Enrollment for groups is currently open for adults with excessive worry, obsessions/compulsions and depression.

Shift Cognitive Therapy is happy to announce that we are now offering group treatment options for adults and adolescents with anxiety and depression. Treatment groups are warm and welcoming places to learn skills to manage difficulties. The group treatment format offers several benefits over individual treatment:

• Realize you are not alone. Many people feel they are unique because of their problem. Group treatments are encouraging as they allow members to meet and talk with others who struggle in similar ways.
• Get honest and supportive feedback. Groups at Shift are small and comfortable. Under the direction of the group leader (a registered psychologist) the group is able to give support, offer alternatives and provide feedback to its members.
• Groups are safe places to learn new skills. Group treatments work because the members and the leader create a climate of trust and support. Every person is there to grow and learn. Issues discussed in the group are not shared outside or with others.
• Group treatments are efficient and affordable. Groups are efficient because each member can learn even when they are just listening quietly. Also, other members may bring up issues that strike a chord with you, but that you might not have been aware of or brought up yourself. Group treatments are covered by extended health benefit programs and have a much lower per-session fee compared to individual treatment sessions.