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Group Therapy in Miami-Dade, FL

What is Group Therapy?

Group therapy, also known as support groups, can be a powerful experience for many individuals. This is especially true for those who are still healing from emotional wounds. Support groups involve individuals sharing their experiences, challenges, and triumphs in a structured setting. This collaborative environment with a trained group therapist offers numerous benefits. These benefits can significantly enhance personal growth, emotional healing, and well-being. Individuals who take part in group therapy have gone through similar experiences.

What Are the Benefits of Group Therapy?

Some expected benefits that participants experience in group therapy include:

  1. A sense of belonging

  2. Reduced feeling of isolation

  3. Feeling understood and cared for

  4. A safe space to share emotions without judgment

  5. Validation

  6. Learning from other’s experience

  7. Enhanced self-esteem, self-knowledge, and empowerment

  8. Building connections and networks with like-minded people

  9. Learning practical skills and tools

  10. Personal growth

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Common Types of Betrayal Covered in Group Therapy

In couples therapy, one common issue is when one partner feels betrayed. Betrayal in a relationship can take various forms. Each potentially causes significant trauma, emotional pain, and trust issues. Here are some common types of betrayal:

Infidelity

  • Physical Cheating: Engaging in sexual activities with someone outside the relationship.

  • Emotional Cheating: Developing a deep emotional connection with someone else. This often means sharing intimate thoughts and feelings typically reserved for the partner.

Lying and Deception

  • Consistent Lying: Repeatedly deceiving a partner about essential matters.

  • Hidden Agendas: Keeping significant secrets. These include financial issues, past relationships, or inappropriate communications with others.

Broken Promises

  • Unfulfilled Commitments: Failing to follow through on promises or essential commitments to a partner.

  • Changing Priorities: Suddenly altering life plans or goals. This is usually without involving or considering the partner.

Emotional Betrayal

  • Neglect: Ignoring a partner's emotional needs or consistently prioritizing others over the relationship.

  • Gaslighting: Manipulating a partner into doubting their perceptions, memories, or sanity.

Financial Betrayal

  • Secret Spending: Hiding significant financial transactions or debts from a partner.

  • Misuse of Shared Funds: Using joint resources irresponsibly. Or without the partner's knowledge or consent.

Intimacy Betrayal

  • Withholding Affection: Avoiding physical or emotional intimacy as punishment or control.

  • Sharing Intimate Details: Disclosing private aspects of the relationship with others without consent.

Social Betrayal

  • Gossiping: Sharing private or sensitive information about the relationship. Either with friends or family without the partner's consent.

  • Public Humiliation: Disrespecting or belittling a partner in front of others.

Psychological Betrayal

  • Manipulation: Using psychological tactics to control or exploit a partner.

  • Abuse: Engaging in any form of emotional, verbal, or physical abuse.

Understanding and recognizing these types of betrayal is important. It allows a person to address and heal the damage they cause in relationships. This knowledge can also empower you to take the necessary steps for recovery. Thus, making you feel informed and prepared.

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Support Group for Betrayed Women

As we know, betrayal trauma is not just about infidelity. It can encompass any situation where trust is severely broken. Betrayal might include deception, emotional or physical abuse, and other forms of manipulation or dishonesty. The impact of betrayal trauma can be devastating. This can lead to issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and difficulties in forming future relationships.

Group therapy for betrayed women can be healing! You will meet women who have felt betrayed in some way. The betrayed women who participate in the betrayal support group usually experience that.

Participating in group therapy can help women:

  1. Express their emotions in a safe place

  2. Feel validated and understood

  3. Learn coping strategies to manage their negative emotions

  4. Improve their sense of self-worth, self-confidence, and self-esteem

  5. Feel more empowered and grounded

  6. Learn about boundaries, self-care, and self-soothing

  7. Build a supportive community

  8. Improve their quality of life

 Support Group for Betraying Men

Betrayal can cause deep trauma in the betrayed partner. Most men do not know how to deal with their partner's emotions.  They may feel angry, resentful, ashamed, guilty, and confused, not knowing how to navigate the chaos of betrayal. Suppose your partner feels betrayed, and you do not know how to handle her emotions or your relationship. In that case, this is the right support group for you.

You will meet like-minded men who are experiencing the same struggles. Like you, those men want to restore their relationship but do not know how.

The betraying men who take place in this support group afterward feel that they:

  1. Are not alone

  2. Understand no matter the cause of the betrayal, their partners may be experiencing similar issues, and they have jeopardized their relationship.

  3. Learned coping strategies to manage their negative emotions

  4. Improved their sense of self-worth, self-confidence, and self-esteem

  5. Learned essential skills to help their partner heal

  6. Built a supportive community

  7. Improved their communication skills

  8. Learned better coping mechanisms for breaking unhealthy cycles of interaction

 How do the Support Groups for Betrayed Women and Betraying Men Work?

If you’re looking to begin healing from betrayal trauma, the support groups for betrayed women and betraying men entail:

  • 90 weekly minutes for 12 weeks. 

  • Group sessions may be online or in-person. 

    • The maximum number of participants is eight women or eight men. 

    • Total investment: $60 per session ($720 for the 12 sessions), paid in three installments.

  • 10% discount for full payment: $648.

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Begin Group Therapy in Miami-Dade, FL Today to Begin Healing

Navigating life's challenges can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to do it alone. Group therapy offers a powerful opportunity. It is one that allows you to connect with others facing similar struggles and provides mutual support and understanding. If you're feeling isolated or in need of community, seeking professional help through Group Therapy in Miami-Dade, FL is a crucial step towards growth. These group therapy sessions provide a safe, supportive environment to share your journey, learn from others, and build resilience together. Don’t wait to take the first step towards a more connected and fulfilling life. Start your journey towards healing with the guidance you deserve by following the steps below:

Other Therapy Services Offered by Dr. Noelia Leite in Miami-Dade, Aventura, and throughout Florida

At my Miami, FL practice, I offer a comprehensive range of therapy services to support your holistic well-being. In addition to specializing in Group Therapy, I provide trauma therapy, grief therapy, codependency therapy, betrayal trauma recovery, sex addiction therapy, and more. I also offer a variety of therapeutic interventions to address anxiety, depression, stress management, self-esteem issues, and relationship difficulties. I carefully ensure each therapy session is tailored to your needs and goals. I am dedicated to providing therapy, compassionate support, and guidance. This makes you feel reassured and less alone on your journey toward healing and well-being. Contact me today to learn how to move forward from whatever you’re dealing with to live a happier life.

About the Author:

As the facilitator of these support groups, I bring a wealth of experience and qualifications to guide you on your healing journey. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in the states of Florida, New Jersey, and Illinois. I am also a licensed psychologist in the UK and Brazil. My educational background includes a doctoral degree in Body-Mind medicine with a specialization in Integrative Mental Health (USA), an MSc degree in Health Psychology (UK), an MS Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (USA), and Clinical Psychology (Brazil). I hold advanced certifications in Clinical Hypnotherapy(USA), Sex Addiction (CSAT, USA), Partner Betrayal Trauma (CPTT, USA), Biopsychology(Brazil), as a Yoga Instructor(Argentina), and as a Yoga Therapist (Argentina). I am also a qualified LMFT supervisor, and I supervise intern therapists in the state of Florida.  If you need more information about these support groups, please email therapy@noelialeite.com.