Group Therapy in Bondi

Are you struggling with your emotions, anxiety, or relationships?

You’re doing well in a lot of ways, but you also feel anxious, sad and lonely, and you don’t really know where to turn.

You have a life that is great in lots of ways. And yet, there’s a constant anxiety, loneliness or grief that you’ve ignored (for decades).

If you try to speak about it with friends or family, they might tell you … don’t focus on the negatives, look at the bright side. But the reality is… this hardly ever works.

Whether it’s anxiety, pain or relationship difficulties… at its core, what makes life so difficult is not knowing how to bear the pain without pushing it down or numbing out.

Most of us weren’t taught how to meet painful emotions.

Most of us didn’t naturally develop healthy self compassion & acceptance.

Instead, we end up our own harshest inner critics, in a culture where anxiety & emotional repression is the norm!

No wonder we struggle to fully connect & thrive, despite ‘having it all’

What this group involves:

• This is a unique group therapy process based on principles of mindfulness, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) & Attachment theory - developed by Michael Cohn (pictured)

• The Group helps you build the skills of emotional resilience, self-acceptance & emotional intimacy i.e. the basis of secure attachment & healthy relationship

• Ultimately, the skills & connection in the group will increase your capacity for vulnerability, courage & real fulfilment in life

• Whatever roles you play outside, the Group is a space where you no longer have to perform and pretend you’re “good”

• Small group of diverse participants aged 20s-70s including professionals, mothers, grandfathers, people born here & overseas (best part is, we laugh as much as we feel!)

Details

WHEN: Tuesday nights 6:30-8:30pm

WHERE: North Bondi

WHO: Led by me & Michael Cohn, Buddhist Psychotherapist & Acceptance and Commitment Therapy therapist of 20+ years

INVESTMENT: $100 AUD per session (first session is $50 AUD)

COMMITMENT: Come to your first group to see if you like it. After that, regular attendance is required for 3 months minimum for the integrity of the group & the benefit to you.

Get in touch

FAQs

  • Get in touch with me or message Michael Cohn directly on 0413 947 582.

    After a quick chat with one of us, come along to the first group to see if it’s for you.

  • The group size is usually around 6-8 people, though numbers sometimes fluctuate.

  • Some therapy groups are based on specific shared issues, while this group shares the same process for all ‘issues’.

    The group is based on non-pathologising, non-judgmental principles.

    At the end of the day, we’re all simply, devastatingly human.

    You can bring your guts & muck.

  • Michael started these groups over 20 years ago in The Sydney Clinic.

    The process combines Michael’s training and experience in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Buddhist psychotherapy, Carl Jung’s shadow work & John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory.

  • Susie first met Michael when she was a participant in the group, back when she was a law student over 15 years ago.

    The group process formed the basis of her emotional stability & set the foundations for secure attachment in her relationships.

    Many years later, it’s a joy to co-facilitate this group with Michael.