The McClintock Center
for
Counseling
and Psychological Services
Fall ‘09 Group Offerings and
Workshops
This Fall semester, The McClintock Center
for Counseling and Psychological Services is offering the following groups.
Each group is designed to address specific concerns of the student population.
Please call x3398 for further
information.
COPE
(Changing Obsessive-compulsive Patterns of Eating): This
is a group for students who are concerned about chronic dieting, binging,
purging, and excessive overeating.
Changing your thinking about and relationship to food and your body is
not a quick fix. Going beyond hunger and
starvation to discover your emotional and spiritual hunger and how to nurture it
can be a long and challenging process. However, with the support of others, you
can learn to feel connected to and compassionate with yourself and those around
you. You can begin to discover who you
are in ways not related to food. The
group will be divided into two sections:
One, for those in recovery and one, for those currently engaging in
disordered eating behavior. Contact:
Marianne @ x3395 (mohare@drew.edu)
or Chris @3187 (cliparini@drew.edu).
AMF
(Ailing Mothers & Fathers): Losing someone you love, parent, family
member, or friend, is very painful and it’s something that almost everyone will
experience at some point in their lives. Grieving
students and those under stress due to a parent’s illness may find it
challenging to continue functioning academically and socially. AMF Support Network is for those
students who are coping with the illness or death of someone loved or
deeply cared for. Contact: Chris @
x3187 (cliparini@drew.edu).
SAC
(Stress and College
): A
support group for students who think they might be struggling with transition to
college: Struggles can be seen in the following
area:
•
Stress related to connecting with new
people
•
Stress related to dealing with problems in current
relationships
•
Stress related to juggling academics and personal
life
In
a support group counseling setting, you will find people facing similar
challenges. Group work would involve taking and giving support to each other and
learning adjustment and coping skills from a group counselor. Contact: Komal@3197 (kdutt@drew.edu)
Mood
Management: Good
days and bad days and days from hell, we all have them. This group can teach you strategies that can
help you cope with the normal highs and lows of life. The group can also be helpful with mood
problems, such as stress and depression, anxiety, anger, fear, guilt, and panic,
which we all have at some time in our lives.
Discover that others feel the same way that you do and learn how to feel
better and make life-long changes.
Contact: Komal@3197
(kdutt@drew.edu).
Dissertation
Anxiety
Honor's Thesis Anxiety: Two separate groups for students feeling stressed,
overwhelmed, confused or immobilized by the thesis process. Discover how to
focus, relax, and be productive with group support. Contact: Carol x3984
(cgernat@drew.edu)
ACoA
(Adult Children of Alcoholics): This
Group is for students who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise
dysfunctional homes. Meet with other similar students in a mutually respectful,
safe environment where you can acknowledge common experiences. Discover how childhood difficulties and
traumas affected you in the past and influence you in the present. And, learn to take positive action. Contact: Audra @ x3318
(atonero@drew.edu)
or
Chris @ x3187(cliparini@drew.edu).
SOS
(Study Organizing Strategies):
For students with academic difficulties, discover ways to succeed. With group
support learn ways to stop procrastinating, get those papers in, lessen test
anxiety, improve study habits, and better manage your time. Contact Jill
x3398 (mwiss@drew.edu)
Workshops:
FEEL
BETTER FAST
This psycho educational workshop is designed
to reduce stress, promote a positive self-image, assist the creation of
realistic goals, increase assertiveness, and help you to have more control over
yourself and your life. The workshops will:
·
Offer
participants a wide range of skills and coping strategies
·
Be
the treatment of choice for some students or an adjunct to
counseling
·
Meet
four times, 1.5 hours each session
·
Have
no wait list
Session
format:
·
All
sessions begin with a mindfulness exercise and end with relaxation and
visualization
·
Sessions
two through four devote time to reviewing homework
·
Each
session has a variety of exercises, worksheets, structured discussions,
lecturettes, and modeling role plays.
The
first session of the series will be on Thursday, 10/1 at 5 PM. If you would
like to be a participant in Feel Better Fast (FBF), please contact
Marianne
(x 3395; mohare@drew.edu)
or
Chris
(x 3187; cliparini@drew.edu)
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For
information regarding AA, SMART, or other anonymous groups,
Contact: Audra x3318 (atonero@drew.edu)
For
information on off-campus groups, off-campus individual counseling, pastoral
counseling, or psychiatrists, Contact: Jill x3398 (mwiss@drew.edu)
Time and place of each group will be
announced when the group is ready to run.
Thank you.
