Intricate Interplays in Women's Groups: Vulnerability and Strength Meet in the Second Half of Life

This article describes an approach used with therapeutic groups for women at midlife and beyond (aged 45 to 70 years). The method integrates feminist-relational and narrative concepts and its application was associated with significant movement between vulnerability and strength. Uses of writing and witnessing enabled participants to challenge themselves and others within a supportive context. A balance between inner work and mutuality, spontaneity and structure, contributed to the weaving of a relational tapestry in the group setting.