Therapy Groups

Relationships determine the quality of life

NOTICE: This group has ended. Dr. Steiner is actively looking for similar groups and colleagues to refer to.

What follows is a description of what the group offered in the past:

Support Group for the Over 65

Group is a safe place to:

Practice and learn how to express your needs in relationships
Improve your confidence and self-esteem
Discover the gift of compassion for yourself
Improve your communication skills

About this group:

This supportive, process-oriented mixed long-term group for high-functioning adults addressed life transitions, self-care and intimacy issues. Designed for people who want to work on problems in their personal relationships and the challenges and opportunities presented by aging, and transitions. Members became aware of patterns that do not work and explore new ways to create more satisfying relationships. This warm group of men and women over 65 was made up of psychologically minded/curious members who focused on deepening their capacity for self-compassion and connection with others, both in and outside of the group.

The group met online.

About the leader:

Ann Steiner, Ph.D., M.F.T., CGP, (Certified Group Psychotherapist), Fellow, American Group Psychotherapy Association, (AGPA-F) has been leading psychotherapy groups for 30 years, supervises, trains and provides consultation to therapists. She is a licensed marriage family therapist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area, former Board Member and is a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Society, was president of Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society, and a founding member of the National Registry of Group Psychotherapists.

Dr. Steiner served as an Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California Medical School, San Francisco for fourteen years, and is a founding member and on the faculty of The Psychotherapy Institute's Group Therapy Training Program. She lectures at professional meetings internationally, within the US and locally, and writes for consumers and therapists.

Note: All of Dr. Steiner's groups are designed for individuals who have either have been in, or are currently in psychotherapy, are not in crisis, and are motivated to change. There are many groups that are designed to help people who are in crisis or who have different needs. For more information about short-term and other kinds of groups, see the Healing Power of Groups and Group Therapy Referral Resources.

For Further Information

For referrals please free to send an email with your phone number, and a variety of times when it would be convenient for her to return your call.