CAPS Groups To Be Offered Spring Semester, 2008

For more information call 855-5711

Graduate and Returning Students
Mondays, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Thursdays, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Fridays, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
The Graduate and Returning Student Therapy Group is an interpersonal process group. This group will focus on students learning to improve their relationships with others and deepen their understanding of themselves in relationships. The group offers a safe place for members to share honest thoughts and feelings with one another about aspects of their ways of interacting. This is beneficial for those with issues of intimacy, depression, anxiety, or those who wish to develop deeper interpersonal relationships. This is an open ended group and students can join anytime provided there is space available.

Anger Management
Mondays, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
If you have gotten into trouble due to anger or are afraid that you will, this is the group for you. In this group, you will learn where anger comes from, what it means and what you can do to control it. This is an open ended group. Members may join at any time provided space is available.

Undergraduate Interpersonal
Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Thursdays, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Often the personal issues that bring us to counseling have more to do with how we relate to others than we think. These groups will help members explore the relationship between their interpersonal style and their emotional well-being.Members will be encouraged to experiment with new behaviors, which can foster more meaningful connections with others and enhance emotional well-being. Participants in past undergraduate therapy groups have said that the following are some of the most helpful aspects of these groups: learning how I come across to others, learning that I’m not the only one with my kind of problems, receiving the support of others who can relate to my problems, learning to express my thoughts and feelings more openly/honestly.

Dissertation Support
Tuesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
This group will focus on peer and emotional support, goal setting, and anxiety/stress management. This is an open group and students can join anytime provided there is space available.

Relaxation
3 sets of dates (see below)
The ability to relax our minds and bodies is one of the most useful tools that we can cultivate in our self-care toolbox. It has proven effectiveness in combating the effects of stress, anxiety, and numerous physical maladies. This three-week group will teach the basics of relaxation techniques and help participants practice them. Limited to 14 participants. First group offered on(Wednesdays) 1/30, 2/6 and 2/13 from 2:00-3:15 p.m. Second group offered on (Tuesdays) 2/19, 2/26, and 3/4 from 10-11:15 a.m. Third group will meet (Tuesdays) 4/1, 4/8, and 4/15 from 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Disordered Eating
Tuesdays, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Are you struggling with food or body image? Join the Eating Concerns & Body Image Group. Any woman struggling with body image or eating issues is invited to join this group. Our group will provide a safe environment to meet with 5-8 other women who share similar difficulties with body image, binge eating, purging, restricting, laxative use, and over-exercise. Over the semester, this group will explore their eating habits, but also interpersonal difficulties that can contribute to eating problems such as stress, depression, family and other relationships, assertiveness, and expressing emotions. The goal of this group is to help women develop a deeper understanding of their eating and body issues and to establish new ways to challenge old habits. An initial consultation is necessary.

Women's Graduate and Returning Students
Thursdays, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
This group will focus on women’s issues specifically as they relate to interpersonal and romantic relationships, body image, self-esteem, empowerment, personal growth, and other personal development concerns. Throughout the group experience, women will be encouraged to share their goals and experiences with one another in a safe, confidential, and engaging environment. This group may also benefit women who are struggling with issues of intimacy, depression, anxiety, or those who wish to continue to develop a healthy female identity.

Staying Out Of Trouble
Fridays, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Drug and alcohol use can have a number of unintended consequences. Sometimes students are aware of them, sometimes not. If you are interested in exploring your drug and alcohol use in this non judgmental atmosphere so you can better make up your own mind about the risks and benefits, please consider attending this group.

Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors
Tuesdays, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
This group will meet weekly during the spring semester and is open to undergraduate and graduate women and men who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The aim of this group is to provide a safe and therapeutic environment to explore some of the common problems associated with childhood sexual abuse. Some objectives are to help group participants share their secret and recognize that they are not alone, understand the current impact of this experience, and begin to work through and resolve feelings associated with their trauma and to make changes. Members may join at any time provided space is available.

Healing
Date/time/location to be announced
This group is open to black undergraduate and graduate women who have experienced sexual victimization prior to age 16. The goal of this group is to provide a safe and therapeutic environment to explore together the ways in which sexual victimization impacts one's life. Telling the secret, learning that one is not alone, and recognizing how the present is connected to the past are objectives for the group. The group experience with other black women will offer the opportunity to feel connection, hope, and support. For more information, contact SACS at 855-5711.

Women's Undergraduate Interpersonal
Tuesdays, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
This group will focus on undergraduate women’s issues specifically as they relate to interpersonal and romantic relationships, body image, self-esteem, empowerment, personal growth, and other personal development concerns. Throughout the group experience, women will be encouraged to share their goals and experiences with one another in a safe, confidential, and engaging environment. This group may also benefit women who are struggling with issues of intimacy, depression, anxiety, or those who wish to continue to develop a healthy female identity.