Group Facilitation Techniques for Counseling Practitioners
Enroll in the Online Self-Study and complete the training on your own schedule.
3 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians
Group facilitation isn’t just a skill—it’s a powerful clinical tool that, when used intentionally, can foster connection, deepen healing, and empower lasting change. Yet for many clinicians, the thought of leading a group can bring hesitation, fear of conflict, or uncertainty about how to create meaningful interactions. This course bridges that gap.
Whether you're a seasoned therapist or new to group work, Group Facilitation Techniques for Counseling Practitioners offers a refreshing and accessible framework for making your groups more dynamic, inclusive, and impactful.
Lead groups with more confidence, structure, and impact.
Enroll for 3 CE Online Self-Study for $75
Earn the Group Therapy Essentials Certificate
Register for the 2-Course Bundle for $129
"Effective Group Design, Outreach, and Facilitation for Counseling Practitioners" is one of two courses that compromise the Group therapy Essentials Certificate (GTEC) program. Enroll in the discounted full program and earn 6 total CEs and the GTEC.
Shira Sameroff, LCSW, brings over 30 years of experience as a therapist, coach, and educator into this course. Her work is grounded in anti-oppressive practices, holistic healing modalities, and community leadership. Shira’s warmth, insight, and real-world expertise provide both inspiration and grounded tools for clinicians ready to elevate their group facilitation skills.
This training is rooted in authenticity and transformation. Shira models how to hold space with intention, use purposeful activities, work with conflict instead of avoiding it, and build group experiences that foster healing—while addressing the emotional challenges that often come with group leadership.
You’ll explore how to work with the unique dynamics of groups across their life cycle—from beginning, to middle, to closing. Topics include: understanding the stages of group development; establishing group norms; using purposeful, activity-based interventions; addressing conflict and vulnerability; differentiating group types; promoting safety and inclusion; navigating power and oppression; and facilitating groups in online settings.
Instructor
Shira Sameroff, LCSW,
Shira Sameroff is a therapist, coach, and teacher with experience rooted in decades of practice with people of diverse identities, ages, and life stories in a wide array of settings. Professional roles have included therapy, supervision, professional development training, coaching, teaching, community organizing, and transformative decluttering, as well as a decade and a half on the leadership team of a community-based social work agency in Brooklyn, NY, US.
Shira weaves a range of therapeutic healing modalities, including IFS, Hakomi, and other holistic, somatic, nature-based, and anti-oppressive practices into her practice. Shira offers therapy, coaching, and professional development for individuals and organizations around themes such as group facilitation, working with shame, oppression-ending practices, giving and receiving feedback, empowering practice with youth, and tending to self as a practitioner.
Shira’s approach is collaborative, intuitive, creative, and full of heart and is rooted in my own lived experience of healing, learning, and emerging.
Key Takeaways:
- Master the life cycle of group dynamics: Confidently guide groups through their beginning, middle, and ending stages.
- Use activities with purpose: Learn to integrate meaningful, strength-based interventions that promote expression, safety, and cohesion.
- Create safe and inclusive spaces: Cultivate connection, mutual support, and belonging across diverse group identities and experiences.
Why This Course?
- Relevant and Real: Shira brings decades of direct group facilitation experience across diverse clinical and community settings, teaching strategies that work in practice—not just theory.
- Whole-Person Learning: This course addresses not only what you do in a group, but how your presence, values, and self-awareness as a facilitator shape the experience.
- A Trusted Source for CE: Offered by the Telehealth Certification Institute—committed to excellence, integrity, and equipping behavioral health professionals with innovative tools for high-quality care.
Learning Objectives:
- List the stages of group development.
- Utilize therapeutic activities effectively in group practice.
- Differentiate and apply various types of therapeutic groups to meet specific needs.
- Foster growthful and inclusive group environments.
If you want to lead groups with more confidence, creativity, and compassion, this course offers the insights and tools to get there. Your next meaningful group experience could start right here.
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This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 3 hours of video instruction and a post-test.
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Availability:
From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.
Who Should Attend:
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching Methods:
This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.
How to attend:
Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.
This program was recorded January 17, 2025.
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