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ThornfieldGroup Therapy Practice

Groups & workshops

Eleven rooms a week where nobody has to explain themselves from scratch.

A group is not the cheap version of therapy. It is a different instrument — you hear how other people manage the thing you are managing, and you practise being known by more than one person at a time. Most of ours cost less than a weekly hour, and every one of them is facilitated by a clinician from the roster.

8groups currently running
$55–$75per session, billed by the term
6–10people in a room, never more
An empty group room at the Belmont Street office, eight chairs set in a circle

The week, as it actually runs

Times are Pacific. Evening groups start after 5.30pm so they are reachable from a working day; the Saturday drop-in needs no booking at all.

Mon

6.30pmAnxiety & AvoidanceBelmont StreetPlaces open

Tue

5.30pmDBT SkillsHawthorne AnnexeWaitlist10.00amBereavement CircleBelmont StreetNearly full

Wed

7.00pmMen's Process GroupBelmont StreetWaitlist6.00pmLate DiagnosisOnlinePlaces open

Thu

11.00amNew ParentsBelmont StreetPlaces open5.30pmTrauma Stabilisation SkillsBelmont StreetNearly full

Sat

9.30amSaturday GroundingBelmont StreetPlaces open

Every group, in full

Each one says who it is for, who it is not for, and what happens in a session. If you are between two, say so in an enquiry and the facilitator will tell you which.

Anxiety & Avoidance

Places open

A structured twelve weeks on the things you have stopped doing, and getting them back one at a time.

When
Mon 6.30pm · 90 minutes
Runs for
12 weeks
Fee
$65 — per session, billed by the term ($780)
Places
3 of 10 places open

Adults whose world has quietly narrowed — stopped driving, stopped eating out, stopped putting a hand up in meetings.

People in acute crisis, or currently in weekly trauma work elsewhere without their therapist's agreement.

Read what happens in a session

DBT Skills

Waitlist

The full skills curriculum over twenty weeks, taught properly, with a workbook and homework.

When
Tue 5.30pm · 2 hours
Runs for
20 weeks
Fee
$75 — per session, billed in two blocks
Places
Waitlist — about eight weeks

People who have been told they would benefit from DBT skills, whether or not they are in individual DBT.

Anyone looking for a process group — this one is a class, and it is taught from the front.

Read what happens in a session

Bereavement Circle

Nearly full

A rolling, open group for people carrying a death — recent, or long enough ago that everyone else has stopped asking.

When
Tue 10.00am · 90 minutes
Runs for
Rolling, join any week
Fee
$65 — per session, monthly billing
Places
2 of 8 places open

Adults bereaved at any point, including years ago. People often arrive at the anniversary rather than the funeral.

People in the first fortnight after a death, when what is needed is practical help rather than a group.

Read what happens in a session

Men's Process Group

Waitlist

An ongoing Wednesday evening group, running continuously since 2016.

When
Wed 7.00pm · 90 minutes
Runs for
Ongoing
Fee
$65 — per session, monthly billing
Places
Waitlist — reviewed each term

Men who can commit to a year. Turnover is low and that is the point of it.

Anyone wanting a short course. Members typically stay two to three years.

Read what happens in a session

Late Diagnosis

Places open

Eight weeks for adults recently identified as autistic or ADHD, run by a facilitator who is one.

When
Wed 6.00pm · 90 minutes
Runs for
8 weeks
Fee
$60 — per session, billed by the term ($480)
Places
4 of 10 places open

Adults identified in the last two years, self-identified included. No paperwork required to join.

People looking for an assessment — we do not diagnose, and we will say so plainly.

Read what happens in a session

New Parents

Places open

Eight late-morning weeks for people in the first year, babies welcome in the room.

When
Thu 11.00am · 75 minutes
Runs for
8 weeks
Fee
$55 — per session, billed by the term ($440)
Places
5 of 9 places open

Any new parent in the first twelve months, including partners who did not give birth and adoptive parents.

This is not a perinatal mental health service. If you are unwell, we will help you find one.

Read what happens in a session

Trauma Stabilisation Skills

Nearly full

Ten weeks of groundwork, taken before or alongside individual trauma work — never instead of it.

When
Thu 5.30pm · 90 minutes
Runs for
10 weeks
Fee
$70 — per session, billed by the term ($700)
Places
2 of 8 places open

People preparing for trauma-focused work, or steadying themselves between courses of it.

Nobody processes a trauma narrative in this room. That work belongs in an individual hour.

Read what happens in a session

Saturday Grounding

Places open

An hour of practical regulation skills, drop in, no booking, no commitment.

When
Sat 9.30am · 60 minutes
Runs for
Drop-in
Fee
$25 — paid on the day, or free on the sliding scale
Places
Open — no booking

Anyone, including people who are not clients here and people deciding whether to be.

It is not therapy and it is not a substitute for it. Nobody will ask you anything personal.

Read what happens in a session

Not sure a group is right?

Daniel Whitcombe runs a free thirty-minute conversation about exactly this, and is quite willing to tell you a group is the wrong container for you at the moment.

Talk it through first