Therapy Groups
If you are interested in a particular group that you do not see listed below, please send us an email with your suggestion/s. If we get enough interest in a particular topic, we will add that group to our roster and will be in contact to let you know.
For specific workshop requests, please fill out the Outreach Request Form.
THERAPY / SUPPORT GROUPS
If you are interested in participating in any of the below groups come to Counseling and Psychological Services to schedule an initial assessment appointment or to arrange a group consultation appointment with the group leader (if you have already had an initial assessment appointment). The group facilitator will provide you with information about the group and help to determine if it is a good "match" for you.
ACT for Anxiety and Depression
Section 1
Facilitator: Andrea de Cleyre
Day/Time: Thursdays 1-2:30 pm starting 2/20/20
Section 2
Facilitators: Kate Maxey and Alyse LaVerne
Day/Time: Mondays 3-4:30 pm starting 3/23/20
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of therapy that helps you relate differently to your anxious feelings, depressed moods, worrying mind, and self-defeating behaviors as well as pursue a full and meaningful life. Acceptance refers to bringing an open and willing attitude toward all internal experiences, even those which are uncomfortable. Commitment means actively working on what you care about, even when pain is present. Each group session will include short educational components, group discussions and experiential exercises. The ACT workshop series is 7-8 sessions. To learn more about ACT, click HERE.
Audio Meditations for the ACT groups (click to listen):
Track 1: ACT Brief Mindfulness
Track 2: ACT Brief Mindfulness + Leaves on a Stream
Track 3: ACT Acceptance of Thoughts and Feelings
Track 4: ACT Willingness Exercise
Grief & Loss
Facilitators: Lisa Turay and Alyse LaVerne
Day/Time: Mondays 5-6:15 pm for 6 sessions. Two separate sections will be offered. Start dates are 2/3/20 and 3/23/20.
Whether you have lost a parent, a friend, a sibling, or someone else... the loss can feel disorienting and even overwhelming. This group will provide a supportive environment in which to talk about your loss with others who are also in the process of grieving and thus understand the pain that you are going through. You don't need to go through this on your own.
Managing Anxiety and Maximizing Wellness
Facilitator: Shane Calhoun
Day/Time: Tuesdays 2:30-4 pm
Ever wonder why your anxiety doesn’t seem to go away, and why those stress management strategies you read about don’t seem to work? Come get a better understanding of what anxiety is and how you can begin the path to becoming a calm, worry-free person. This group draws strategies for managing stress from a number of approaches including CBT, ACT, and exposure therapy to help tailor an anxiety management plan specifically to you to help you get unstuck and living more freely. If you are open to challenging yourself, this group is designed to help you make changes that last.
Managing ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Facilitator: Shane Calhoun
Day/Time: Wednesdays 12-1 pm
Managing ADHD or attention difficulties can be tough since it is not a struggle that is outwardly apparent and because symptoms show up a bit differently for everyone. Join us to get some support around managing your symptoms so that it doesn't interfere with your academics. We also practice brain-training strategies to help lengthen your attention span and sharpen your focus. No diagnosis needed! Just give us a call and you can simply sign up to attend.
Mindful Living
Section 1
Facilitators: Elizabeth McCallion and Kate Maxey
Day/Time: Wednesdays 3-4 pm
Section 2
Facilitator: Alyse LaVerne
Day/Time: Fridays 1-2 pm
Interested in learning some basic mindfulness meditation skills and practicing in a supportive setting? Mindfulness meditation can help reduce stress, stabilize your mood, increase compassion toward yourself and others, and enhance concentration. Each session consists of a learning a new meditation skill (breath meditation, body scan, gentle yoga, etc.) and a group discussion. Contact Elizabeth for more information.
Mindful Living Alumni Meditation Group
Faciltator: Elizabeth McCallion
Day/Time: Fridays 1-2 pm
This group is for students who have completed the Mindful Living group at CAPS and would like to deepen their meditation practice in a supportive environment. Group will consist of a 10 minute check-in on how home practice is going, a 30 minute silent meditation, and a 20 minute group discussion. Please contact Elizabeth for more information.
Post-traumatic Growth
Facilitators: Jacqueline Mayrand
Day/Time: Thursdays 3-4:30 pm starting 2/13/20
Trauma affects us emotionally, spiritually, in our relations, and particularly, trauma affects how we feel in our bodies! This group will help you understand and identify your trauma-related responses, help you regulate impulsive and self-destructive behaviors, and modulate the highs and lows of your emotions and arousal. It will be a safe place to learn and to practice exercises that are designed to help you tolerate your own emotions and body experiences so that the past doesn’t control how you feel about the present.
Relating to Self & Others
Facilitators: Andrea de Cleyre
Day/Time: Fridays 3-4:30 pm starting 2/21/20. Additional sections TBD.
Are you interested in deepening your connections as well as figuring out what gets in your way? This group will help you to explore and strengthen how you relate to yourselfs and others in a safe and supportive atmosphere.
Seeking Safety (from trauma and/or harmful behaviors)
Facilitator: Ned Peck and Kate Maxey
Day/Time: Fridays 10-11:30 am
Gain awareness and insights about the effects of trauma and post-traumatic stress. Learn coping tools to improve your life functioning and limit the interference of trauma in your life. We will also work on shifting from ways of coping that are counterproductive to healing toward safer healthier coping practices. Call Ned Peck at 826.3236 for information and/or to arrange a group consultation.
Survive & Thrive: A Group for Survivors of Rape and/or Sexual Abuse
Facilitators: Jacqueline Mayrand
Day/Time: Fridays 10:30-noon starting 1/31/20
Connect with others to know you are not alone. This group provides a safe, healing place to break the silence and move beyond secrecy, fear and shame. If interested, call to arrange a group consult at 707-826-3236.