Chicago Center for Behavioral Health is launching a Chronic Illness and Pain Group to support community members living with visible or invisible illnesses. The weekly support group, run by a therapist with a chronic illness, aims to create a space to process all emotions experienced in tandem with physical unease.

Empirical research shows individual and group therapy to be equally as beneficial. Here are some of the reasons you may find comfort and community in a group, apart from, or in addition to, individual therapy sessions.