Groups Offered by the Counseling Center

Call 301-314-7651 or stop by the Shoemaker Building to register

Fall 2009

BLACK MALE SUPPORT GROUP

Discussion, support, and empowerment group for Black males experiencing difficulties on campus. Possible topics include: personal & academic concerns, interpersonal & dating relationships, masculinity, and being Black on a predominantly White campus.
Wednesdays, 5:00-6:30 pm

CIRCLE OF SISTERS

Support & discussion group. Possible topics include: personal concerns, interpersonal & dating relationships, sexuality, and being Black on a predominantly White campus. Two groups available.
Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30 pm
Thursdays, 6:00-7:30 pm

HAPPY HOUR

Structured open group designed to provide students with positive psychology principles and exercises to enhance their engagement, pleasure, and meaning while at college.
Thursdays, 6:00-7:30 pm

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS GROUP

Meet other international students, learn about U.S. culture, solve problems, and practice speaking English as you help each other adjust to life in the United States.
Tuesdays, 3:00-4:30 pm

MEMORY CIRCLE

Memory Circle is designed for students who would like to work through a recent or past loss in a small group setting. This group offers emotional support and psycho-educational information about the process of grief, and helps students develop adaptive coping strategies to deal with their loss.
Thursdays, 3:00-4:30 pm

MY BODY - MY SELF: A WOMAN'S GROUP

This group will explore women's struggles with body image and feelings of self-worth and look at the ways dieting, obsessing about thinness, binge-eating, over-exercising or purging may be affecting their lives. Two groups will be available this semester.
Wednesdays or Thursdays, Time TBA

SOCIAL ANXIETY GROUP

This group provides support an interpersonal growth for students struggling with social anxiety. This therapy group provides such students with the opportunity to share their experiences and explor interpersonally with students like themselves.
Wednesdays, 5:00-6:30 pm

WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT GROUP

A group for women who have experienced interpersonal trauma either as an adult or as a child (e.g., sexual abuse, sexual assault, child abuse, abusive relationships, emotional abuse, bullying, etc.). The overall focus is to help members increase their sense of empowerment, in part through the giving/receiving of support among group members. Diversity in the composition of the group is valued (e.g., along the lines of race, culture, sexual orientation, religion, social class, type of experience, etc.)
Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30 pm

General therapy groups are also offered by the Counseling Center.
Please call (301) 314-7651 for more information.