Groups & Workshops

Making connections with others can be great for feeling less isolated and more supported. It can be challenging to come together on a small campus but usually well worth it. We are offering either zoom groups or small in person groups of 4-5 students, in spaces where we can accommodate everyone safely, while masked. Group members can develop trust and community by honoring member's confidentiality.  We are also offering workshop series and one time workshops which can also feel supportive and informative! Feel free to reach out to the group or workshop contact people if you are interested or have an idea for a peer support group, or would like to request that staff present to your group or org on a mental health topic. 

Participants will…  

• Learn about the purpose and goals of this session.

• Learn about the functions of first language and second language in therapy.

• Develop an awareness of their strategies and patterns of language use in therapy and other interpersonal settings. 

• Explore their feelings and reactions to language use/choice of their therapist.

• Examine how their strategies of language use have contributed to their sense of identity and healing. 

• Consider strategies and skills they can use with regard to language use to improve their personal growth, identity development, and healing process.

Takes place over Zoom on Friday 4/22/22 from 1:00-2:30

Contact: Brenda Tsai Bt101 for zoom link.

Asian Women's Action for Resilience and Empowerment (AWARE) is a group therapy intervention created specifically to address the mental, sexual and physical health of Asian American women by Professor Chris Hahm at Boston University.  The intervention is comprised of eight weekly 90-minute group sessions.  

• Led by Wendy Huang whuang2
• *Registration Required

This workshop will be offered for students as a part of the 40 Days of Gratitude and Kindness program coordinated by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at Wellesley.  Learn about simple steps you can take to connect with ways to feel more calm and less self-critical, as well as how to reduce the feeling of threat we have all been living with during this pandemic. 

Offered by Jan Park, Psychologist

Contact: jpark23

When:  Thursday, February 17th 1:00 - 2:00 pm  Zoom Registration

    or   Thursday, March 3rd 1:00 - 2:00 pm   Zoom Registration

Where:  Remote over HIPAA compliant zoom

For students interested in talking about eating and body image issues.  Utilizing the book by Anita Johnston, Ph.D., members will discuss their relationships and struggles with food and their bodies, and how they may be able to transform these relationships into something healthier and more empowering. 

• For more info contact Wendy Huang whuang2
• *Registration Required

Join this new weekly support group for First Generation Students.  In this group you can share experiences, challenges, successes and support, as you connect with peers who can relate. Expand your campus support network and share resources.  You are not alone!

Date: Starts Monday, February 14th

Time: 1:30-2:30 pm

Where: Remote over HIPAA compliant zoom

RSVP: Chris Lochhead, cl118 or Evonne Meranus, em113  

This group did not run.

Please join us for a weekly hour long group to share and get support for the loss of a family member. 

• Contact: Alex Prior aprior
• *Registration Required
• Meets Fridays, 3:00 pm

This group is open to students of all intersectional identities under the LGBTQ+ umbrella.  It is intended to be a confidential, safe space to receive and give emotional support around gender and sexuality.  Together we will explore topics such as relationships with family, partners, coming out or being out, and help you embrace all parts of who you are. If it is challenging to be who you are when away from Wellesley, this might be the right space to connect with others to strategize ways of coping.

• RSVP: Jan Park jpark23
• Co-led By Jan Park and Ian Ljutich
• Please reach out if you are interested. 
• Time: Mondays, 1:00-2:00 PM  Last group May 9th

Hold the date for this fun interactive mental health fair sponsored by the Stone Center in collaboration with Active Minds, the BHEs,  and the Office of Student Wellness.  Spring into Wellness will be held in and around Tishman rain or shine! Join us for a relaxing chair massage from a licensed massage therapist, exciting raffle prizes, a drop-in yoga experience, complimentary wellness gift bags, adorable therapy dogs and more!  See you there!  

Thursday:  March 31st 12:00-2:00 pm

Contact: Caitlyn Burns cb107 or  Ian Ljutich il105

This was a fabulous event!

Do you have a friend who is struggling with:

• An Eating Disorder
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Other mental health Issue
• Want to know how to be a good friend while maintaining appropriate boundaries and setting limits.
• Need Tips for your own self-care, or
• Need support, as this is hard.

Then this workshop is for you.

When: Thursday, March 3rd; 1:00 – 2:00pm

Where: Zoom meeting link RSVP: rcooknob

Presenter:  Robin Cook-Nobles, Director, The Stone Center Counseling Service

Do you put off assignments until the last minute?
Never seem to meet deadlines?
Have difficulty managing your time?
Feel anxious over academic assignments?
If so, this workshop is for you!

• RSVP:  Robin Cook-Nobles rcooknob
• Date: Thursday, March 10th
• Time: 3:00-4:30 PM
• Location: Zoom: RSVP for info