Relational Process Group

Marta Laurette is a psychotherapist who offers a relational process group designed to help individuals build meaningful and healthy relationships with family, loved ones, friends, and colleagues. The purpose of this group therapy is to create a safe, supportive, and therapeutic space where members can explore how they relate to others, how they express emotions, and how their interpersonal patterns influence their well-being. This group welcomes adults who want to understand themselves more deeply, increase emotional awareness, and experience more satisfying relationships in their lives.

Grounded in the principles of psychodynamic therapy and relational therapy, the relational process group focuses on what unfolds in real time between group members. Relationships within the group serve as a microcosm of relationships outside the therapy setting. The interactions, feelings, and thoughts that emerge become valuable opportunities for learning. Under Marta Laurette’s guidance, members gently examine these patterns while receiving feedback and emotional support from other participants. This process allows members to gain insight into the ways they communicate, protect themselves, seek connection, or withdraw when overwhelmed.

As a psychotherapist, Marta Laurette assists group members in using their experiences with the group — including their group relationships with other members and psychotherapist — as a tool for understanding their interpersonal world. Many individuals enter the group because they have experienced loneliness, conflict, or repeated difficulties in forming or sustaining close relationships. Others may struggle with trust, emotional vulnerability, or anxiety in social settings. Marta Laurette helps members notice how these emotional experiences show up in the group, and she encourages curiosity and reflection rather than self-criticism. This relational approach allows people to see familiar patterns clearly and experiment with new ways of relating.

Group therapy can complement well individual therapy and couples therapy in exploring relationship dynamics and patterns. While individual therapy may focus on personal history, beliefs, and emotions, and couples therapy emphasizes communication and partnership, the relational process group offers a direct interpersonal laboratory. Members have the opportunity to observe their own reactions, try different ways of responding, and receive feedback from multiple perspectives. These experiences can enhance empathy, increase awareness, and support emotional flexibility.

Through participation in the relational process group, members often gain a deeper awareness of their feelings, needs, and choices. Increased insight into emotions and behavior can lead to greater flexibility and more satisfying ways of connecting with others. Over time, group members discover that they have more options than they once believed. They may express themselves more openly, set healthy boundaries, or respond with compassion rather than avoidance or anger. These changes often generalize beyond the group, leading to healthier communication in everyday life.

This is an open group, which means that new participants are welcomed as space becomes available. Members attend on a weekly basis, allowing for continuity, safety, and the gradual development of trust. The group therapy offers a unique opportunity to learn from others while also providing support, validation, and encouragement.