Groups and Workshops

Encontrando Communidad: Latine/Hispanic Support and Process Group

This therapy group is for both undergraduate and graduate students who identify as Latine/Hispanic and are looking for a community to find support. The content of the group is based on topics of interest the members wish to bring. Common themes may include navigating family expectations, cultural roles, challenges pursuing higher education and balancing responsibilities, finding your own identity, navigating multiple cultures, disconnect with family.

Fall 2025

Thursday, Weekly, 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM, (October 16 - December 18)...

Black Womxn's Sister Circle

UHS is committed to providing affirming care for all of our student communities. We encourage you to explore our resources for your holistic wellness and care. The weekly group is designed to provide a supportive space for undergraduate and graduate self-identified Black Womxn to explore the challenges of navigating life at UC Berkeley. It provides a weekly opportunity to engage in cultivating self-care and wellness practices, to build meaningful connections, and create a mutually supportive and inclusive community. All Black students "who experience life through the lens of womxn in...

Understanding Self and Others

This therapy group is designed to foster greater self-awareness and more satisfying relationships by exploring how your background and upbringing affect your relationships, becoming more aware of your thoughts and feelings, and exploring your “here-and-now” feelings with other group members.

This group requires a brief pre-group meeting with the group facilitator(s) before joining.

Spring 2025

Understanding Self and Others (9 Week)

Tuesdays, 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM; (September 23 - November 18)

Virtual/Zoom ...

Grad Women's Support

This support group is offered for students who self-identify as female graduate students who wish to come together to share the challenges and struggles of being a grad student, discuss ways to balance school & personal life, discuss relationships with advisors and peers, increase self-confidence, and develop relationships with other women in grad school.

Spring 2025

Monday: Weekly, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, (September 15 - December 15)

Location: 374A Simon Hall, (School of Law)

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Transgender and Gender Diverse Support Group

This group is for transgender, nonbinary, gender expansive, agender, gender diverse, genderqueer, and gender nonconforming students to come together in a safe, collaborative, nonjudgmental space. Together we will discuss a variety of topics related to being on the gender spectrum including gender identity, intersectional identities, different aspects of transition, coming out and being out at Berkeley, navigating family of origin considerations, community resources, academic stress, relationships, sexuality, and resilience and joy.

This group requires a pre-group meeting with...

“Do I Even Belong Here?": Understanding, Unlearning, and Uprooting Imposter Phenomenon Workshop

In this two-part workshop, the focus is on understanding and pushing back against Imposter Phenomenon.

Facilitators will explore how to identify and learn healthy tools and strategies for uprooting self-doubt, building self-confidence, and practicing self-compassion in our academic, professional, and relational lives--leading up to finals week, graduation, and beyond.

Two options for this workshop series are available:

Spring 2025 Workshops:

Offering #1:

Thursday, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM...

Worry, Stress, and Your Health

This single-session psycho-educational workshop on health anxiety is focused on increasing your understanding of (1) the body's physical sensations and responses, (2) the different ways that persistent worry about our health may impact our stress response and behaviors, and (3) strategies for coping with thoughts, behaviors, and emotions related to health, pain, and physiological sensations.

Summer 2025 Schedule

Wednesday: 2:00 PM- 2:45 PM; First and Third Wednesdays (June 4 - July 2)

Location: Zoom/...

Preventing and Coping with Burnout

This single-session psychoeducational workshop focuses on how we as college students can avoid the harmful effects of a significant institutional issue - burnout. We discuss strategies to avoid burnout. For those who are currently feeling burnt out, we also discuss strategies for dealing with burnout to nurse ourselves back to physical, emotional, and mental health. Spring 2025 Schedule

Tuesdays: Every other Tuesday, 12:00 PM -

Location: Zoom/Virtual

Peer led by Reanna Wadhwani...

Empowering Social Connectedness

This single session peer-led psychoeducational workshop is designed to introduce strategies to improve social connection to Berkeley students struggling with loneliness, isolation, and lack of belonging.
Spring 2025

Thursday: Every other Thursday, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Begins March 20)

Location: Zoom/Virtual

Staff Facilitator: Alex Bennett, Peer Facilitator: Kirthana Nore

Making Meaningful Changes

This single-session psychoeducational workshop is designed to help students make changes to improve their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. The workshop is designed to help identify small, sustainable, and meaningful changes to daily habits in a non-judgmental environment. Topics include values identification, motivation strategies, and recovering from a slip.

Spring 2025 Schedule:

Tuesdays, Second and Fourth,3:30 PM - 4:15 PM;

Location: Zoom/Virtual

Facilitated by Lauren Gent, PsyD...