For two hours every Thursday and Friday, Randall Brown gathers a handful of people in front of a whiteboard. They sit on a couch or armchairs on either side – the walls filled with colorful drawings while coffee brews in a nearby pot. These are Brown’s weekly group therapy sessions.

Everyone is going to speak during Brown’s group today; nobody gets to opt out by saying, “I don’t want to talk.”

Since October 2024, Brown…