Groups

Do anxious thoughts interfere with your daily life? Do you struggle with worry or avoid social situations because of fear of judgment? This group helps students learn techniques to manage anxiety, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies. In this group, students can:

• Learn and practice coping skills, including activities and creative crafts to ground and calm the nervous system
• Share experiences in a supportive space
• Discuss ways to apply these skills, both practical and hands-on strategies in daily life

📅 Date: Thursdays

🕗 Time: 1:30 – 2:30PM

📍 Location: SHS at 881 Commonwealth Avenue, Lower Level, Group Rooms A & B.

This group is for students who want to develop more effective ways of coping with overwhelming emotions. The group follows a class-like format by teaching skills and inviting students to discuss ways to apply them. Students are encouraged to practice these skills and apply them between group sessions.

Participants will learn and practice:

• Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills related to mindfulness
• Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills related to distress tolerance and emotion regulation

📅 Date: Mondays

🕗 Time: 3:00-4:00PM

📍 Location: Zoom. Directions to access the group will be sent via Patient Connect the night before.

This workshop invites students to use creativity as a form of expression. With various prompts for guidance, students are encouraged to participate in the process of crafting to help de-stress and connect with themselves and others. No previous crafting/art experience is needed. Materials provided.

📅 Date: Thursdays

🕗 Time: 3:00 – 4:00PM

📍 Location: SHS at 881 Commonwealth Avenue, Lower Level, Group Rooms A & B.

Located in the Newbury Center, this group offers a safe and supportive space for students who identify as first-generation in their families to attend college/graduate school. The group emphasizes building community and sharing resources.  Topics discussed may include:

• Navigating unfamiliar situations
• Balancing academics with social life
• Managing responsibilities and finances
• Processing feelings, such as excitement, guilt, shame, confusion, and pride

📅 Date: Wednesdays

🕗 Time: 5:00 – 6:00PM

📍 Location: Newbury Center, 755 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite B04.

Graduate students often struggle to have a space where they can authentically share their feelings and concerns about life as a graduate student. This support group is designed to provide a safe place where you can receive support and feedback from your peers. Topics discussed may include:

• Adjusting to and leaving graduate school
• Academic and career concerns
• Coping with stress
• Relationships
• Identity development

📅 Date: Fridays, ongoing

🕗 Time: 3:00 – 4:00PM

📍 Location: SHS at 881 Commonwealth Avenue, Lower Level, Group Rooms A & B.

This group is for students who have experienced the death of a loved one. Members are invited to share their experiences of grief in this safe space.  In doing so, students will have the opportunity to obtain support from other students who have experienced similar losses, process their feelings in community, and create a sense of hope for the future.

📅 Date: Tuesdays, every other week (Sept 22, Oct 6, Oct 20, Nov 3, Nov 17, Dec 1, 2026).

🕗 Time: 5:00 – 6:00PM

📍 Location: Zoom. Directions to access the group will be sent via Patient Connect the night before.

This support group provides a safe space to explore and discuss the joys and challenges of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning. This affirming group is an opportunity to connect with each other and offer emotional support. Themes explored might include:

• Relationships with family, friends, and partners
• Coming out/ being out
• Embracing identity

📅 Date: Tuesdays, meets every other week (Sept 15, Sept 29, Oct 13, Oct 27, Nov 10, Nov 24, Dec 8, 2026).

🕗 Time: 5:00 – 6:00PM

📍 Location: Zoom. Directions to access the group will be sent via Patient Connect the night before.

This group, based on the Koru program, is designed for emerging adults to explore mindfulness meditation. Students are encouraged to share experiences and offer support to each other as they learn to integrate and practice mindfulness skills in their lives. Practicing mindfulness helps to:

• Reduce stress
• Increase mental and physical wellness
• Improve your ability to make decisions guided by your inner wisdom

📅 Date: Mondays

🕗 Time: 5:00 – 6:00PM

📍Location: SHS, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, Lower Level, Group Rooms A & B.

This group is for students struggling with OCD, obsessions, and/or compulsions. The group focuses on understanding these challenges, building skills, and creating a safe space for students to share strategies in navigating college and life with OCD-related challenges. Topics covered will include:

• • Managing intrusive thoughts
  • Introduction to Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
  • Skills to address body-focused repetitive behaviors such as skin-picking and hair-pulling

📅 Date: Tuesdays

🕗 Time: 3:00 – 4:00PM

📍Location: SHS, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, Lower Level, Group Rooms A & B.

Do you struggle with concentration issues?  Maintaining focus with so many distractions can be challenging.  This skills-based group is designed for students who want to learn strategies and address behaviors to improve attention, productivity, organization, time management, and self-care.  All students, regardless of having been diagnosed with an attentional disorder, are welcome to attend. Students are encouraged to practice and apply these skills between group sessions.

📅 Date: Mondays, every other week (Sept 14, Sept 28, no group Oct 12, Oct 26, Nov 9, Nov 23, Dec 7, 2026).

🕗 Time: 4:00 – 5:00PM

📍 Location: SHS, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, Lower Level, Group Rooms A & B.