Group Support
Our group support can help reduce feelings of isolation
Group support
Group counselling can help with the sense of isolation that many people feel after experiencing sexual violence.
You will need to have self-referred into our counselling service to access group support. We run both single-sex and mixed groups, at different times of the day across the year.
Please note, after attending the introductory group you can remain on the waiting list for one-to-one counselling if this is something you would like to do.
What does Group Support involve?
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I found the group to be a lifeline. I normally find online activities very intimidating and I was apprehensive about participating, but it very quickly became a place and time of safety.
To have achieved that in such a short space of time and online with a group of people I have never met before is quite simply amazing. Both facilitators presented the sessions in a way that was sensitive to us as individuals and I never once felt left behind or isolated from the group.
I am very thankful that I have had this opportunity to have been on the receiving end of such insight and wisdom, and to have experienced it with the other people in the group. Thank you for treating me with dignity, respect and compassion throughout the sessions, and for teaching me that I am not weird for responding to triggers in the way that I do, my brain is normal, it's just responding to layers of very abnormal trauma. This online group was brilliantly delivered and that I would recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity to join.
RASASC client
Introductory group
Our introductory group consists of seven one and a half hour weekly sessions, in a group of up to 12 people. The sessions aim to help you to:
- better understand the impact of trauma, specifically from sexual violence
- learn techniques for managing nightmares, flashbacks, intense emotions and poor sleep
- feel less isolated
- plan some positive changes in your life, and signpost to other resources you may find useful
- understand how you can best make use of our one-to-one counselling (if you decide to go ahead with this).
If you have already self-referred for counselling, and would like to join our introductory group, please email:
counselling@rasasc-guildford.org
