Our Mission
The Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society (EGPS), an affiliate of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, is a multidisciplinary, multicultural, multiracial, professional organization. We advance group approaches to the delivery of human services through training, community, scholarship, and advocacy. Recognizing that multiple communities have been marginalized and unjustly treated, including within our professions, EGPS aspires to be intentionally anti-oppressive to all people.
Group Psychotherapy
Group psychotherapy is a form of treatment in which a small number of people, usually between five and ten, meet together under the guidance of a professionally trained therapist to help themselves and one another. This form of therapy is widely used and has been a standard treatment option for over 50 years.
To a great extent, the quality of a person’s life depends on the quality of their relationships. Much of our growth and development as human beings occurs in relationship with a number of people simultaneously, such as those that occur in families, schools, workplaces, houses of worship, and organized activities like parties.
