Feelings Process Group

Register your interest

We are exploring offering three different groups. Please read below to ensure we are on the same page. At this moment you are simply registering your interest in a group.

We are planning on offering three different groups depending on interest:

  1. An in-person group for men in the Franklin, TN area on Monday nights

  2. An online group for men - time/day to be decided

  3. An online group for women - time/day to be decided

Group options

It is important you understand that neither Alyn or AJ are licensed counselors or therapists. While group process can be incredibly helpful with regards to personal growth and understanding, sometimes it can be emotionally disruptive. Being in process group is a deep dive into your feelings, your life and your story, but it is not a substitute for therapy or counseling.

Limitations

Key to the success of group process work is the shared practice of confidentiality. That is, “What’s shared in group stays in group.” While you are welcome to talk about your own experience of being in the group, you are asked not to talk about anybody else’s experience outside of group. If confidentiality is broken please have an expectation that you will let the group know about the breach at the next meeting.

In accordance with TN state law, we are mandatory reporters. That means if something is shared during group that indicates someone is a harm to themselves or to others, we are required to seek appropriate help for them. Additionally if a disclosure is made that a child, elderly person or disabled person has been abused or neglected, the law requires that a report be filed with appropriate authorities.

Confidentiality

Engagement and openly distrusting the process

Process group is a space for you to ask questions and to explore the feelings that come up as a result of being in group. Your feelings about the process of group are always important and their discussion is often beneficial to others in the group. Initially I will direct a considerable amount of time to a particular group member to ensure everyone gets to process. Nobody will make you share anything you are not comfortable with, but part of stepping into process is being willing to engage with the process and talk about how you are feeling.

You are in the group for you. While you will experience support and encouragement from being with other people in the group, the primary benefit of being in the group is your own personal growth and understanding of how you experience life and how others experience you. The success of the group is largely dependent on the desire you have to be present, to engage and to share for the purposes of you, not for helping others. I will repeatedly encourage you to be there for you, not for others and will swiftly curb any attempts at “helping” others. So, if you come to group, you are there for you - not to be helpful.

Participation

An essential part of process group will be the use of The Eight Feelings as discussed in the book, “The Voice of the Heart” by Chip Dodd. We highly recommend that you read this book. Alternatively, you can listen to the feelings series on Keeping Up With The Joneses to ensure you are familiar with the eight feelings.

Feelings work

You are welcome to leave group any time you like for any reason. We just ask that if you tell the group you are leaving, you return one more time to group so that we can process your leaving together. Please note: pro-rated refunds will not be offered for those who leave early.

Leaving the group

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