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Group Therapy and Workshops

Group therapy and workshops are powerful ways to address challenges, offering advantages that individual counseling cannot. The main benefit is the support and feedback given by other participants, creating a space for discussion and building connections. While joining may feel intimidating, self-disclosure happens at your own comfort level and pace.

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Group Therapy

  • Mostly focused on the development of resilience and self-awareness.
  • Generally closed format (i.e., maximum number of participants); no session limits.
  • Includes other participants who wish to receive support around a shared concern or experience.
  • Requires continuous attendance in order for participants to obtain full benefits.
  • Group facilitators will often screen group members before their joining the group.
  • Requires a referral from an SCC Care Coordinator or UCC provider.
  • Graduate Student Processing Group
    • Graduate Student Processing Group
      • Mondays, 1:00 p.m. 鈥� 2:30 p.m. | University Counseling Center
      • Starts September 14
      • Contact: Dr. Wendy Hsu, li-cih.hsu@91吃瓜网.Edu

    The Graduate Process Group is designed to provide a space for graduate students with a broad spectrum of mental health concerns. Group members will offer each other support and feedback in working toward change.

    Common concerns that may be addressed in this group include navigating graduate programs and demands, interpersonal relationship difficulties, transitioning from graduate school to the work environment, individuation, identity concerns, and work/life balance.听听

  • Flex Your Feels: ACT Group
    • Flex Your Feels: ACT Group

    Learn practical skills for navigating life's challenges. This 8-week ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) workshop combines mindfulness, discussion, and interactive activities to help you manage difficult thoughts and emotions, build resilience, and take meaningful action toward the life you want to live.

  • Latinx Graduate Student Support Group
    • Latinx Graduate Student Support Group

    Looking for connection and community? This group provides a welcoming and affirming space for Latinx students to connect, share experiences, and explore topics like culture, family expectations, and navigating graduate school life. Through conversation and peer support, you'll build resilience, strengthen your wellbeing, and find community. All students are welcome.

  • Understanding Self & Others: Undergraduate Group
    • Understanding Self & Others: Undergraduate Group

    A weekly interpersonal process group for undergraduate students to explore personal growth, increase self-awareness,听and enhance their experiences in personal/academic听settings. In this safe space,听group听members will practice communicating more honestly and effectively with others while gaining support from peers and therapists. Group topics may include adjustment, loneliness, academic/general stress, social anxiety, and relationships.听听

  • Untangle the Threads of Healing
    • Untangle the Threads of Healing

    Untangle the Threads of Healing is a Creative, Trauma-Sensitive Resilience Group designed for college students who want space to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with themselves. Through accessible expressive art activities, grounding practices, and supportive community, this weekly group helps you discover clarity, steadiness, and renewed strength鈥攏o art experience needed. If you鈥檝e been feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or simply ready for a gentler way to cope and grow, this space offers a warm, judgment-free environment to heal at your own pace.

  • Continuum: LGBTQI+ Support Group
    • Continuum: LGBTQI+ Support Group
      • Fridays, 12:00 p.m. 鈥� 1:00 p.m. | University Counseling Center
      • Starts September 18
      • Contact: Devin Tracey, devin.tracey@vanderbilt.edu

    Continuum is a group for students seeking support and听connections听around experiences related to sexuality and gender.听Participants may identify as LGBTQI or may choose not to use any particular label or category.听Continuum provides a safe,听confidential听and affirming space to discuss community, self-esteem, relationships, family, friendships,听personal experiences听and other topics that matter to group members. All听students听are welcome.听

Workshops

  • Mostly focused on the development of everyday skills.
  • Workshops tend to be intermittent and take place in series, not requiring continuous attendance.
  • There is no necessary screening (drop-in registrations are welcome).
  • Mindfulness for Everyday Life 4-week Workshop
    • Mindfulness for Everyday Life 4-week Workshop:
      • Round 1 starts September 23
      • Round 2 starts October 28
      • Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. 鈥� 11:00 a.m. | Kissam Center, Moore College, A109
      • Contact: Ash Weber, ashley.c.weber@vanderbilt.edu

    Mindfulness:听滨迟鈥檚听been听around for听2500 years and is supported by 16,000 research studies, so what holds us back from practicing? Whether听测辞耻鈥檙别听brand new to the concept or have a streak going on Headspace, this workshop can bring a corner of peace to your days. Participants will leave the workshop series with a practical action plan to implement mindfulness into even the听busiest of听schedules.听

  • Rest & Reset 5-Week Workshop
    • Rest & Reset
      • Fridays, 1:00 p.m. 鈥� 2:00 p.m. | University Counseling Center
      • Starts September 18
      • Contact: Tanya Meyer, tanya.meyer@vanderbilt.edu

    The Rest & Reset Group is geared towards students who are tired of being tired and ready to finally get better sleep. We鈥檒l use evidence-based CBT-I skills to help you quiet a racing mind, break the late-night spiral, and build sleep habits that actually work with your academic life. Expect practical tools, zero judgment, and a space to figure out sleep together... no all-nighters required.