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Group treatments
Psychiatry focuses in its treatment offerings on group therapies. These group therapies are part of an integrated treatment plan.
The power of group therapy
Group therapy offers a unique form of support through contact with peers. Participants can encourage each other, help each other keep appointments, and support each other in achieving personal goals. This can range from support in maintaining abstinence to emotional support during difficult periods. In practice, group therapy has proven to be an effective treatment method for various psychological issues.
Although group therapy may initially feel tense or uncomfortable, most clients eventually experience it as a safe environment where there is room for support, recognition, and learning from one another.
Psychiatrie Noord offers the following group treatments:
Fear
This group treatment focuses on treating anxiety disorders. Through cognitive behavioral therapy, work is done to gain insight into how behavior and thoughts affect your feelings. You will also learn skills to influence this.
Depression
This group therapy is aimed at improving mood by working on various thoughts and behaviors associated with depression. There is also attention to underlying patterns that sustain the depression or make you vulnerable to relapse.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
In this group treatment, you gain insight into your thought patterns and beliefs: you explore how your thoughts are connected to your feelings and behavior and how you can change this.
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
In ACT there is talk about "psychological flexibility": the higher that flexibility, the better one can cope with psychological complaints (and the lower the flexibility, the greater the risk of stagnating complaints). In ACT, we try to change what we can change and learn to accept what we cannot change.
ADHD
In this group, you will learn what the diagnosis of AD(H)D entails and how to deal with it. The principles of the group treatment are education and peer contact. Certain skills will also be covered that you will work on independently in the meantime.
Self-image
This group therapy is for people with a negative self-image, people who have become depressed because of their negative self-image and want to change this. The approach of this group therapy is based on cognitive behavioral therapy. During this treatment, you will learn to look at yourself differently, you will learn new behaviors and you will start seeking out situations that you currently avoid.
Activation Group (PMT)
This module is intended to move and experience in a group context. Experience that getting into motion has a positive effect on the mood and discover what the body has to say. During the sessions, attention will be paid to various subjects and themes, and there is also room to gain personal experiences.
