The rise of online group therapy and support sessions is meeting new demand for mental-health services.
Here’s how they can help.
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Cat Lee is the co-founder and COO of online group-support platform Pace.
Jonathan Spievack is the co-founder and CEO of New York-based online group-therapy platform Grouport.
And these online options couldnt be more timely, given the unique paradox presented by the pandemic.
Cat Lee is the co-founder and COO of online group-support platform Pace.
Notably, however, group therapy and facilitator-led group support arent quite identical.
When youre in a group, it reduces the mental load.
You finally feel like you could talk to people who really get what youre going through.
When youre in a group, it reduces the mental load.
We all have varying levels of stress throughout the day that we can or cant handle by ourselves.
In-person groups can sometimes activate greater social anxiety than a Zoom meeting might.
In-person groups can sometimes activate greater social anxiety than a Zoom meeting might, he says.
I said to them, Youre expressing an enormous amount of emotion about this person.
Since you cant physically be with them, Im going to ask you to articulate everything that youre feeling.
Cat Lee is the co-founder and COO of online group-support platform Pace.
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