Inpatient Group Sessions
The inpatient group therapy sessions offered at New Farm Clinic are psychoeducational in nature and designed to provide individuals with an introduction to a variety of therapeutic concepts and skills. New Farm Clinic offers a range of evidenced-based group therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Diversional Therapy, and a Sensory Regulation Skills group. Group therapy sessions are run by qualified mental health clinicians. The treatment team will allocate a suitable group therapy stream for patients to attend, individualised to patients’ needs. There are a number of group therapy sessions offered each day at the clinic and patients attend 3 hours a day of group therapy.
Refer to the below examples of group session topics (including but not limited to):
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy:
- Managing anxiety
- Managing depression
- Unhelpful thinking styles
- Challenging unhelpful thinking
- Diaphragmatic breathing
- Progressive muscle relaxation
- Strategies to manage panic
- Perfectionism
- Improving self-esteem
- Self-compassion
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy:
- Distraction skills
- Self-soothing skills
- Grounding skills
- Describing and labelling emotions
- Model of emotions
- Opposite Action
- Check the facts
- Boundaries
- Mindfulness skills
- Assertiveness skills
- Self-respect skills
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy:
- Contact with the present moment
- Getting space from difficult thoughts
- Exploring values
- Values guided goals
- Acceptance
Diversional Therapy:
- Gentle exercise facilitated by a physiotherapist
- Improve balance and core strength facilitated by an exercise physiologist
- Mindful walks
- Therapeutic games
- Meditation
- Mindful movement
- Distraction activities
- Guided relaxation
- Journaling
Revised 29 October 2020