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The staff of Counseling and Human Development offer therapy and support
groups to undergraduate and graduate students each term. Groups generally start
within two weeks from the start of each term. Enrollment is on a first
come-first serve basis and is usually limited to no less than 4 students but no
more than 10. Students interested in participating in these groups should
contact the Counseling office at 646-9442, or e-mail CHD@Dartmouth.edu
The Counseling and Human Development Department offers several groups each
term. However, these groups may or may not run unless there is sufficient
interest.
Let's Talk
Past and Future CHD Groups
Groups meet weekly for 90 minutes. Day and times are arranged by each group.
Enrollment is free. For more information, please blitz or contact Mark
Hiatt at 646-9442 or e-mail to Mark.Hiatt@Dartmouth.edu.
General Counseling Group
May be formed for undergraduate or graduate men and/or women. This group
deals with a broad range of issues facing students, including academics, peer
or romantic relationships, family issues, personal growth, and self-esteem.
Group goals are expressing feelings, giving and receiving feedback, learning
trust and improving interpersonal relationships.
Students Returning from Medical Leave
A supportive time to help understand the reasons for a medical leave and the
transitional issues commonly faced when returning to campus.
Undecided Seniors Group
Weekly support group for graduating seniors who are undecided about their
life after Dartmouth. Issues may include uncertainties with career plans,
conflicts in family relationships and the future of romantic relationships.
Where will I go, what will I do, who will I do it with?
Adult Children of Alcoholics Group (ACOA)
For those who want to understand the effects of growing up in a family where
alcohol is abused. Issues can range from identity, self-esteem, expressing
feelings, developing trusting relationships, and understanding one's family
role.
Survivors of Sexual Violence
Survivors of sexual abuse face many challenges as a result of their
violation. The groups (we offer separate groups for men and women) for those
who have been sexually abused as children or adults offer a safe place in which
to explore these challenges. Group members will have the opportunity to receive
and give support, thus facilitating the healing process. Some of the focuses
will be trust, safety, relationships and balancing these issues with other
facets of life.
Depression Management
This group is open to any Dartmouth Student struggling with ongoing or
intermittent symptoms of depression. This group will focus on helping each
other to identify the triggers of depression and active behavioral and
cognitive strategies to deal with the disruptive symptoms.
Adult Children of Divorcing Parents
The divorce process of parents is drawn out. Tensions, anxiousness, divided
loyalties, feelings of betrayal and the possibility of having to take sides,
are some of the resulting inner conflicts. We need to talk about these tensions
with our friends but soon find "the divorce" and our personal
reactions to it take over our lives. For our own personal growth it can be
extremely helpful to talk about our experiences openly with others who are
experiencing many of the same issues but perhaps in a different way. The
support group for Students of Divorcing Parents will provide a larger, more
open perspective, in the work of re-establishing our personal balance.
Grief Support Group
Have you experienced a recent loss through the death of a family member or
close friend? Are you experiencing disbelief, numbness, sadness, depression, or
anger around the person's death? Are you needing help dealing with your
feelings of loss? This group will provide students with a safe place to share
their experiences of loss through death and discuss ways to cope with their
feelings of grief.
Parent Group
Students who are parents and their partners lead incredibly rich and
stressful lives. There are many demands and transitions that need constant care
and attention. This group will focus on the special issues of student
parents/partners and include such topics as child care, communication, stress
relief, prioritizing and discipline. The group is open to students who are
parents and/or their partners.
Men's Support Group
This group is open to any Dartmouth man. The group will focus on sharing the
special issues and struggles that the group members encounter here at
Dartmouth. The group will provide a safe and confidential place to openly
express fears, struggles and triumphs. Examples of topics discussed include
intimacy and anger management.
Students of Color Support Group
Being a student of color on a predominantly white campus can take its toll
emotionally and academically. This group will allow participants to share
feelings, explore racial identity and white privilege, develop positive
self-esteem and understand how differences influence their everyday
relationships to themselves or others.
Choices
Choices is a group that allows members to explore their relationship with
alcohol and other drugs. The group also provides students an opportunity to
talk about their chemical use. Some group topics include coping, stress
reduction, peer and intimate relationships, family dynamics, college life,
cognitive restructuring, communication, leisure time, wellness, and self-care
skills. The group is not an AA group and is open to all persons who are
interested in addressing his/her alcohol or other drug use. One does not have
to be an "addict" or "alcoholic" to participate.
Academic Support Group
The Counseling Office, Deans Office and Academic Skills Center will be
combining their efforts to offer a support group for those students who are
returning from academic "probation, warning or risk". This is a very
sensitive (almost taboo) topic to discuss with friends or acquaintances. The
group will provide a special relationship with your peers where you will feel
that very rare opportunity of being able to discuss openly the academic aspects
of your life. Tentative plans are to discuss and formulate personal strategies
to resolve the problems of: procrastination, lack of attention, concentration
and motivation, anxieties, and negative self-assumptions which interfere with
one's abilities to personally achieve.
Binge Eating Disorder Group
The Eating Disorder group is for Dartmouth undergraduates and graduate
students who have struggled with their body image, binging, and/or purging.
The group is designed to provide a safe environment for students to begin to
view themselves more kindly and realistically, and to learn healthy eating
habits and coping skills. We will discuss cultural aspects related to
eating disorders, teach mindfulness techniques, and introduce ways to improve
one's relationship with both food and people. We hope that by the end of
the term, students will have a greater understanding of how the experience and
management of emotions affects body image, eating patterns, and expectations of
self. The group will leave some time each week for open discussions.
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Support Group
This support group will explore topics/issues such as: coping with coming
out again and again; navigating friendships, romantic relationships and family
issues; integrating the past, present and future; how the Dartmouth community
effects you; and exploring other issues group members feel are important.
Graduate Student Therapy Group
This is a psychotherapy group that provides an opportunity to explore, with
peers, the challenges of being a graduate student. The issues to be addressed
are not limited to, but may include self-esteem, time management, relationships
and family issues. There will be an emphasis on giving and receiving
feedback.
Dissertation Writing
This group will focus on personal and academic issues in the dissertation
process and include such topics as determining priorities, commitment, managing
dissertation anxieties and blues, academic and personal relationships,
dissertation doubts, triumphs and survival skills. All levels of graduate
students are welcome.
Graduate Student/Partner Support Group
Did you move to the Upper Valley because your partner is a Dartmouth
Graduate Student? Are you wondering how to maintain a relationship that no
longer feels like a priority? Do you worry about the prospect of supporting a
partner who is more often stressed than not? Does it feel like your own life is
viewed as less important? You may want to consider this group. The purpose is
to support significant others who provide support to graduate students. Issues
to be addressed may include: communication, creative problem solving, finding
community resources and other common issues that you bring to the group.
Medication Management
This group offers students who are taking psychiatric medication for a
psychiatric condition. A confidential setting in which to share their
experiences with other students. Students will discuss the impact being on
psychiatric medications has had on them as well as have a forum to explore the
pros and cons of medication.
Managing Stress
Do you take on too many responsibilities and then get stressed out by the
schedule you have created for yourself? Do you get overwhelmed in looking at
projects that you need to do? Do the days and weeks get away from you and you
find yourself up against deadlines you still thought you had loads of time to
get to? This group will explore the traps people set up for themselves in
creating stress as well as strategies for dealing with the inevitable stresses
that we all need to deal with. The group is open to enrolled Dartmouth
Students.
Other theme groups may be arranged depending upon expressed interest of
potential group members. Some themes include but are not limited to:
- First Year Adjustment to Home Sickness
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