Group therapy provides students with an opportunity to connect with and receive support from other students who are experiencing similar concerns. It is an effective way to learn from others and build strategies to navigate personal challenges and difficult emotions. We invite you to review our current offerings and consider which group may be a good fit for you!
If you are interested in participating in a group or learning more about the options, please contact our office. Prior to joining a group, you will participate in a group screening, during which you can discuss your interest, determine if group is a good fit for you right now, and learn more about the available options.
***Upcoming Summer 2023 Group Therapy Offerings***
| Graduate Student Group | Day and time TBD | |
| The Graduate Student Group is designed to help graduate students explore issues and dynamics that are affecting their personal lives. Specific areas of focus are generally determined by group members and may include relationships, intimacy, boundaries, communication, and self-awareness. This group also provides an opportunity for members to practice new ways of behaving within a safe and encouraging environment where they can receive and provide feedback and support. | ||
| Anxiety Group | Day and time TBD | |
| The Anxiety Group is designed to help students who experience symptoms of anxiety. This semi-structured group utilizes an integrative theoretical approach, incorporating mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and ACT, among others. In group, participants will explore thought patterns, feelings, and behaviors that lead to anxiety and learn various coping skills with intentions of reducing and managing symptoms of anxiety. | ||
Spring 2023 Group Therapy Schedule
| Understanding Self and Others (USO) | Diana & Steph | *cancelled* In-person on Thursdays at 10:30am |
| This group is designed to help members explore issues and dynamics that are affecting their personal life. Specific areas of focus are generally determined by group members and may include relationships, intimacy, boundaries, communication, and self-awareness. The group also provides an opportunity for members to practice new ways of behaving within a safe and encouraging environment where they can receive and provide feedback and support. | ||
| Understanding Self and Others (USO) for Graduate Students | Andrew & Mel | Virtual on Thursdays at 12pm |
| USO for Graduate Students is designed to help graduate students explore issues and dynamics that are affecting their personal lives. Specific areas of focus are generally determined by group members and may include relationships, intimacy, boundaries, communication, and self-awareness. This group also provides an opportunity for members to practice new ways of behaving within a safe and encouraging environment where they can receive and provide feedback and support. | ||
| LGBTQ+ Group | Adam & Justin | In-person on Thursdays at 3pm |
| This group offers a safe space for members of the LGBTQ+* community to learn more about how their identities impact their sense of self and relationships with others. In group, members will have the opportunity to share life stressors, give and receive feedback, as well as gain support from one another. *LGBTQ+ is intended to be an inclusive umbrella term including those identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, gender non-conforming, intersex, pansexual, and those questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation.* | ||
| Women of Color Group | Shereen and Jayoti | *cancelled* Virtual on Wednesdays at 1:30pm |
| The purpose of this group is to offer women of color a safe, supportive space to discuss and understand their lived experiences within their unique identities. In this group, we hope to explore topics such as coping with experiences of racial trauma as women of color and incorporating holistically meaningful self-care practices into daily life. This group is open to all female-identified people of color. | ||
| Body Neutrality Group | Allison & Mandi | *cancelled* In-person on Tuesdays at 10:30am |
| The body neutrality group is a weekly group designed to help students with body image concerns. This semi-structured group is based around principles of body neutrality and body acceptance, which is an alternative to body positivity and negative body image. There is a mindfulness component in each group session as well. The group is intended to hold a safe space for members to share about their body image, how society has impacted their body image, and explore how their individual intersectionality/culture affect body image. | ||
| I Thought It Was Me (ITIWM) | Keshani & Noël | *cancelled* Virtual on Fridays at 3pm |
| This group is designed to support students who have been negatively affected by traumatic experiences and/or all forms of abuse within their family of origin and who are actively seeking healing around issues related to these experiences. We strive to create a supportive and safe environment that acknowledges that the healing process is unique to each individual. The goal of the group is to facilitate a sense of awareness, reduce self-blame and shame, and build mutual support and connection between members. | ||
| FAB Living Group | Kevin & Anisah | In-person on Thursdays at 10:30am |
| Flexible and Balanced Living (FAB Living for short) is a 9-week group for students who feel stuck in a cycle of striving for perfection or high standards. It is based on concepts and skills from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and it helps members learn new ways to deal with perfectionism and the problems it can cause (e.g. stress, anxiety, depression). Each week includes group discussions and guided exercises that help you gain a better understanding of the way you think, feel, and act. Topics we’ll discuss include changing unhelpful thinking patterns, adjusting unhealthy self-expectations, challenging negative self-talk, and improving self-worth and self-esteem. | ||
| Anxiety Group | Shannon & Allison | In-person on Wednesdays at 1:30pm |
| The Anxiety Group is designed to help students who experience symptoms of anxiety. This structured group consists of 8 sessions and utilizes a Cognitive-Behavioral theoretical approach. In group, participants will explore thought patterns, feelings, and behaviors that lead to anxiety. Participants will learn coping skills and practice goal setting with intentions of reducing and managing symptoms of anxiety. | ||
| Anxiety Group | Noël & Jamie | Virtual on Mondays at 3pm |
| The Anxiety Group is designed to help students who experience symptoms of anxiety. This semi-structured group utilizes an integrative theoretical approach, incorporating mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and ACT, among others. In group, participants will explore thought patterns, feelings, and behaviors that lead to anxiety and learn various coping skills with intentions of reducing and managing symptoms of anxiety. |
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