In episode 385 I chat with Madelaine Sanfilippo. Madelaine is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist in the state of California and Head of Groups at The Center for Anxiety and OCD.

We discuss her OCD story, what is a group, how does group therapy differ from individual therapy, the benefits of group therapy, when is group therapy right for you, the flow and process of group therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention therapy (ERP) within a group therapy setting, who wouldn’t be suitable for group therapy, and much more. Hope it helps.  

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Sheva Rajaee

Dr Irvin Yalom Group Therapy book, ‘The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy’ (6th edition): https://amzn.to/42u0yl5 

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Stuart