Groups and Workshops

Alcohol and Other Drugs Harm Reduction Group

This weekly group acknowledges that different goals work for different people. With the support of the group, you can work on finding the right balance for yourself, to get what you want from your substance use choices, without the things you don’t want.

Please note this group has two different weekly sessions you can sign up for.

Fall 2024

Tuesday: Weekly, 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM (September 23 - December 9)

Location: Hybrid (Zoom and In-Person)

Facilitated by Hez Wollin, LCSW and ...

Asian Identified Womxn Support Group

This group is for students who identify as womxn of any Asian or Asian-American background. We'll co-create a supportive space to share experiences related to intersectional identities, navigating Asian & American values, racism-related trauma, school stress, family & relationship issues, and other topics of interest. This group requires a brief pre-group meeting with the group facilitator(s) before joining. All Asian and Asian American students "who experience life through the lens of womxn in body, spirit, identity--past, present, future, and fluid are welcome."...

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 2024

Thursday, Weekly, 2:15PM - 3:45 PM, (September 19 - November 14)...

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.
Fall 2024

Thursday: Every other Thursday, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, (Starts September 5)

Location: Zoom/Virtual

Peer led by Reanna Wadhwani

Holistic Sleep Wellness

This single-session psycho-educational workshop is based on the concept of holistic sleep wellness. It focuses on increasing your understanding of the mechanisms and habits that impact your sleep, to help you identify and experiment with behaviors that can improve your sleep and work for you, your body, and your life.

Fall 2024

Wednesday: First and Third Wednesday, 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM; (September 4 - December 4)

Location: Zoom/Virtual

Facilitated by Robyn Papathakis...

Starting a New Medication for Anxiety or Depression

This single session psycho-educational group covers the basic facts of common anxiety and depression medications, and factors that increase the likelihood of effectiveness. The group discusses tips and tricks for effective communication with your prescriber for ongoing medication management.

Summer 2024 Schedule

Tuesday, First and Third Tuesdays; 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM; (June 4 - Aug 6)

Location: Zoom/Virtual

Facilitated by Lauren Gent, PsyD

Sign Up Options:

1. Self Referral...

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.

Summer 2024 Virtual Workshop:

Tuesdays, Second and Fourth,3:30 PM - 4:15 PM; (May 28 - Aug 13)

Location: Zoom/Virtual

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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. Fall 2024 Schedule

Thursday: Every other Thursday, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, (Starts September 12)

Location: Zoom/Virtual...

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.

Fall 2024 Schedule

Wednesday: Second and Fourth Thursday, 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM; (August 22 - December 19)

Location: Zoom/...

Beyond Pain: Empowering Wellness

This workshop is designed to help students understand the causes of chronic pain, identify signs and symptoms of chronic pain, and introduces helpful treatment strategies to manage their pain symptoms and improve overall functioning.

Spring 2024

Monday: Biweekly, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Zoom/Virtual

Facilitated by Alexander Bennett, PhD