Behavioral Medicine Groups
Spring 2013
All BU students are welcome to attend groups. To sign up for any of the groups listed below, please directly contact the group facilitator (Tim O’Connor, CNS) or Behavioral Medicine at 617-353-3569.
Six-week Stress Management Workshop
The Behavioral Medicine Clinic is offering a six-week stress management workshop. The workshop will help students to increase their awareness of stress and to develop stress management techniques, while providing a confidential forum for students to discuss their concerns. If you are interested in joining this workshop, please contact Eryn McEwan Seavey at 617-353-3569.
When: Mondays 5:00 – 6:00 PM; starting March 18, ending April 22
Where: Student Health Services, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, West
Depression Support Group
(Please note: this group is currently full, but if you are interested in joining if there is an opening or for future semesters, contact Tim O’Connor.) Depression can impact both how you feel about yourself and your relationships with others. This group will offer students the chance to explore how this illness can influence self-perceptions and perception of others, along with the opportunity to hear from other students how they cope with depression. If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Tim O’Connor at 617-353-3569.
When: Wednesdays, 5:00 – 6:15PM
Where: Student Health Services, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, West
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Support Group
This student-led group is open to students with IBD (Crohn’s/Ulcerative Colitis/Colitis) from Boston area colleges and universities. The group offers mutual support for students with these conditions.
When: Please contact Dr. McBride or Jennie David at 617-353-3567
Where: Student Health Services, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, West
Groups at the BU Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center
The Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center at BU will be offering various group activities and support. More information on the groups is available on the Center’s website at www.bu.edu/sarp/support-groups
“Stress Buddy” Workshops”: Family Loss Group at BU: Interpersonal Group, Relationship Group, and Spirituality Group at the BU Danielsen Institute: Sexual, Gender, and LGBTQ: The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Groups Outside of BU for various issues and populations are available – Disordered Eating Group for Female College Students: Group for undergraduate and graduate students aged 18-25: Young Adult Group: Cultural Transition Group, Trauma Group, Other Groups at Boston Institute for Psychotherapy: Group therapy for men and women aged 25-50: DBT Group: Workshops, Classes, Other Groups & Resources
Student Health Ambassadors are equipped to meet with any group large or small to teach the Stress Buddy workshop. To request a workshop for your dorm floor, student group, sorority, fraternity, or casual group of friends contact the SHA’s today by emailing shambass@bu.edu.
Plans are underway to create a Family (and Close Friend) Loss Group for students who have lost or are in the process of losing a loved one. The group is part of a national organization, the Students of the Actively Moving Forward Support Network, with around 70 branches nationwide. The group will provide a confidential, supportive forum for students to share their experiences with family loss, and to receive support from peers who have had similar experiences. In addition, the group will work with the Center for Psychiatric Rehab, the BU Chaplaincy, and the BU Community Service Center in offering community service activities. For more info: amfbostonuniversity@gmail.com
The Danielsen Institute Clinic currently offers psychotherapy groups focusing on interpersonal issues, relationships, and spirituality and religion.
For more info: bu.edu/danielsen/clinic/group
Where: The Danielsen Institute at BU, 185 Bay State Road
Support is available through the BU student group Spectrum – http://people.bu.edu/spectrum/Spectrum__BUs_LGBT_Social_Organization
BU offers various group therapy services. You can find more information at www.bu.edu/cpr or by calling 617-353-3549.
Brighton Allston Mental Health (BAMHA.org), Brookline Community Mental Health (Brooklinecenter.org), LGBTQ groups/support (Fenway Community Health – fenwayhealth.org; Gay Adolescent Social Services – jri.org).
A therapeutic group for female students with eating disorders of all types. The goal of the group is to facilitate change through support, acceptance, exposure, and skill based approaches. The focus will be the specific challenges that college and graduate students face during their recovery.
When: Saturdays, 1-2 PM
Where: 1218 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139
Contacts: Casey Becker, (617) 797-7949, mendedwingcounseling@gmail.com
Starting at the end of January 2013, this group will focus on stress management, coping with anxiety and depression, creating and maintaining healthy relationships, and overall self-care. There will be an emphasis on the mind-body connection. Please contact Dr. Rachel Kelly Armstrong at 617-285-1085 for more information.
Facilitator: Rachel Kelly Armstrong, Psy.D.
When: Starting at the end of January 2013; two groups running on Tuesdays 1:30-3 PM and Wednesdays 5-6:30 PM
Where: Boston Behavioral Medicine, Coolidge Corner, 1371 Beacon Street, Suite 304, Brookline, MA 02446
The Brookline Community Mental Health Center is offering an ongoing psychotherapy group for men and women ages 18-24 who are working on the transition into adulthood. Group members will work on developing and strengthening interpersonal relationships, as well as offer mutual support around issues of anxiety, depression and other life stressors. A commitment to attending the group on a weekly basis is required for membership.
When:Thursdays, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
For more information: www.brooklinecenter.org/groups
The Boston Institute for Psychotherapy offers a variety of groups, including for people who have experienced or are experiencing a transition from one culture to another, and who have experienced trauma.For more information: www.bostoninstitute.org/group_old.shtml
Where: 415 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 0244
This is an open-ended psychotherapy group for men and women aged 25 – 50, who are dealing with isolation, relationship difficulties, depression and anxiety. The group has observers in the room (clinicians who are learning to lead groups) who are silent and non-interactive during the group session. The group itself is led by clinicians with experience in group therapy. The fee is discounted.
Facilitators: Dr. Arnie Cohen and Dr. Julie Anderson
When: Wednesdays, 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM, starting in mid-November
Where: call Julie Anderson, PhD or Cate Seldin, M.Ed., 617- 738-1274
Group fee: discounted
The 2 Brattle Center is offering a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Group. The group will cover the four modules of DBT Skills (Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness and Emotion Regulation).
For more info: contact the 2 Brattle Center at (617) 441-7500
Where: The First Parish, 3 Church St, at Harvard Square in Cambridge