What is group therapy?
These are groups for UW Seattle students who, in most cases, have completed an initial mental health visit with the Counseling Center and registered for the group as a part of their ongoing treatment plan. Each group is facilitated by a therapist and focuses on identity, grief, mindfulness or other topics. Some groups are ongoing, while others have set dates each quarter. Find contact information to sign up for each group below.
Gender & sexuality
BEYOND LABELS
Beyond Labels provides an affirming space for Queer identified students to explore personal challenges and cultivate community. Students will have the opportunity to grow their ability to be in relation with others by exploring their intersectional identities, practicing giving and receiving support, and identifying ways to engage in self as well as community-care. This group is open to all who hold a Queer identity (e.g., folx who identify as a sexual and/or gender minority; LGBTQIAP+).
Time: Thursdays, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Online
Start date: 01/21
Duration: 01/21 – 03/04, with the opportunity to continue during Spring Quarter
Focus: Any Queer identified graduate or nontraditional undergraduate student
Intake needed: Yes
Cost: Free
Facilitator: Alexander Shappie, PhD, Andrew Pereira, M.S.
To register: Call 206.543.1240 to learn more
Identity & culture
ANTI-RACISM AND ALLYSHIP
An ongoing group for students who want to dismantle their own internal racism, dismantle white supremacy and who want to be better allies.
Time: Tuesdays, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Online
Duration: Ongoing
Focus: All students
Intake needed: Yes
Cost: Free.
Facilitators: Treg Isaacson, LMHC
To register: Call 206.543.1240 to learn more
BETWEEN CULTURES: HEALING FROM NOT BELONGING
An ongoing group for students who are caught between two different cultures and feel like they belong in neither or both at the same time.
Time: Mondays, 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Online
Duration: Ongoing
Focus: Students who are biracial and/or bicultural
Intake needed: Yes
Cost: Free.
Facilitators: Ricardo Hildago, LMHC
To register: Call 206.543.5030 to learn more
UMOJI
A winter quarter group that meets every other week focusing on processing and addressing cultural issues including being a student at a PWI, imposter syndrome, racism, discrimination, etc.
Time: Thursdays, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., every other week starting January 21st
Location: Online
Duration: winter quarter
Focus: Brown and Black graduate school women
Intake needed: Yes
Cost: Free.
Facilitators: Charisse Williams, Ph.D.
To register: Call 206.543.1240 to learn more
Mindfulness
BEGINNING MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION
An 8 week group for students who want to learn mindfulness and meditation skills and practice. We will look at what mindfulness and meditation are, formal and informal practices, increasing awareness to thoughts and feelings, self compassion, compassion for others, and gratitude practices, spending brief periods of time in group in silence, and longer periods in guided meditations. Very helpful for stress relief.
Time: Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Duration: January 6 through February 24
Focus: All students
Intake needed: Yes, or a screening and referral from your UW counselor.
Cost: Free.
Facilitators: Treg Isaacson, LMHC
To register: Call 206.543.1240 to learn more
ADVANCED MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION
An ongoing group for students who are advanced practitioners of mindfulness and meditation.
Time: Wednesdays and/or Thursdays, 12 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Duration: Ongoing
Focus: All students with mindfulness and meditation experience
Intake needed: Yes
Cost: Free.
Facilitators: Treg Isaacson, LMHC
To register: Call 206.543.1240 to learn more
Please find more mindfulness, yoga and meditation resources here.
Skills & coping
TBA: BeREAL MINDFULNESS SESSIONS
Join us in learning mindfulness-based skills for coping with stress and strengthening self-awareness. Each session will introduce a practice from BeREAL (Resilient Attitudes & Living), a program developed and offered to UW students. BeREAL facilitators will share practices including yoga, guided meditations, cognitive reframing techniques and emotional coping skills.
Questions: Email bereal@uw.edu
GETTING THROUGH GRIEF
An ongoing group for students who have experienced the loss of a loved one. A warm and supportive group in which to process and share the experience of grief, to give and receive support and share ideas.
Time: Thursdays, 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: Online
Duration: Ongoing
Focus: All students
Intake needed: Yes
Cost: Free.
Facilitators: Treg Isaacson, LMHC and Ricardo Hildago, LMHC
To register: Call 206.543.1240 to learn more
PROCRASTINATION AND PERFECTIONISM
An ongoing group for students who want to better understand procrastination and why they procrastinate. The goal is to build skills as well as greater acceptance, awareness and self-compassion.
Time: Wednesdays, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m., Fridays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Location: Online
Duration: Ongoing
Focus: All students
Intake needed: Yes
Cost: Free.
Facilitators: Ricardo Hildago, LMHC
To register: Call 206.543.1240 to learn more
What is a mental health workshop?
These pre-scheduled workshops and drop-in groups are facilitated by mental health counselors and open to any current UW student. Their purpose is to teach skills or discuss topics such as how to manage difficult emotions. Online registration may be required.
BIPOC HEALING CIRCLE
The healing circle is a space for Black, indigenous, and persons of color to heal in community. This is a drop–in group centered on BIPOC mental health and decolonizing therapeutic practices. The healing circle is a space for those interested in community healing, anchored in ancestral healing practices.
Time: 3:30-5pm Thursdays, Jan. 14, 28, Feb. 11, 25, March 11
Location: Zoom
Focus: students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC)
Cost: Free
Facilitator: UWCC BIPOC Staff Psychologist
To register: Email counsels@uw.edu for information, to RSVP, and to receive Zoom password.
HOW TO GET WHAT YOU NEED IN RELATIONSHIPS
Navigating relationships is tricky! Learn how to decide when to say no, when to ask for something, and how to get what you need.
Time: 3:30-4:20 pm Tuesday, February 2nd; 3:30-4:20 pm Tuesday, February 23rd
Location: Online
Focus: UW students
Intake needed: No
Cost: Free
Facilitators: Anne Swenson, PhD and Mandy Lu, PsyD
To register: Email counsels@uw.edu and we will send you a Zoom link for the workshop when available.
MINDFULNESS FOR SELF-COMPASSION
From motivation level to stress management, your relationship with yourself has a huge impact on your well-being. Learn to be kinder to yourself and shift into a growth mindset with self-compassion.
Time: 3:30-4:20 pm Tuesday, January 26th; 3:30-4:20 pm Tuesday, February 9th; 3:30-4:20 pm Tuesday, March 2nd
Location: Online
Focus: UW students
Intake needed: No
Cost: Free
Facilitators: Anne Swenson, PhD and Mandy Lu, PsyD
To register: Email counsels@uw.edu and we will send you a Zoom link for the workshop when available.
Other programs
PLUG-IN SOCIAL CONNECTIONS PROGRAM
This is a year where many international students finding themselves studying in the United States from home, either in your home country or your room in Seattle. This can mean new challenges you’ve never faced before. We are inviting you to Plug In to conversations about these challenges with a cohort of your peers and support each other throughout them! You will be able lend a hand to your peers, and receive support when you need it.
Time: Thursdays, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Online
Duration: Ongoing
Focus: Students who are in the United States or in their home countries
Intake needed: Yes
Cost: Free.
Facilitators: Yuxin Sun, Ph.D.
To register: If you are interested in joining, or if you would like to learn more about this program, please email yuxinsun@uw.edu
