Group Counseling
Group counseling can provide you with needed support, increase your ability to cope with life's challenges and help you grow as a person. All groups are free and confidential to eligible Whitworth students, and each is facilitated by a counselor. The number of group-counseling sessions is unlimited per student, as appropriate.
Fall 2024 Groups
The Immigration Learning Circle
The Immigration Learning Circle is a group to help facilitate space and support for students who have been impacted by immigration by way of their own or their families’ journey. This will include listening to one another, sharing stories, learning, processing, healing and celebrating together. This group is in collaboration with student diversity, equity and inclusion. Please contact Sophie Miller, LMHC to be screened into this group: sophiamiller@whitworth.edu.
Healthy Relationships
The Healthy Relationship group is a community group designed for all individuals who are looking for a space to share, learn and enter into conversations about all aspects of a relationship (i.e., boundaries, knowing yourself, what a healthy relationship looks like to you, sex, intimacy, communication, etc.). The goal of this group is to make it possible for individuals to engage in discussions about hopes, fears and questions surrounding romantic relationships while learning about what a healthy relationship can look like. For more information, please contact the counseling center at counselingcenter@whitworth.edu.
Neurospicy
Join fellow neurodivergent students in strengthening mindfulness, distress tolerance, and sensory and emotional regulation skills while also increasing a sense of belonging and social connection. This group is an open group (meaning students can drop in as able or attend every session) and meets every Tuesday from 3-4 p.m. in the Student Relaxation Center in Lindaman (room 206A) beginning Oct. 1, 2024.
Take Up Space!
A process group that creates a safe and confidential space for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) students to connect with one another around the challenges and blessings that come with our racial identities, as well as the experience of attending a predominately white institution. This group will be lead by two therapy interns who are also BIPOC. With their support, students will have an opportunity to share experiences, new perspectives, support and acceptance among BIPOC peers.
We will meet once a week on Tuesdays from 4-5 p.m. beginning Sept. 17 at the Whitworth Health & Counseling Center in Schumacher Hall.
To reserve your spot, please email hworden17@my.whitworth.edu.
Questions? Contact counseling services at counselingcenter@whitworth.edu.