Survivor Gp 1

This time-limited 12-week group is for men ready to expand their therapy to working in the company of other men with similar histories. It will provide both the safety and the opportunity to redress the secrecy and shame of sexual victimization, and to appreciate the particular strengths survivors develop.

Concurrent individual therapy is required, and participants must have at least 6 months of prior individual therapy focused on the experience and effects of their sexual abuse, as a basis for continuing to address and heal from:

difficulties with trust and intimacy
difficulties with anger
relationship failures
sexual difficulties
shame and inappropriate guilt
injuries to gender identity
stigma and social alienation
self-defeating behaviors

Where:

      822 Delaware St. @ 6th St.
      in Berkeley, Caifornia
      (near Hi 80 & 4th Street)

When:
      7:30p to 9:00p
      Monday
      (now forming: late '06)

Cost:
     $40 / weekly session
      12 week commitment
      Free Initial Interview

Contact:
      Bill Burmester, M.A., MFT
      (510) 235-4601

Bill Burmester, MFT #32035,
is a licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor associated with The Men’s Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy.
Bill has worked with survivors of sexual abuse in individual, family and group psychotherapy since 1987 and has a special interest in issues faced by men in recovery from abuse and their potential for challenging stereotypes of masculinity.

The Men’s Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy is an association of licensed independent practitioners with a collective commitment to provide the highest quality counseling, therapy, and men’s groups in the Bay Area. We offer a wide range of services for men.

For more information on our services, please call (510) 644-8262.