“It feels like a safe container”: Experiences of finding solid ground groups for adults with dissociative disorders.

OBJECTIVE: psychoeducational group. METHOD: curriculum as adjunctive to individual psychotherapy. Thematic qualitative analysis was used to analyze participants' hopes, challenges, helpful and unhelpful aspects, and perceived changes in self during group participation. RESULTS: Participants noted improved self-awareness, internal system communication, self-compassion, emotion regulation, hope, and overall functioning, as well as reductions in isolation, shame and self-blame, dissociative symptoms, and trauma symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: and suggest that trauma-informed group interventions should be further researched, as they could be a scalable method of providing treatment for this underserved population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).