Process Groups in Oregon
Healing happens
in relationship.
You know your patterns. But you keep doing the same things anyway.
You withdraw, people-please, perform, shut down when things get hard.
Or you're carrying political grief, existential dread, the weight of the world collapsing — and you're exhausted from performing "fine" when nothing feels fine.
You can’t work through relational patterns alone.
You can’t process collective grief in isolation.
This work requires other people.
In group, you practice staying present with real humans in real time. You see how you actually show up when you're vulnerable, when conflict arises, when someone gets too close, when everything feels too heavy to hold.
You'll receive reflection from multiple people, not just one therapist. You'll notice your patterns as they're happening — how you protect yourself when vulnerable, what you do in conflict, how you ask for what you need (or don't).
Process groups meet weekly via Zoom throughout Oregon — Portland, Eugene, Salem, Bend, and beyond.
GROUP IS FOR YOU IF:
You notice yourself stuck in recurring patterns in friendships, partnerships, or community. People-pleasing, withdrawing when things get hard, performing competence while drowning inside, struggling to ask for what you need.
GROUP IS FOR YOU IF:
You need space to process existential overwhelm without being told to self-care your way through the apocalypse. You're carrying political grief, climate anxiety, collective rage, or the weight of systems that harm people you love and you want to talk about it without judgment or being told you’re a bummer.
GROUP IS FOR YOU IF:
You feel lonely but don't know how to build real connection. You're either isolated or surrounded by people but still feel alone. You want authentic relationships but don't know how to let people in without losing yourself.
GROUP IS FOR YOU IF:
You need people who get that your despair makes sense and you're responding appropriately to what's happening. You want permission to be falling apart and still show up.
GROUP IS FOR YOU IF:
You're exhausted from performing. You show up differently for everyone—accommodating, competent, fine—and you've lost track of who you actually are underneath it all.
GROUP IS FOR YOU IF:
You're sensitive to everything and don't know how to exist in relationships without shutting down or being overwhelmed. You feel too much or nothing at all, and neither feels sustainable.
GROUP IS FOR YOU IF:
You want to shift your attachment patterns, not just understand them. You need practice being different in relationship with others who are doing the same work.
What happens in Group Therapy?
We work with what's alive in the room: what people are feeling, what's emerging between group members, what patterns are showing up. There's no set agenda. We slow down what's happening between people and make the invisible visible.
You might notice yourself withdrawing when someone gets emotional. Or feeling helpfulness when the group feels tense. Maybe you edit yourself because you want to fit in or not make waves. These moments become the material we work with.
This work is challenging, but it can also transform the way you relate to yourself and others.
Groups meet weekly via Zoom and serve clients throughout Oregon, including Portland, Eugene, Salem, and beyond. New members are welcomed through a consultation process to ensure fit and readiness. Participants commit to at least six sessions to support a stable and safer environment.
These groups are specifically designed for people navigating attachment wounds, relational patterns rooted in survival, and the experience of trying to exist authentically in systems that demand compliance.
The Tuesday group is almost full. I am currently accepting new participants interested in meeting at other times during the week.
Relational Rewire
Tuesdays, 5:30-7:00 PM Pacific
This group focuses on attachment dynamics and the ways we disconnect or anxiously pursue connection. If you struggle with trust, closeness, avoidance, or fear of rejection, this group offers a space to explore those patterns and begin shifting them in real time with others who are doing the same.
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Weekly 90-minute Zoom sessions.
Members are expected to attend for at least 6 sessions to help foster a sense of trust and stability for the group.
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$80 per session is the baseline rate. Members are welcome to pay $90 or $100 in order to contribute to sliding scale slots.
Limited sliding scale available.
Messy, Human, & Here
Thursdays, 5:30-7:00 PM Pacific
This group is for people trying to stay emotionally present in a world that feels like it's falling apart. We hold space for political and existential overwhelm, interpersonal vulnerability, and the messiness of real life. You don't have to show up polished.
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Weekly 90-minute Zoom sessions.
Members are expected to attend for at least 6 sessions to help foster a sense of trust and stability for the group.
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$80 per session is the baseline rate. Members are welcome to pay $90 or $100 in order to contribute to sliding scale slots.
Limited sliding scale available.
Ready to Start?
FAQs
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Support groups provide validation, shared experience, and education around a specific issue (grief, addiction, chronic illness, etc.). They're often peer-led and focus on mutual support.
Process groups are therapy groups led by a licensed clinician. While support, validation, and finding connection are all a part of process groups, the clinician brings attention to what goes unsaid in many relationships: how members are showing up in relationship, when connections are forged or broken, and when unresolved relational hurt may result in unwanted relational patterns. You learn how you handle conflict, vulnerability, intimacy, and boundaries by actually being in those dynamics with other group members.
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Sessions are ninety minutes and meet weekly via Zoom. There's no set agenda or curriculum. Instead, we work with what's alive in the room: what people are feeling, what's coming up between group members, what patterns are emerging. I facilitate the process, help name dynamics, and create space for honesty, vulnerability, and repair.
Some sessions might find group members venting to one another and offering support. Other sessions might feel quiet; yet others might be intense. Some sessions people come in and just want to yap and laugh! All of it is part of the work!
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Individual therapy is incredibly valuable, and many people do both. But group offers something different. You get to see your patterns in action, not just talk about them after the fact. You receive reflection from multiple people, not just one therapist. You practice being yourself in relationship, which builds capacity in ways that talking about relationships can't.
If you're already in individual therapy, group can be a powerful complement. If you're not, group can be a standalone form of treatment.
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Start by scheduling a free twenty-minute consultation. We'll talk about what you're looking for, what group might offer, and whether one of the current groups feels like a good fit. If it does, we'll schedule an intake session before you join.
You'll commit to at least six sessions to give yourself time to settle in and for the group to build trust. After that, you can continue as long as the group is helpful.
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That's normal! Even for me, a renowned extravert, group can sometimes feel overwhelming or cause anxiety.
Most people are nervous about being seen, being vulnerable, or ‘doing it wrong’ in front of others. We talk about this throughout group as different members experience it at different times. You get to participate at whatever level feels right. There's no pressure to share more than you're ready to.
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Yes. What's shared in group stays in group. We establish confidentiality agreements at the start, and maintaining trust is central to the work.
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Life happens. If you need to miss a session, let me know. That said, consistency matters. The work builds on itself and the group develops relational trust over time. If you know you'll miss more than occasional sessions, we can talk about whether the timing is right.
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It varies. Some people stay for a few months, some for a year or more. The minimum commitment is six sessions, but many people find the work valuable enough to continue. We check in periodically about whether group is still serving you.