RRC Virtual Groups

This Fall, the virtual RRC is offering Virtual Groups for students to engage in. Unlike the TCS  Skills-Based Groups, the RRC Live Groups are not  group therapy, they are spaces for discussion about  certain topics, and an opportunity for interested  students to talk with RRC staff about resources  available to them and learn how to build helpful skills  and coping strategies.

RRC Workshops

RRC Workshops last approximately 20-30 minutes  and are conducted in a 1:1 setting with a current RRC  Intern. They focus on many different skills and ways  to incorporate resilience and mindfulness into different  aspects of our lives.

Group Guidelines:

1.Group sessions and 1:1 Workshops will be  held via HIPAA compliant Zoom.

2. It is important to have a secure internet  connection, to be in a quiet, private space  where others do not have access to the group  session or your device. Please use headphones  for added privacy and protection.

3. Recording of group sessions or use of the chat  feature for anything other than logistical issues (e.g., inability to access handout) is not  permitted. 

4. Video must be on during session. We ask that  your audio remain muted unless you are participating.

5. Please use a computer or device that has  access to Microsoft Word and YouTube.

6. Please be punctual. You will be admitted to a  waiting room. While in the waiting room  please change your name to reflect First Name Last Initial, to ensure confidentiality.

Rev. 08/01/2022 

Virtual Resiliency Resource Center Workshops and Groups Fall 2022

WORKSHOP OFFERINGS

AFFIRMATIONS

This workshop describes affirmations and explains  how to put them into use. Students can learn  affirmations for body image issues, depression,  anxiety and more.

AROMATHERAPY

This workshop defines aromatherapy and gives an  overview of how to get started with this practice to  help reduce stress, anxiety and more.

AVOIDING VIRTUAL DISTRACTIONS  AND ONLINE BURNOUT

This workshop will help students to identify  different distractions that present in the virtual  world of COVID-19 and suggest resources to deal  with those distractions and avoid online burnout.

BODY IMAGE

This workshop helps to better understand issues with body image, body acceptance, and body positivity while discussing ways to help change negative patterns of thinking about your body.

BRAIN FOOD

This workshop allows students to explore and  understand the many areas of self-care and how to  fulfill themselves and work towards a happy,  healthy mind.

CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR

This workshop provides helpful tips for people to  push past the initial worries and fears that can keep  them from being creative and authentic.

CRYSTAL HEALING AND ANXIETY

This workshop helps to better understand the benefits of crystal healing, discuss resources and alternatives, and offers an exercise to reduce anxiety.

FINDING YOUR FOCUS

This workshop is based on the Mindfulness  Prescription for Adult ADHD book by Lidia Zylowska,  but it is a useful tool for anyone looking to bring  more mindfulness and focus into their lives.

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR VALUES

This workshop provides opportunity for value exploration and identification. By assessing our current values, we can begin prioritizing goals that cultivate self-acceptance and authenticity.

GROUNDING TECHNIQUES

This workshop explores grounding techniques that  will help students to calm down and navigate  through times of high anxiety.

HARMONY VS BALANCE

This workshop focuses on a discussion about  finding healthier and better ways to conceptualize,  characterize and structure the management of time  and priorities.

LOVE LANGUAGES

This workshop focuses on the five love languages,  and how it can be applied to a loved one, a friend,  or yourself. A short, written activity should be  completed before you attend this workshop!

MENTAL NOTING & MINDFULNESS TIPS

This workshop explores the practice of noting our  thoughts and feelings and how this can help  us change negative thought patterns. Students will  discuss how to be in the present moment and create  meaning without being consumed by negative  thoughts.

MINDFUL COOKING

This workshop will help students to focus attention  on the senses while cooking and to become generally curious about the food they are making.

NURTURING YOUR INNER VOICE

This workshop focuses on helping students to use self-awareness to combat their negative thoughts.

OVERCOMING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

This workshop focuses on defining anxiety and  depression, identifying common triggers, and  offering tips for coping with both.

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

This workshop helps define what is Positive Psychology and how to use it; with uplifting videos, research, and several positive psychology exercises.

PROCRASTINATION & TIME MANAGEMENT

This workshop provides skills and techniques to help with organization, prioritization, goal-setting, and working more effectively to overcome obstacles of procrastination.

PROFESSIONALISM AND SELF-CARE IN  COVID-19

This workshop offers up tips for maintaining  professionalism in the virtual world of COVID-19  &

facilitating self-care, and how those two are related

RELATIONSHIPS

Learn the importance of effective communication, managing different kinds of relationships, and identifying healthy versus unhealthy relationships.

STAYING CONNECTED DURING COVID

This workshop allows students to identify feelings  of social isolation, and helps them create an action plan to feel and stay more connected during the global pandemic.

TEST ANXIETY/STRESS MANAGEMENT AND REDUCTION

This workshop focuses on discussing skills and  coping mechanisms for test anxiety and managing  academic stress.

THERAPEUTIC ARTS

This workshop allows students to learn about the therapeutic arts and the process of art therapy. See how you can express yourself through artmaking with practices provided in this workshop.

VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR MOTIVATION

This workshop explains mental rehearsal to  students, as well as its usefulness as a self motivator in order to overcome anxiety.

VIRTUAL GROUP OFFERINGS

FINDING YOUR FOCUS  Mondays 3-3:50pm ET

A 50-minute mindfulness-based practice focusing on the symptoms of adult ADHD symptoms. Each week we will discuss components of ADHD, instruct and guide students through mindfulness meditation, and provide resources for them to find their own focus throughout the week. Finding Your Focus is facilitated by Dr. Steve Hulcher, and Resiliency Resource Center Interns.

MINDFULNESS BASED STRENGTH PRACTICE IN THE RRC (MBSP IN THE RRC)

Fridays 9:00am-9:50am ET

Each week starts with a brief  introduction to mindfulness and an opportunity to practice. We will also utilize 1-2 specific Character Strength Interventions (CSI) each week that will promote focus on character strength awareness, strength use, meaning and engagement, resilience, and positive-goal setting. This Group is led by Brandon LaBarge, LPC  and RRC intern(s).  

CONVERSATIONS IN ACTION

Fridays 1:00pm-1:50pm ET

Each week students will review a major concept of ACT (acceptance, cognitive defusion, present-moment contact, observer-self perspective, value-identification, and committed action) through videos, worksheets, meditations, and discussion. This space aims to support students wanting to increase openness, awareness, and engagement in a more value-based direction. This Group is led by Brandon LaBarge, LPC  and RRC intern(s).