Groups

We live our lives in groups…. 

life-cycleOur inner world was shaped in groups ….  We become aware of our relational style and our self-expression in group settings. We can heal our interpersonal wounds through participating in groups of authentic relating.

Welcome to the exciting world of group therapy!

My office with the circle of chairs for group therapy

MINDFUL RELATIONAL PRESENCE

Consider process group therapy a relational laboratory of mindful presence. You practice yoga to stay in the present moment and breathe through physical movement; you introduce Mindfulness to your daily life to experience your surroundings and yourself in a more present way. Participating in a process group gives you the opportunity to broaden the yogic and Mindful experience to the realm of interpersonal communications.

Interpersonal Process Groups

Wednesdays 5.30-7pm 

Thursdays 7.30-9PM 

Location: 2517 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110

My groups offer a safe space to examine your relating style, your actions and interactions with people.

People of all genders and sexual orientations are welcome. Once I meet with you for two assessment sessions, I will let you know if either of my groups would be a good match for you. If so, I will invite you to join one of the groups.

Contact me to see if there are any current openings in my groups!

Emotional Intimacy

An interpersonally oriented group for those who want to explore their relationship patterns and style of relating in a safe, nurturing environment. We will move from challenging old, unhelpful patterns, looking at their root causes to shifting to more fulfilling and balanced self expression, consistent with your inner strengths and capacity for intimacy.

I invite you on this journey of exploration of a more intimately relating you.

If you want to …

  • shift out of isolation
  • understand what is ineffective in your approach to being in relationships
  • see how to balance attraction and self-reliance
  • learn how to refine your capacity for authentic relating
  • shift conflict into more understanding and closeness

this group is for you.

Three assessment sessions are required before entering the group. Please contact me to schedule your assessment sessions.

Fees: $170 per assessment session (50 min each) and $80 per group session (90 min each). Group is charged as a flat fee in monthly increments.

Location: 2517 Mission Street suite 9, San Francisco, CA

Process Group for Mental Health Clinicians

Fridays 10.30am-12 noon

This group meets online weekly plus 4 times per year an in-person meeting on a Sunday

This group provides clinicians with a personally and professionally self-reflective space. Mental health clinicians are often isolated in their private practices or have no time to attend to their mental, emotional inner world in their busy lifestyle, dedicated to others.

This group is for you if you are noticing a need for this type of connection with others and open to processing your inner world in the presence of other clinicians of all different walks of life. We will focus on each person’s internal world and the interpersonal field we create together.

This is an ongoing, long term group, minimum commitment is 4 months of weekly sessions.

In sessions we consider each participant’s personal life and the parallels between the personal and professional. Based on my personal experience, I believe that paying attention to our internal and interpersonal world as these evolve and we mature (and sometimes get set in our ways) as clinicians, is an ongoing task for all of us. I am delighted to provide this unique space for fellow clinicians.

Process Group for Bay Area Psychiatrists

Mondays 7.30-9pm (in-person)

This group consists of psychiatrists who provide psychotherapy as well as other medical modalities to their patients, who come together to be in a personally and professionally self-reflective space. Very similar to a process group, this group provides the opportunity to find parallels between one’s personal and professional identities, reactions, feelings and experiences. Please inquire if you are interested in joining this group.

Please contact me for more details! I look forward to sharing this meaningful time with you,

Ildiko

“For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment.”  Viktor Frankl

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Give me a call! I love talking about groups, its potential benefits for you, your options and choices regarding group work.

Ildiko Gabor, MFT, CGP, AGPA Fellow – Ildiko has been leading process groups in her private practice as well as at graduate training programs for therapists, psychiatry residents and all who are interested in personal growth in a supportive environment. Ildiko is an interactive therapist, who helps her group members relate to each other authentically and learn their own strength through vulnerability. Ildiko is a Certified Group Psychotherapist and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.

Contact: (650)353-8885 – ildiko@ildikogabor.com– Groupsforeveryone.com

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