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Katie May on Group Support
Many of us have moments when we feel we don’t fit in—or that probably no one would understand us. In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush interviews Katie May about her work with teens, her own healing journey and the role that groups play in both.
“I realized that life was bigger than the pain that I was holding inside of me.”
Show Notes:
What was it like being a teenager and how does that affect you today? Whether you grew up experiencing adolescent awkwardness or deep family dysfunction, it made an impact on your mental and emotional health. In this episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., interviews Katie May, owner and clinical director of Creative Healing, a Philadelphia-area therapy practice, about her personal healing journey and how it inspired her to work with teens today. They talk about the challenges of growing up, especially if the family dynamic is difficult, and about the benefits that teens (and others) can gain from sharing their experiences with others who understand and can support them as they become their healthiest selves.
Listen and learn:
The important perspective that being in and sharing in a group can give teens (and others)
How having support can make a different in a teen’s life
Where a teen might find support if it’s not available in the family
How the challenges of growing up can lead to self-destructive coping mechanisms
How blaming and self-shaming around the ways we coped with emotional pain can affect us long after we’ve stopped the behaviors
How healing your younger parts can help you find joy
Why the messages we got in dysfunctional families make it so hard to move forward
What can happen when we reach a deeper understanding of our childhood pain and what it’s doing to our lives—and how it can break the chain of family dysfunction
How interacting with healthy families and working in healthy environments helps us heal
Why “doing” is such a necessary part of the healing process
The power of others’ honest and genuine feedback—and how it can help us break down our defenses
Why it’s important to identify the people who are going to support your healing process
Why we need to be willing to be uncomfortable if we’re going to grow into our healthiest selves
Learn More:
> Katie Keates-May’s Creative Healing adolescent therapy practice website
> Katie Keates-May’s Your Group Guru practice-building website for therapists
> Your Group Guru on Facebook
> Woman Worriers on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook & Twitter
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