Counseling Groups & Workshops (Spring 2024)
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Note: Groups may require that you Book a Group Screening or Schedule an Appointment prior to participating, and some are open/drop-in. Please check group tabs for sign-up details, times, and start dates.
APIDA Support Group: This is an in-person group experience for students who identify as part of the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community to learn, discuss, and explore cultural experiences that resonate within the APIDA student population. (Topics include: intersectionality, intergenerational relationships/communications, academic pressures, parental expectations, APIDA identities, and etc.).
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Book a Group Screening.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Thursdays at 1:00 PM (starting April 18th)
Length: 60 minutes
Location: Lincoln Park Campus, Student Center Room 350
Group Facilitators: Tow Yau, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Bohao Zhang, Mental Health Counseling Intern
Balancing Acceptance & Change: Practicing acceptance grants us a better understanding into our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Balancing acceptance with change allows us to evaluate what is serving and what is hurting us, giving us the opportunity to respond instead of react. Join us for this skills-based workshop where we learn how to balance acceptance and change. Through the use of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) you will gain skills in each of the following areas:
- Mindfulness: Being fully present in the moment
- Interpersonal Effectiveness: Learning how to communicate effectively
- Distress Tolerance: How to cope during an emotional crisis
- Emotion Regulation: Managing emotions to create resiliency
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Schedule an Appointment.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Wednesdays at 2:00 PM (starting April 10th)
Length: 60 minutes
Location: Lincoln Park Campus, Student Center Room 350
Group Facilitator: Ariana Ruiz, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Black Men's Therapy Group: This is a group therapy experience for students who identify as male and as Black/of African descent. This is a space to share experiences related to various parts of our identities such as being a student, a man, or someone who identifies as Black. Topics covered in the group might include (but are not limited to): navigating academia, race-related stress, family relationships, intimate partner relationships, healthy masculinity, adjusting to college, self-care and healing.
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Schedule an Appointment.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Fridays at 12:00 pm
Length: 60 minutes
Location: Online via a secure Zoom link
Group Facilitator: Orson Morrison, PsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Disarm Depression: Depression can be challenging when we face it alone, but this group offers a chance to give and receive support, learn more about what happens when we experience depression, and discover new ways that we can manage these feelings. Disarm Depression is a 6-week group aimed at empowering students to better understand their own internal experience, and learn to help themselves and others.
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Schedule an Appointment.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Thursdays at 3:00 PM (starting April 25th)
Length: 90 minutes
Location: Lincoln Park Campus, Student Center Room 350
Group Facilitator: Enrique Silva, MA, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Gathering Around Grief: Gathering around Grief is a weekly, interpersonal support space for individuals who have lost a family member, partner, or friend in the last three years. Participants will have the opportunity to name, explore, and move forward from their losses, while also being able to provide support to their fellow group members.
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Schedule an Appointment.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Fridays at 1:00 PM (starting April 9th)
Length: 90 minutes
Location: Online via a secure Zoom link
Group Facilitator: Maggie Brennan, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Latinx Student Support Group: A safe space for students to meet each other, share experiences, and engage in thoughtful discussions. Meeting topics include but not limited to: managing stress and expectations from family/culture/community, LGBTQA+ experience, impostor syndrome, building relationships, establishing friendships, etc.
*This group is a bilingual space.
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Book a Group Screening.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Fridays at 3:00 PM
Length: 90 minutes
Location: Online via a secure Zoom link
Group Facilitator: Andrea Martinez-Cabrera, MA, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Many people who have experienced conditions like anxiety and depression experience repeated episodes. The purpose of this in-person group is to improve your chance of preventing further symptoms of depression and anxiety and to provide you with tools to manage these conditions when they arise. In the group sessions, you will learn skills to help you relate to your depressive and anxious thoughts and feelings in new ways and to share and review experiences with other group members. This program consists of 8 weekly sessions and is a closed group in order to maximize trust and safety between group members and to build sequentially upon the skills.
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Book a Group Screening.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Thursdays at 3:00 PM
Length: 90 minutes
Location: Lincoln Park Campus, Student Center Room 350
Group Facilitator: Orson Morrison, PsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Q-mmunity: LGBTQ Support Group: This group will focus on the social and emotional needs of students of any gender expression, identity, or cultural background who identify as queer and/or LGBTQ+. This is a collaborative space where members examine their feelings about the victories and challenges as someone navigating a heteronormative world. Members collaborate on specific topics but general themes typically encompass interpersonal skill development, identity construction and integration, and overall empowerment and support.
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Book a Group Screening.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Fridays at 1:00 PM
Length: 120 minutes
Location: Lincoln Park Campus, Student Center Room 350
Group Facilitator: Christian Carey, PhD, Staff Therapist
Self-Compassion for Academic Success: School is hard! And being hard on yourself only makes it harder. The essential skills of self-compassion and mindfulness have been shown to help students better manage their stress and keep moving toward their goals. In this 4 week series, you will learn the foundations of mindful self-compassion through presentations, discussions, and experiential exercises that you can then use to help you make it through the end of the quarter and beyond!
This is a DROP-IN group, no pre-registration or appointment needed to participate.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Tuesdays at 11:00 AM for 4 weeks (May 14th-June 1st)
Length: 60 minutes
Location: Lincoln Park Campus, Student Center Room 350
Group Facilitator: Stefani Pila, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Support for Survivors of Sexual Violence Group: Group is open to individuals of any sex or gender identity who have experienced sexual violence while in college. This group will utilize Cognitive Processing Therapy, a therapeutic approach that allows for reframing our trauma-associated thoughts and feelings!
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Book a Group Screening.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Fridays at 10:30 AM (starting April 5th)
Length: 90 minutes
Location: Lincoln Park Campus, Student Center Room 350
Group Facilitators: Maggie Brennan, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Areli Contreras, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Understanding Ourselves & Others Group: This group is for any undergraduate or graduate students who are interested in learning about their relationships with themselves and with others. The goal of this group is for members to gain awareness about their interpersonal patterns in relationships, improve the quality of their relationship with themselves and others, and increase self-awareness and compassion.
This group will also provide education to group members on development of skills for conflict resolution, interpersonal effectiveness, and effective communication. Members will have safe and supportive environment that will allow them to practice new skills, enhance their relationships and receive support and feedback from other group members.
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Schedule an Appointment.
Quarter: SPRING 2024 - Starts
Day & Time: Wednesdays at 1:00 PM (starting April 10th)
Length: 60 minutes
Location: Lincoln Park Campus, Student Center Room 350
Group Facilitator: Stefani Pila, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Understanding Ourselves & Others Group: This group is for any undergraduate or graduate students who are interested in learning about their relationships with themselves and with others. The goal of this group is for members to gain awareness about their interpersonal patterns in relationships, improve the quality of their relationship with themselves and others, and increase self-awareness and compassion.
This group will also provide education to group members on development of skills for conflict resolution, interpersonal effectiveness, and effective communication. Members will have safe and supportive environment that will allow them to practice new skills, enhance their relationships and receive support and feedback from other group members.
Students interested in joining this group should visit our forms page and Schedule an Appointment.
Quarter: SPRING 2024
Day & Time: Thursdays at 4:00 PM
Length: 60 minutes
Location: Loop Campus, Lewis Center Room 1400
Group Facilitator: Victoria Smith, MSW, LCSW
Don't Face Life's Challenges Alone
This is a great time to take advantage of the unlimited counseling sessions offered in groups.
In an effort to better serve students, we are offering group counseling to DePaul students. Without compromising privacy, students can learn more about themselves and gain support from others. All are welcome to take advantage of this opportunity regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or ethnicity; and we are committed to providing students with the best services possible.
We work to offer a variety of groups and workshops at the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses, as well as online, for students who may be struggling with specific issues (e.g. grief/loss, self-esteem), or who would like to understand more about how they tend to relate to others in general.
Group counseling and educational workshops can be particularly effective for a broad array of concerns. These resources not only offer students an opportunity to get support and feedback from others, but also to learn more about themselves in unique and stimulating ways.
Depending on student turnout and other factors, groups may change from quarter to quarter throughout the academic year.