in individual therapy sessions and find the comfort, support, and healing that building new relationships can provide. Read on for more information about our therapy groups and visit our individual group pages to learn more about our current offerings. Subscribe to our mailing list to receive info on any new group offerings.
“Our problems can be made bearable only through the recognition of our universal humanity. We suffer uniquely, but we survive the same way.”
benefits of group therapy
There are many reasons to give group therapy & support groups a try. We’ll talk about them in more detail below, but for us, the most important reason has always been building community. We are big supporters of the need for everyone to find their people – the ones who are there when you really need someone.
Some benefits of engaging in therapeutic groupwork include:
You’re Not Alone – there are many difficult and joyous life experiences that are just better when shared, and groups can give you a network of others who understand where you’re coming from. You can get to know yourself and how you interact with others and start developing greater empathy for the needs and goals of your community.
Defeat the “It’s Just Me” Mentality – shame and fear make us think the pain we feel is ours and ours alone. Groups give us the essential opportunity to learn from and connect with others who have similar experiences and emotions and find healing in learning “it’s not just me.” It also gives us the opportunity to show up for and support others with similar challenges, which helps us to overcome our own struggles.
Improve Your Relationships —discover how you think, why you react the way you do, and better understand how you are perceived by others. You will share what goes on in your life outside the group but also explore what happens between members in the present moment, providing valuable feedback by witnessing and resonating with each other, while also building skills to navigate conflict.
Accountability — tell me if this sounds familiar – in a therapy session I set a goal for myself and felt really excited about it. Then, I went home and forgot to do anything about it until the next session. We get it. Groupwork can be a great source of accountability and encouragement to help you stay committed to working toward change.
Cost Savings — did you know that research shows that group therapy is equally as effective as individual therapy? If individual therapy sessions are outside of your budget, group therapy may offer a more accessible price point to start therapeutic work and can be a wonderful support for growth and change. Kindman & Co. is committed to offering a variety of group options to better serve clients at differing levels of financial need, assuring there is always a reduced fee option for each therapy group that we offer.
our current groups
You can find out a little more about our current groups below and more details about each group by click on the button below the group description. Please contact us to let us know if you’re interested in joining a current group or if you have suggestions for groups you’d like to see!
Chillona is Chingona: Latina Therapy Group
This group is for the Latinas who don't feel Latina enough, who have put the feelings of others consistently in front of their own, and for Latinas who are wanting to learn how to care for themselves on an emotional level. Having feelings doesn’t make you a chillona—it means that you are a real person with real feelings. If you are looking for a space to challenge inherited, generational narratives around your emotions, to build community through shared vulnerability and care, and to build awareness of what YOU need in relationships, please join us!
Group is actively accepting new members!
Private Practice for Beginners Group
If you are a therapist preparing to launch your own private practice or have recently done so, this is the group for you! This group is part accountability and part support/process for all of the unique challenges that we face not just as therapists, but as business owners. Facilitated by Kindman & Co. Co-Founder, Kaitlin Kindman, you’ll get feedback, tips, and tools to make changes and/or grow a practice that rewards and sustains you. This group is a supportive space to explore all the stuff they didn’t teach us in school—start to feel more confident in your ability to find clients you feel excited about, feel more balanced in your life, and enjoy the freedoms and opportunities of having your own practice.
This group is currently accepting new members. Note that this is not a therapy group and is instead a business consultation group.
QUEER in ADULTHOOD SUPPORT & PROCESS GROUP (group is on hiatus currently)
If you are an adult exploring your sexual orientation and identity, or have recently come out or are in the process of coming out, you are likely finding that embracing queerness in adulthood is exciting, and comes with some unique challenges. From loved ones struggling with your changing identity to feeling anxious and grieving what your life could have been had you explored your sexuality sooner, this is not an easy time. Be with others who really understand the difficulties you’re navigating and start to feel seen, empowered, and ready to celebrate your authentic self!
This group is on hiatus and not accepting new members.
