The HCC has a wide range of groups and workshops for the 2024 fall quarter. Review our Group Brochure (PDF) for more details including facilitator(s), meeting dates, times and campus locations.
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Grief and Loss group
This group helps participants express and explore emotions related to their experiences of loss. It is open to people who have lost a loved one (e.g., family member, friend). It combines sharing, discussion, support, and activities.
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Removing the Mask: a group for neurodivergent students
This group is for students who feel their ways of thinking create different and unique social and professional paths. This may include a variety of "neuro styles" including autism spectrum disorder, attentional issues, synesthesia, or any neuro difference that has influenced you to "wear a mask."
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Stronger Together: A healing group for trauma survivors
This group is for women who have experienced chronic trauma in their lives. This includes sexual, emotional, physical, neglect and/or trauma experience within their family of origin. It is intended to provide a space to cope with depressive symptoms, anger, shame, guilt, and painful emotions associated with trauma.
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Understanding Self and Others group
This type of group is often the treatment of choice for people who experience troubled relationships (including romantic, family, and friend-related), loneliness, depression, social anxiety, difficulty expressing emotions, self-criticism, difficulty with vulnerability/intimacy and low self-esteem. Offers a protected environment to identify and explore feelings; to learn how to give and receive empathy, support, and feedback; to practice new, healthier ways of relating to others; and to foster connections to feel less lonely or isolated.
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Student of Color Support and Empowerment group
Students of color are often navigating a complex and difficult college environment. This group creates a space for students of color to connect over experiences of discrimination, oppression, racism, and inequity; support one another; and gain wisdom and energy from each other.
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Queery: Exploring your queer identity group
A support group for students who identify as bisexual, gay, lesbian, queer, questioning, transgender, or other personally meaningful term who are navigating sexual and/or gender identity development and acceptance. Focus is on building a supportive community and sharing space with others as you integrate your sexual and gender identities in authentic and self-affirming way.
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Fear-less: An anxiety management group
For individuals who are motivated to learn new ways of relating to their anxiety in order to be more present and engaged in their daily lives. You will have the opportunity to connect with others who experience distress, frustration, and shame around their continued struggles and develop skills that allow you to better manage your anxiety.
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Managing Graduate School: Both within and outside the classroom
Academic demands, career questions, and self-doubt frequently impact the health and functioning of graduate students. Additionally, relationships are often impacted outside the classroom, exacerbating experiences of stress, depressive symptoms, and anxiety. This group provides a place to receive support from other graduate students and explore relationship issues that are common during this phase of life.
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DBT/Emotional Wellness Group: Interpersonal Effectiveness
This group focuses on developing skills for interpersonal effectiveness. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) participants will learn how to identify and cope with difficult emotions; and incorporate mindfulness and other regulation skills to promote
wellness and intentional boundary setting. Normalizing the complexity of the human experience and empowering participants to develop their own self-care plan is a priority.
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ACT Workshop: Getting unstuck from depression and anxiety
This six-part workshop addresses anxiety and depression by helping students let go of strategies of avoidance and control, increasing the ability to relate more effectively to thoughts, emotions and sensations. It aims to bring more meaning, purpose and vitality to everyday life.
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Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults
This four week workshop is an evidence-based curriculum specifically designed for teaching mindfulness, meditation, and stress management. Participants will ideally report being less-stressed, sleep better, and live with greater mindfulness and self-compassion.
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Athlete Injury Recovery Excellence group
For varsity student-athletes at varying stages of the injury recovery process, in collaboration with sports medicine. The purpose is to learn about the mental, emotional, and social aspects of injuries, learn and practice effective coping skills, and develop routines to optimize the recovery process. Additionally, support from peers can often be pivotal to a productive healing process.
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Family Matters group
Family dynamics are complicated! It can be hard being a college student trying to figure out your own sense of self while also having to manage your role in the family or your family pulling you back into family drama. This group will help you explore your role within your family and its impact on your ability to express emotions, set boundaries, making space for self-healing and form healthy relationships with others.
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Bold and Vulnerable Men group
For men/masculine-identifying students to come together and talk about the different issues that might be impacting their life. It will encourage members to engage in vulnerability while discussing a wide range of topics including: masculinity, mental health, gender roles, navigating emotions, and other challenges that men often experience today.
The Counseling Services staff at the University of Denver Health & Counseling Center is available to speak on a variety of mental health–related topics at your residence halls, classrooms, student groups, athletic teams, and other campus departments. We have licensed psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and supervised counselors-in-training with broad knowledge of mental health–related issues relevant to DU community members.
Outreach can be customized to fit audience requests and needs. Additional topics can be addressed upon request. To request a workshop, HCC participation in your event, or interview an HCC staff member please complete the linked form, at least two weeks in advance.
If you require counselor support and/or facilitation in response to a critical incident please contact Dr. Alice Franks.