Service III · Group

Group Therapy

Addiction is heaviest when carried alone. For decades, group work has been one of the most powerful ways to set it down, in a room where every member has signed on to confidentiality.

Confidential by agreement
Men’s & partner groups
Individual intake first
Speak to a therapist
the work
Healing in community

Every member signs a confidentiality agreement. The room stays safe.

What makes group therapy unique?

In a therapy group, you work through your struggles alongside others facing the same thing. It does more than remind you that you are not alone. It builds a recovery network, forming the connections that break through patterns of isolation and shame.

Many clients say group work was the most rewarding and healing part of their entire recovery.

Starting a group can feel uncomfortable, but that usually fades after a session or two as relationships form and you find others in the same boat. Trust is paramount, so every member signs a confidentiality agreement before anyone shares.

what changes

What the group gives you.

You are not the only one

The relief of sitting with people who already understand exactly what you have been hiding.

Shame loses its grip

Spoken aloud in a safe room, the isolation that quietly fed the pattern starts to break.

A recovery network

Connections that outlast the session and hold you up in the moments between them.

Honest accountability

People a few steps further down the road who can tell you the truth and celebrate the wins.

Is this you?

When group tends to help most.

Especially if isolation has become part of the problem.

You are tired of being the only one who knows what you are carrying.

Isolation and shame have quietly become their own habit.

You have done individual work and you are ready to be honest in front of people who get it.

Every group starts with a private intake to make sure it fits.

What guides our work

Current groups.

Pathway runs several ongoing groups, each led by a specialist clinician and built around a specific focus.

Men’s recovery
5 ongoing groups, waitlist for new spots

Men’s groups

Adult men · compulsive sexual behavior & pornography
mondays
5:00 – 6:30 PM
TUEsdays
12:00 – 1:30 PM
TUEsdays
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Wednesdays
6:30 – 8:00 PM
thursdays
7:30 – 9:00 AM

Ongoing weekly process groups for adult men recovering from compulsive sexual behavior and pornography use, where recovery happens in honest community rather than in isolation. Four groups meet each week, so you can find one that fits your schedule.

What the group covers

Break the isolation that keeps compulsive behavior alive, in a room of men who understand

Practice rigorous honesty and accountability without shame or judgment

Understand the patterns and triggers driving the behavior, and what sits beneath them

Build and protect the daily structure that recovery depends on

Repair the trust, integrity, and connection the behavior has cost

Give and receive support that holds steady between sessions, not just during them

for partners
1 ongoing group, 2 spots currently available

Partner Groups

Partners affected by betrayal
mondays
2:00 – 3:30 PM

For partners carrying the isolation of betrayal. Pathway is forming new partner groups to build support and connection with others who understand. Reach out to be part of one as it comes together.

What the group covers

Understand how betrayal affects your attachment system

Moving from isolation to support and connection

Provide stabilization and support amongst others who understand betrayal

Make wise and discerning choices to find your path forward

Separate your partner's behavior from your own worth, and begin to rebuild a sense of self

Move at your own speed toward clarity, whatever direction healing ultimately takes

Photo of Lindsey Smedley AMFT, team member of Pathway Therapy Center in Walnut Creek, CA.

Lindsey Smedley

AMFT · Supervised by Eric Anderson
email
Lindsey@pathwaytherapycenter.com
location
1470 Maria Lane, Suite 240,
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Every group begins with a private individual intake, so we can make sure it is the right fit before you join.

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next steps

Reach out to a professional

Interested in joining a group? Reach out to set up an intake and we will find the right fit for your circumstances.

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Reach out to a professional. Send a short note and we will get back to you to set up a free, confidential consultation.

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