CAPS offers a variety of groups to fit a range of needs.
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.
Spring 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.
Stefan Nickum and Alex Elron
Wednesdays 5:00pm-6:30pm
Location: CAPS Redstone Office
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.
Walter Brownsword and Iain Cooley
Tuesdays 2:00 pm - 3:30pm
Location: CAPS Redstone Office
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.
Walter Brownsword
Thursdays 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: CAPS Redstone Office
DBT Skills Training Group: Mindfulness+Emotion Regulation and Mindfulness+Interpersonal Effectiveness
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 Lindsay Foreman
Tuesdays 2:15pm-4:00 pm
Location: Living Well Studio
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.
Miki Beach
Group A Tuesdays 5:00pm - 6:30 pm
Group B Tuesdays 1:10pm-2:40pm
Location: CAPS Jacobs House Office (for both Group A and B)
The Body Positive
The Body Positive is a virtual 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.
Kelly Boardman & Amy Sercel
Mondays 3:30 pm-4:30 pm Loc: Virtual