Group Therapy: Support, Connection & Growth

Group therapy brings together professional guidance and human connection to support growth and healing. Each session, guided by a therapist, helps you build self-awareness, emotional resilience, and evidence-based coping skills. As you share and learn with others on a similar path, you’ll gain insight, strength, and encouragement to move from surviving to thriving - together.

Our Group Programs

Each program is a structured, evidence-based course run over several weeks in a small group. Choose a program to see full details, dates and fees.

Now enrolling

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Our foundation program. Learn practical mindfulness skills to manage stress, anxiety and low mood, and to step out of automatic reactivity.

  • Format: 10 x 2 hr sessions over 8 weeks
  • When: TBA
  • Cost: $1,200 (Medicare rebates where eligible)
Now enrolling

Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)

For MBSR graduates. Build on your mindfulness practice by learning to meet difficulty, failure and self-criticism with warmth and care.

  • Format: 8 x 2 hr weekly sessions plus a half-day silent retreat
  • When: Thursdays 6:00pm–8:00pm, from 8 October 2026
  • Cost: $1,200 (Medicare rebates where eligible)

Coming Soon

Coming soon

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Combines mindfulness practice with cognitive therapy to help prevent relapse into recurrent depression.

Coming soon

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills (DBT)

Skills training in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.

Interested in a future program? Let us know and we'll be in touch when dates are announced.

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Facilitated by Dr Dipti McGowan

Dr Dipti McGowan, an experienced Clinical Psychologist, guides participants through each practical and compassionate group program in a safe and supportive environment. In addition to her extensive training in psychology, she is trained in mindfulness-based interventions.

Dipti is passionate about teaching simple, effective tools that help participants manage stress and cultivate greater calm, clarity, and resilience.

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Why Group Therapy?

  • Learn practical, evidence-based skills in a structured way
  • Feel less alone by connecting with others facing similar challenges
  • Build lasting habits through weekly practice and support
  • An affordable way to access ongoing psychological care

Medicare Rebates

With a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP, eligible participants can claim Medicare rebates for up to 10 group therapy sessions each calendar year, in addition to 10 individual sessions. Rebates are not guaranteed: eligibility depends on your individual clinical needs, as assessed by your GP. Rebate amounts are shown on each program's page.

Location

  • Venue: Burleigh Clinic, Suite 1/19 Park Avenue, Burleigh Heads, QLD
  • Group size: Limited to 10 participants

Already completed a program? Our monthly Continuing Practice sessions help you keep your practice going.

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Spots are limited to ensure a safe, confidential, and personalised group experience.

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

— Maya Angelou