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Receiving support from others and having healthy, authentic relationships is a central aspect of good mental and emotional health. In fact, many of the issues that students struggle with have an underlying interpersonal component that can be addressed by learning new ways of relating to oneself and others. Group therapy provides a structured space for receiving support, better understanding yourself and others, providing and receiving feedback, and practicing new ways of relating in a safe environment.
To learn more about our drop-in workshop programs, please go to: http://counseling.emory.edu/community/index.html
WHAT TYPES OF GROUPS DOES CAPS OFFER?
HOW DO I JOIN A GROUP?
To join a group, schedule an initial screening at CAPS (404-727-7450). Your initial screening counselor can provide you with more information and facilitate a pre-group screening with the group leader(s) who can help you determine whether a specific group is the right fit for your needs.
GROUPS CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED:
Interpersonal Process Groups | Support Groups | Skills Groups |
Graduate Student All Gender | Sexual & Gender Diversity Support | Anxiety Toolkit |
Undergraduate Student All Gender |
Grief & Loss Support |
ACT for Life |
Black Graduate Student All Gender | International Student Support | |
Men’s Group | Student of Color Support | |
Women’s Group | Thriving and Surviving After Sexual Assault |
ACT for Life: This 10-session group will help you relate differently to your anxious thoughts, depressed moods, worrying mind, self-defeating behaviors, and other things that causes you problems so that you can pursue a more full and meaningful life. This group will be interactive with educational components, group discussion, and experiential exercises.
How to Get the Most out of Group Therapy Adapted from University of Oregon’s Counseling and Testing Center |
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If You Relate To People By: | You Might Experiment With: |
Complying, giving in, being self-effacing | Saying no |
Resisting suggestions; holding back | Taking a risk; trying something new. |
Always talking; filling any silence with words because you feel uncomfortable. | Being silent for a minute; getting in touch with uncomfortable feelings; talking about those feelings. |
Waiting for someone to say something, then reacting | Initiating something yourself, for someone else to react to. |
Always smiling, even when annoyed or angry. | Talking without smiling |
Explaining | Simply responding with what you feel (e.g., “ I have an impulse to explain”) |
Trying to get people to stop feeling a certain way. | Simply accepting the way they feel; at the same time exploring your impulses and feelings |
Being polite; not showing anger or judgment | Being judgmental and angry, frankly and outrageously. |
Expressing anger easily | Checking to see what feelings are underneath the anger. |
Deflecting praise | Accepting praise and agreeing enthusiastically with it. |
Feeling bored but being too polite to say anything about it. | Talking about your feelings of boredom. |
When attacked, defending yourself. | Not saying anything in rebuttal-but exploring the feelings you have. |
Being afraid-and hiding your fear | Being openly afraid; letting everyone know it. |
Always complimenting others. | Telling others exactly how you feel about them. |
Trying to get everybody to approve of you. | Being what you are and not giving a damn what they think. |
Giving advice | Reporting “I feel like giving you advice” – but not doing it. |
Always helping other people. | Asking for help, letting yourself be helped. |
Always asking for help. | Helping someone else. |
Controlling your feelings and suppressing them. | Experiencing your feelings and exploring them. |
Keeping things secret. | Disclosing something about yourself that is hard to say. |
Playing it safe. | Taking a few risks. |
Contact and Hours of Operation
Address: 1462 Clifton Road, Suite 235, Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (404) 727-7450
Fax: (404) 727-2906
Crisis Consultation: Call (404) 727-7450, 8:30-5:00, Monday-Friday
Hours of Operation: 8:30-5:00, Monday-Friday
PLEASE NOTE: If Emory University is closed due to weather or other emergency, then CAPS is also closed. In such circumstances, students will be contacted to reschedule appointments once the university reopens.