Groups and Workshops

Career Planning: Surviving and Thriving at Cal

This 4-week group is designed to help clarify your values related to career planning and set goals for managing stresses associated with imposter syndrome, socio-cultural-familial influences, and indecision. The group will include exercises to increase career self-awareness and strategies for navigating challenges in academic and career planning. Students will also have the opportunity to share their experiences, and give support to their peers experiencing similar stressors.

Fall 2025

Thursday, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (October 30 - November 20)...

Heartspeak: USP Support Group

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.

About this Support Group

Are you undocumented and seeking a consistent community space with other undocumented students. Looking for a way to talk about your struggles and hear how others are coping? Interested in learning meditation and other tools to feel less overwhelmed? Then HeartSpeak support group is for you! The weekly group is designed to provide a supportive space for all undergraduate and graduate...

My Parents Never Went to College - First Generation BIPOC Student Support Group

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.

About this Support Group

The group is designed to provide a supportive space for all students, including undergraduate and graduate students who wish to explore topics related to the challenges faced by BIPOC students who are the first in their families to attend college. In this group, we will create a safe space to exchange information, share experiences, and promote community because we are stronger together. This group is...

Deepening Your Connection: A Group for Couples+

This 2-part group is designed to support partners in committed relationships to expand their ability to communicate through conflict, identify and shift unhelpful patterns, and build mutual trust. Participants can expect to receive an introduction to couples therapy frameworks and guided support with hands-on practice. We recommend that couples/partners sign up for this group together.

Eligibility:

This group is open to all UC Berkeley students and their partner(s). Non-student partner(s) of UC Berkeley students are welcome. Please note, this group is not...

Survivor Support Group

This group provides a supportive environment for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence to gather together and build community. Participants will learn to better understand their present lives in the context of their experiences while learning and practicing skills in grounding and mindfulness. Join this support group of survivors to reclaim a sense of personal power and well-being, as we know healing is amplified by connection. This group is open to survivors of all genders whose experiences occurred more than three months ago. Fall 2025

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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 2025 Schedule

This group isn't being offered this semester.

How to Sign Up:

Self Referral

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Managing Emotions (4 Weeks)

This 4-week group is designed to introduce students to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) principles and skills. Participants will learn mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills to manage emotions more effectively. We STRONGLY recommend that participants are in concurrent individual therapy for the duration of the group.

Fall 2025 Schedule

This group isn't being offered this semester.

Mindfulness Meditation Drop-In Group

Meditation has a lot of health benefits; such as reducing stress, improving relaxation, enhancing sense of well-being and alleviating health symptoms. This drop-in group is set up for students who want to try meditation and explore some techniques to do it. There is no need for commitment to come to all sessions. Students who had experiences doing meditation are also welcome to join to meditate together as well.

Fall 2025

This group isn't being offered this semester.

From Self-Criticism to Kindness (6 Weeks)

This group will provide a space for students to learn skills for building self-compassion and kindness, as well as opportunities to offer support to one another. Topics will include: fostering an attitude of kindness towards self & others, building self-esteem through self-acceptance, and using mindfulness/meditation to facilitate resilience, motivation & self-confidence.

Fall 2025

This group isn't being offered this semester.

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 2025

This group isn't being offered this semester.