If you are interested in joining a group call: 802-656-3340.
Please note that groups are not drop-in and that you will need to complete a screening with a counselor prior to attending a group.
Fall 2025 Groups Schedule
Family Stress and Support
This group is a safe place for you to explore how stressors from home including but not limited to substance use and abuse, family conflict, divorce, persistent illness, etc. impact your college experience and evolving identity. Meetings will vary widely and include managing stress, general adjustment to university life, and relating to others and to oneself. Focus is on undergraduate experience but at times the group has had graduate students participate.
Wednesdays, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Start date: February 4th
Group participation criteria: This group requires a screening appointment with the group facilitator. Please call CAPS at 802-656-3340 to schedule this appointment.
Grief and Loss
Students who have experienced the loss of a loved one recently or in the past, have the opportunity to share their experiences with each other in this group.
Tuesdays, 4:30 – 6 pm
Start date: January 13th
Group participation criteria: This group requires a screening appointment with the group facilitator. Please call CAPS at 802-656-3340 to schedule this appointment.
Recovery
This group is geared towards people who are substance free for at least 30 days and are interested in exploring issues that arise as part of living a substance free life.
Thursdays, 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Start date: January 15th
Group participation criteria: This group requires a screening appointment with the group facilitator. Please call CAPS at 802-656-3340 to schedule this appointment.
DBT Skills Training Group
This skills based group is helpful for individuals struggling with emotion regulation, interpersonal relationships, and distress management, and are interested in learning skills. The group is open to individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, depression, anxiety, or other emotional dysregulation issues. Note: Participants should be committed to attending sessions regularly and completing homework.
Huaying Li and Victoria Diederich
Thursdays, 2:15 – 3:45 pm
Start date: February 12th
Group participation criteria: This group requires a screening appointment with group facilitator Huaying Li. Please call CAPS at 802-656-3340 to schedule this appointment.
Healing from Harm: Re-building Trust in Relationships
Emotional and narcissistic abuse consists of death by a thousand cuts - lots of little injustices and mistreatments that add up to a larger pattern of inflicting harm. Participants in this group will have similar experiences of dealing with people exhibiting narcissistic behaviors, whether parents, other family members, friends, or intimate partners. People who are unaware of, unaffected by, or in denial about narcissistic abuse in their lives often minimize these harmful patterns or dismiss the harms survivors endure. Participants in this group will be able to empathize with one another without the need to exhaust themselves with efforts to explain their experiences. Skills for early identification of red flags in relationships, reality testing and reality checking, setting and holding healthy relationship boundaries, disengaging from bids for conflict, noticing projections of blame, and carefully crafting succinct communications to protect oneself from further harm will be covered.
Mondays, 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Dates: January 26 through March 30 (no group on February 16 or March 9)
Group participation criteria: This group requires a screening appointment with the group facilitator. Please call CAPS at 802-656-3340 to schedule this appointment.
The Body Positive
The Body Positive is a group, where participants will focus on healing their relationships to their bodies through exploring topics such as community, selfcare, and self-compassion. As a group, we will build concrete skills that support selflove, self-regulation, and social connectedness through activities as well as ongoing discussion. All body types, genders, and identities are welcome.
Thursdays, 4:30pm-6pm
Start date: March 5th
Group participation criteria: This group requires a screening appointment with one of the group facilitators. Please call CAPS at 802-656-3340 to schedule this appointment.