A space to reflect, connect, and better understand your patterns in relationships.

If you’ve found yourself stuck in the same relational patterns - feeling not good enough, disconnected, or unsure how things keep ending up this way - you’re not alone.

Reflect & Connect offers a space to slow down and gently make sense of these experiences, in the presence of others who are also navigating similar challenges

Chloe (she/her) & Zac (he/him)

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What Reflect & Connect is all about

At its core, this group is about understanding how you relate - to yourself and to others.

Many of the patterns we carry into adult relationships began as ways of coping, protecting ourselves, or trying to stay safe. Over time, these patterns can become automatic, shaping how we think, feel, and respond - often outside of our awareness.

This group creates space to:

  • Notice these patterns with curiosity rather than judgement

  • Understand where they may have come from

  • Explore how they show up in your current relationships

  • Begin to experience new ways of relating, at your own pace

Reflect & Connect is designed to be a calm, supportive, and thoughtfully facilitated space.

The group moves at a gentle pace, with attention to emotional safety and choice. You are always in control of how much you share.

Sessions often include:

  • Time to check in and arrive

  • Simple, accessible ways of understanding relationship patterns

  • Opportunities to reflect on your own experiences

  • Shared discussion and connection with others

There is no pressure to “perform,” fix things, or have the right words - the focus is on curiosity, compassion, and making sense of your experience.

How it helps

Rather than focusing on advice or solutions, this group supports change through awareness and experience.

By noticing patterns - both in your life and as they gently emerge within the group - new possibilities can begin to open up.

Small shifts in awareness can lead to meaningful changes in how you respond to yourself and others.

This group is for people who are curious about their relational patterns and open to reflecting on their experiences.

You might find it helpful if you:

  • Notice the same dynamics playing out in relationships

  • Experience strong self-criticism or feelings of “not being enough”

  • Find closeness, boundaries, or trust difficult

  • Feel disconnected from yourself or others

  • Want to better understand how you relate and why

You don’t need to have everything figured out - just a willingness to gently explore.

Practical details

📅 Start date: [Insert date]
🕕 When: Tuesdays, 6:00–7:30pm
📍 Where: In person (Eltham)
💲 Cost: $83.35 per session
💳 Medicare rebates available with a valid Mental Health Treatment Plan
📧 Enquiries / registrations: admin@chloesutton.com.au

Limited places available. Group runs subject to numbers.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Reflect & Connect is facilitated by Zac Morgan and Chloe Sutton, Accredited Mental Health Social Workers and Accredited Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) practitioners. 

    Both Zac and Chloe have extensive experience working in mental health settings and are trained in relational, trauma informed approaches. They bring a warm, thoughtful, and structured style to group work, with a strong focus on safety, curiosity, and compassion. 

  • Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) is a relational therapy that helps people understand how early life experiences and relationships can shape patterns in current relationships, including how we relate to ourselves. 

    CAT focuses on noticing repeated patterns (often outside of awareness), understanding where they came from, and developing greater choice in how we respond. It is collaborative, reflective, and aims to make therapy understandable rather than overwhelming. 

  • Group therapy offers a powerful opportunity to explore relational patterns in real time, within a supportive and contained environment. 

    Many of the difficulties people experience happen in relationship with others - so working in a group can help: 

    • Reduce feelings of isolation or shame 

    • Normalise common struggles 

    • Gently notice patterns as they arise 

    • Learn through shared reflection and connection 

    You are never expected to share more than you feel comfortable with. 

  • Yes. Reflect & Connect is intentionally facilitated as a queer-affirming, neurodiversity-inclusive, and identity-affirming space. 

    We welcome people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, relationship structures, and neurotypes. The group values difference and recognises that relational patterns are shaped by lived experience, identity, and systems - not individual failure. 

    The group is facilitated with flexibility, curiosity, and respect, and we actively work to create a space where participants feel safe to show up as themselves. 

  • This group may be helpful if you: 

    • Feel stuck in repeating relationship patterns 

    • Notice strong selfcriticism or fear of disconnection 

    • Struggle with closeness, boundaries, or feeling ‘good enough’ 

    • Want to better understand how you relate to yourself and others 

    You don’t need prior group therapy experience — just curiosity and a willingness to reflect

  • Across six weeks, the group will support you to: 

    • Explore common relational patterns in a compassionate way 

    • Increase awareness of how these patterns show up daytoday 

    • Reflect together in a supportive, structured group environment 

    • Practice noticing and stepping out of unhelpful cycles 

    The group is gently facilitated and structured, with time for reflection, discussion, and shared learning. 

  • You do not need to be in individual therapy to join Reflect & Connect. The group is designed to stand alone as a therapeutic experience. 

    Some participants may choose to be in individual therapy at the same time, while others may not - both are completely okay. If you are currently seeing an individual therapist, we would like to know and would prefer you let them know you are also joining this group. 

  • Feeling nervous about group therapy is very common - especially if this is your first time. Many people join with worries about what to say, how much to share, or whether they will feel comfortable. 

    The group is gently structured and carefully facilitated, with a strong focus on emotional safety. You are always in control of how much you share, and there is no pressure to speak before you are ready. Often, people find that hearing others’ experiences helps them feel less alone and more at ease over time. 

  • Before joining the group, you’ll have a brief conversation with one of the facilitators to explore whether Reflect & Connect feels like a good fit for you at this time. 

    This is a chance to ask questions, share what you’re hoping to get from the group, and talk through any concerns you might have. We’re thoughtful about group composition and prioritise safety and suitability — so if the group isn’t the right fit, we’ll support you to consider other options. 

  • To register or find out more, contact: admin@chloesutton.com.au 

    Individual suitability will be discussed prior to joining the group to ensure it’s the right fit. 

Frequently Asked Questions: Referring practitioners

  • Reflect & Connect is a 6-week, in-person therapy group grounded in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT). The group focuses on building relational awareness by helping participants identify, understand, and reflect on recurring interpersonal and self-to-self patterns. 

    The group integrates CAT concepts such as reciprocal roles, pattern recognition, and reflective capacity within a structured and supportive group format. 

  • Reflect & Connect may be suitable for adults who: 

    • Present with ongoing interpersonal or relational difficulties (including personality disorders) 

    • Experience strong self-criticism, shame, or fears of rejection/abandonment 

    • Show repeated relational patterns across contexts 

    • Are able to engage in reflective discussion within a group setting 

    The group is queer-affirming and neurodiversity-inclusive, and facilitated with a trauma-informed, relational lens. 

  • The group may not be appropriate for individuals who are: 

    • Currently experiencing acute psychiatric distress or instability 

    • Actively suicidal without adequate external supports 

    • Unable to tolerate a group environment at this time 

    Individual suitability is assessed prior to commencement, and alternative recommendations will be offered where appropriate. 

  • Across six sessions, the group supports participants to: 

    • Develop shared language for relational patterns 

    • Increase awareness of self-to-self and self-to-other processes 

    • Reflect on patterns as they emerge within the group 

    • Build capacity to recognise and step out of unhelpful relational cycles 

    The group is facilitated with clear boundaries, attention to group process, and an emphasis on safety and containment. 

  • Reflect & Connect is designed to complement individual therapy, though it can also be attended as a standalone intervention. 

    While individual therapy offers depth and focus on a person’s internal world, group therapy provides a live relational context where patterns often emerge more clearly. This allows participants to: 

    • Notice relational patterns as they occur in real time 

    • Practice reflection and new responses with others present 

    • Receive multiple perspectives, not only the therapist’s 

    • Reduce isolation by recognising shared experiences 

    For clients already engaged in individual therapy, the group can enhance insight, accelerate pattern recognition, and support the transfer of learning into relationships outside therapy. 

  • The group is facilitated by Zac Morgan and Chloe Sutton, Accredited Mental Health Social Workers and Accredited Cognitive Analytic Therapy practitioners, with experience delivering individual and group-based relational therapies across public and private settings. 

  • If you have any questions or a client in mind but would like further information please reach out, we would be more then happy to answer any questions!