Therapy Groups - Duluth Institute

Children's reactive sexuality group: Includes behavioral, play, recreational, and experiential modalities, and an educational process to shape/condition positive, healthy boundaries and behavior for children who have been exposed to some sort of inappropriate sexual situations or activities. Additional individual and family/caregiver education sessions are provided to support and complement the child's growing understanding and progress. Couples group: Provides an educational approach to couples who wish to support the growth and development of their relationship. The couples group supports and seeks to expand a couple's healthy relationship skills and understanding of the developmental nature/dynamics of relationships. Couples group can be a "night out" oriented toward sharing and strengthening relationship experiences and learning ways to sustain lasting relationship success. Men's group: Small groups for men who have a range of stressors related to their sexuality, sexual behavior, relationships, and/or intimacy concerns. The groups are scheduled to provide up to twelve weeks of intensive focus and effort to build new skills in self-control, self-awareness, emotion regulation, communication, coping, and healthy sexuality. Sexual education group: Offers an intervention to youth and/or adults who are demonstrating concern and/or confusion related to sexuality and/or sexual behavior. Topics explored in the education program include: - Boundaries - Cultural messages about sex/sexuality - Communication - Sexual functioning/dysfunction and impact on behavior - Feelings related to sexual behavior and sexuality - Readiness for sex/relationships - Self-esteem - Sexual attitudes/beliefs/values - Power and control - Sexual education - understanding anatomy, recognizing sexual urges, etc. - Consent/Coercion/Force - Sexuality - Gender, gender roles, masculinity - Types of Relationships - Continuum of sexual behavior (deviant to healthy)

08/05/2025