The official podcast of the Asheville Group Psychotherapy Society, inspired by Chris Byrne and Sarah Simpson's obsession with interpersonal process groups. Learn more at https://www.ashevillegroups.org/ (https://www.ashevillegroups.org/).
This episode begins with "I don't know" and eventually finds us exploring enactments, inducements, the unconscious mind, why it’s good to be in group long term (we need repetition!), and why consistent attendance is so important. We also spend some time discussing narcissism (comparing the modern-analytic definition of that term to the one that's more demonized by popular psychology), and intrapersonal versus interpersonal feelings. We end by reflecting on some great quotes by May Sarton and ...
31 Jul 2026
Why Group? (Especially for Therapists)
In this episode, we prepare for an experiential webinar we were planning to offer to Asheville therapists and then never did, due to lack of sufficient interest, even though the webinar was free. But at least we got a podcast episode out of it! We explore how being a member of an ongoing process group is beneficial for therapists and also outline some of the theory informing process-group leadership, as well as the techniques that we find especially exciting.
30 Jun 2026
Our Feelings About the Feelings Wheel
In this episode we discuss the difference (?) between feelings and emotions, and how a good portion of the feelings wheel (which Sarah owns in pillow form) consists of neither and is therefore not terribly helpful. So much of the work we do in process groups is about identifying feelings in the moment, and there tends to be some confusion around what actually IS a feeling. Join us as we discuss what people might actually mean when they say they "feel judged," for instance, and why it's so imp...
24 May 2026
On CGS, Shame, Barriers to Talking, and Bridging
In this episode we provide some background on the Asheville Group Psychotherapy Society and why we started this podcast. On the heels of another weekend training intensive through the Center for Group Studies, we talk about CGS and why we love it so much. We discuss the very powerful fear of hurting other people's feelings and how that keeps us quiet in group, along with the common aversion to "taking up space." Lastly, we reflect on our experience of hosting a free three-session process grou...
7 Apr 2026
Meet Your Hosts!
In this inaugural episode we each talk about the first interpersonal process groups we were members of, why we left them, and how those experiences inspired us to start running groups of our own.
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