III A English II Presentation 4: Overcoming Trauma in a Group Therapy Setting

Group therapy is something that is not utilized very often in Young Adult (YA) literature. Whenever there is any type of therapy in these novels, it is almost always one-on-one, which makes sense because it is the most effect treatment for mental illness. But for a condition like PTSD, which is more intense and solitary than any other mental disorder, group therapy can be extremely beneficial in learning how to regulate emotions and how to interact and relate with others. Through the example of the Turning the Tidesprogram, I will show how I implemented my research of group therapy into my own YA novel, What If