Students have unlimited use of psycho-educational classes, workshops, and groups offered by the Counseling Center. The expected level of student participation will vary depending on the type of group; workshops and classes require active attention but little self-disclosure, while support and process groups place a higher priority on providing a safe environment to share your thoughts or experiences with other members.
Ever feel like you'd love to slow down, but can't? Wish you could feel more calm, more relaxed? Want to be more focused and clear minded? Each week's workshop covers a different relaxation technique, including visualization, breathing, self-hypnosis, biofeedback, open focus, autogenics and imagery. Feel free to attend the Monday or the Thursday session, or both if you want more practice. The topics for Thursday and Friday classes will be the same each week.
Time: Thursdays, 4:00 - 5:00 pm and/or
Time: Fridays, 11:00 am to 12:00 noon
Dates: April 3 through June 12, 2008
Place: 540 Old Main
Leader: John Jordy, M.Ed.
Type: Drop-in on one workshop or come to them all.
Does it feel awkward to smile and say hello to people you don’t know? Are you shy? Is it easier for you to chat online, play video games, send cell phone text messages, use MySpace, and post on Facebook than it is to interact in person? Do you listen to your iPod to avoid having conversations? Is starting a relationship a foreign language to you? Join us for an exciting workshop where your strengths will be “translated” into new social skills. You will learn to communicate more effectively with others, read body language, combat self-defeating thinking, and slay the “dragons” that prevent you from connecting well with others.
Time:4:00 - 5:15 pm
Dates: Mondays, May 5 and May 19, 2008
Place: 540 Old Main
Leaders: Maria Bakht, Psy.D.
Type: Drop-in.
Taming Your Test Anxiety
Do you panic during exams? Are you freezing on your math tests? Is test anxiety dragging down your grades? Attend one of these workshops and learn to maximize performance and minimize stress.
Day and Time: Every Monday from noon to 1 p.m.
Date: April 14 through May 19, 2008
Place: 540 Old Main
Leader: Anne Marie Theiler, M.S.
Type: Drop-in. No registration necessary.
The Wormhole is a general counseling group intended to assist you in transforming what you want to change about yourself. Wormholes are hypothetical shortcuts in space. By joining this group, you will challenge yourself to change in a shorter time than it would normally take on your own. All genders welcome.
Time: Wednesdays, 3:00-4:15 pm
Dates: April 9 through May 28, 2008
Place: 540 Old Main
Leaders: Maria Bakht, Psy.D. & Lena Swanson, M.A.
Closed to new members as of April 22, 2008.
Do you wish for a safe place for women to get together and talk about some of the deeper issues of life? In this group, each woman is a Diva in her own right! Have a voice. Be heard. Connect with other women, each on her own journey of growth.
Time: Tuesdays, 3:00-4:15 pm
Dates: April 8 through May 27, 2008
Place: 540 Old Main
Leaders: Maria Bakht, Psy.D. & Lauren Jones, M.Ed.
Closed to new members as of April 22, 2008.
Ride the Waves
Learn ways to "surf" your emotions without losing control.
Time: Mondays, 4:00-5:00 pm
Dates: April 21, April 28, May 5, & May 12, 2008
Place: 540 Old Main
Leader: Anne Marie Thieler, M.S .
Type: Call the Counseling Center at (360) 650-3164 to sign up.
A confidential, convenient, and safe support group for people affected by sexual assault, stalking, or abusive relationships.
Time, Dates & Place: Call Devlin O'Donnell at 650-7982.
Leader: Devlin O'Donnell
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