During February and March, the ABTT will be offering a series of three Group Sessions, two sessions with a trained group facilitator/therapist, plus one peer support group session, to help anyone who might be feeling isolated in their experiences and who wants to explore, check out, and connect with others who might share their feelings. Applicants should be available to attend all three sessions.

The ABTT have partnered with Katerina Georgiou – a counsellor and psychotherapist seeing clients in a GP surgery and private practice, to deliver and facilitate these sessions.
Katerina has worked previously as a life coach and a specialist mental health mentor supporting students in universities across London. Alongside therapy, she’s a freelance writer and sub-editor for magazines and national press, so is attuned to the issues that creative and journalistic professions can bring up.

Katerina has previously worked for Samaritans during the Men on The Ropes research campaign on male suicide – she has a great deal of empathy and knowledge in this area. She was also a Samaritans helpline listener for four years, supporting people with thoughts of suicide. Katerina routinely combines her counselling and journalistic work raising awareness of mental health in the national press, media, radio and podcasts. She created and hosts her own music & mental health podcast called Sound Affects, exploring mental health in the music industry.These contained and confidential sessions will have a limited number of participants and although not group therapy, these groups sometimes have a therapeutic feel. Participants should be aware that difficult feelings might come up for them, which there will be space for them to voice and work through.

The ABTT are running these sessions to provide a supportive space in which participants can explore personal issues alongside other people who want to understand themselves better.

• This session would benefit anyone who might be feeling isolated in their experiences and wants to explore, check out, and connect with others who might share their feelings
• The session will be contained and confidential with a trained group facilitator/therapist.
• Although not group therapy, these groups sometimes have a therapeutic feel, so participants should be aware that difficult feelings might come up for them, for which there would be space for them to voice and work through.
• This group is run as a supportive space in which participants can explore personal issues alongside other people who want to understand themselves better.
• They are not advice based, so they wouldn’t be for people seeking direct practical tips or advice, although members of the group may have supportive tips for each other.

Confidentiality:

What happens in the group sessions remains confidential to the group. It’s not a therapy group, which means participants may connect outside of the group, on the understanding that anything shared with each other outside of the group in relation to the group, group process or other group members can be brought back into the group at any time by any group member as a group issue. The sessions will not be recorded. Recording will not be permitted by group members without the express consent of the group, for which you would be required to ask permission.

If you might be interested in taking part, please contact office@abtt.org.uk for more information on how to apply.