Each session will consist of the following:

1. Welcome and Grounding (10 minutes)

2. Psychoeducation (10 minutes)

3. Guided, Safe Group Dialogue (50 minutes)

4. Closing remarks (10 minutes)

5. Closing meditation

Our groups are for adult (18+) men and women of any background, experience or religion. All are welcome!

It's free! There's no cost.

No problem! Attendance is up to you. 

The group will include two therapists and a maximum of 10 participants. If participants share personal information, the therapists will hold it in confidence, however it is not guaranteed that participants will do the same. Participants should share with care. The focus is to learn and gain tips and participants can do that without sharing if they wish!

Yes, to honor the participants in the room, we will ask everyone to participate fully with their video on in a safe, private space.

No, you don't! Even if you've never tried therapy, you can join. These groups are for everyone!

No. You'll never be asked to share personal information! However, if you want to, it's up to you. When participants share, therapists will moderate the discussion so that sharing does not trigger others.

Yes! Visit eautherapy.janeapp.com to book

Yes, non-Canadians can participate! You can participate from anywhere.

Yes, absolutely.

Register and then we'll send you the Zoom link.

Week 1: Bearing Witness & the Nervous System

Focus:

What happens in the body and psyche when we witness large-scale suffering

Vicarious trauma vs direct trauma

Why “just stop watching the news” doesn’t work for many people

Key Themes:

Witnessing as a human and moral experience

Trauma exposure through media

Collective trauma in Muslim & BIPOC communities

Intergenerational and historical echoes

Practices:

Nervous system orientation (safety, choice, pacing)

Grounding for people who feel overwhelmed, numb, or hyper-alert

Identifying personal signs of overload

Week 2: Moral Injury, Helplessness & Anger

When the World Violates What We Believe Is Right

Focus:

Moral injury: witnessing injustice without power to stop it

Rage, guilt, despair, shame, and spiritual confusion

“Why am I still living my life while others are dying?”

Key Themes:

Moral pain vs pathology

Survivor guilt & privilege guilt

Faith, conscience, and rupture

Anger as information, not a failure

Practices:

Working with anger safely

Differentiating responsibility from responsibility-taking

Boundary work around news, activism, and emotional exposure

Week 3: Grief, Loss & Disenfranchised Mourning

Grieving What the World Won’t Pause For

Focus:

Collective grief that has no ritual, funeral, or acknowledgment

Grieving people, places, futures, and innocence

How grief shows up differently across cultures

Key Themes:

Disenfranchised grief in Muslim & racialized communities

Complicated grief when loss is ongoing

Trauma vs grief — and where they overlap

The fear of “opening the floodgates”

Practices:

Titrated grief work (without emotional flooding)

Honoring loss without collapse

Personal and cultural grief rituals (optional, non-prescriptive)

Week 4: Staying Human in an Inhumane World

Resilience, Meaning & Sustainable Care

Focus:

How to remain engaged without burning out or shutting down

Reclaiming agency, dignity, and meaning

Moving from survival to conscious living

Key Themes:

Resilience vs numbness

Choosing how we witness

Faith, values, and meaning-making (open, inclusive framing)

Community as regulation

Practices:

Creating a personal “witnessing plan”

Anchors: faith, values, embodiment, community

Identifying what sustains vs depletes