Life Development Group
Growth. In Relationship.
Personal growth practiced with other people. Bring something real. Stay with it together. Leave stronger in how you relate.
What Happens in a Life Development Group
See if Life Development Group is right for you. Do a 20-minute discovery call with Carrie Sackett, MS, PCC
Group members experience an immediate sense of community. Together we build the supportive environment needed for members to take emotional risks with each other. By learning how to give to fellow group members and create with what is going on for you in the moment, you will discover new possibilities for yourself and the group.
We Start With What’s Here
We begin with what someone is bringing; a question, a tension, a pattern they want to grow around. The work is real, not hypothetical.
We Practice in Real Time
We respond to and create with what’s happening in the moment. We try new ways of staying present with ourselves and each other.
The Group Becomes the Material
We notice how we relate. Where we lean in. Where we pull back. What gets stirred up. What gets avoided.
Growth Happens Between Us
Life Development Group is a space to practice being more fully yourself with others, and to see how that changes what’s possible.
What this looks like in real life
Notice your patterns in real time
Speak up sooner and more honestly
Stay steady in charged moments
Disagree without disconnection
Handle tension without losing yourself
This May Be a Good Fit if You…
Care about how you show up in relationships
Want growth that extends beyond insight into practice
Are willing to experiment, reflect, and participate
Are curious about development as a shared process
This May Not Be a Good Fit if You…
Prefer to stay in observation mode rather than participate
Want advice, step-by-step instruction, or quick fixes
Feel unwilling to experiment with how you show up in real time
Life Development Group requires curiosity, participation, and a willingness to be impacted by others.
If this kind of practice feels meaningful to you, we invite you to step in.
Life Development Group
Thursdays, April 2 - May 7
6:00-7:30pm
1 individual session included (virtual). Required by March 30. Limited to eight participants.
FEES
$500 Special local discount NOW $375.
Please contact carrie@zpdcoaching.com for fee reduction for need.
LOCATION
Mesa, AZ Dobson and Baseline (exact location will be provided)
Group Leaders
Carrie Sackett, MS PCC
Coach, Speaker, Trainer, Author, Founder of Social Therapeutic Coaching
Carrie Sackett is the founder of a group-based approach to human development, with over two decades of experience supporting individuals, couples, groups, and teams. She is the author of Social Therapeutic Coaching (Routledge, 2024) and CEO of the Center for Group and Couples Coaching. Carrie’s work is experiential, relational, and practical—helping people build trust quickly, create with what’s emerging in the room, and embrace new possibilities for themselves.
Sarah Martin, ACC, MSTC
Sarah Martin is devoted to cultivating emotional literacy as the foundation for meaningful change. With a background spanning theatre, architecture, design, and education, she brings a creative, embodied, and collaborative approach to group work. Sarah helps people tune into their values and inner resonance, distinguish signal from noise, and move toward change with curiosity, courage, and commitment.
Coach, Educator and Facilitator
You might be wondering…
Can I really be authentic in a group?
Not at first. And that’s okay. Authenticity isn’t a performance of vulnerability. It grows through small, real moments. You won’t be asked to spill your life story. You’ll be invited to notice how you show up and experiment with showing up slightly differently.
What if I have to be performative?
You don’t. There’s nothing to prove here. No gold stars for being insightful. No pressure to be the most open person in the room. Quiet participation counts. Listening counts. Being unsure counts.
What if I am stuck with difficult people?
Groups are facilitated intentionally. We don’t leave dynamics to chance. Learning how to navigate difference is part of the work, but you won’t be left alone in it.
What if I’m introverted?
Many people in these groups are. This isn’t about being loud. It’s about being present.
If you’re unsure, that’s welcome too.
Most people arrive with some hesitation.
The work begins there.
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If you are ready to make a serious commitment to new life possibilities, and you want help deciding if Life Development Group is right for you, please reach out for a free consultation.
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL
“Hi Group members. I wanted to share a moment last week when that feeling of accomplishment of getting close to you all and building our group helped me through. I was in the mountains with Antonio (the person I have started seeing) and I felt shame and fear of failure many times (when I was cooking, when I was hiking, when I was doing anything I don’t do on a normal basis).
In those moments I reminded myself of what we all have built together in group and I felt so proud. I thought about: What would Michelle say right now? What would Ashok say? Carrie? How do I create a new performance? The group has helped me through the ‘U-turns’ that I’m inclined to make out of habit and reminded me that I have power and that I can be a leader in those moments. And everything turned out great! I wanted to say that I’m grateful to be building our group with all of you and thank you for giving me that support.”
– Soraya
About ZPD Coaching
ZPD Coaching is grounded in the scientific discovery that people can achieve continuous life and emotional transformation. We humans are social beings and the cure to our emotional pain is formed during our social, relational activities. We can build environments in which it is possible to give our vulnerabilities, our uncertainties, our underdevelopments and go somewhere new together. Indeed to navigate these uncertain times, we need to create new emotional tools—together!
Founder Carrie Sackett works with clients to become active builders and creators of their lives and intimate relationships, and to grow in their ability to organize others to be supportive of them and their life choices.
Her clientele is multiracial, multi-class, multi-gender and international.
Social therapeutics is practiced by hundreds of psychologists, coaches, educators, corporate leaders, performance activists and community organizers across the globe.
Still have questions?
Email Carrie for more information: carrie@zpdcoaching.com