Understanding Self and Others

The Counseling Center is pleased to offer a weekly support group for female students struggling with feelings of low self-confidence. Our intention is to provide a safe environment in which students can explore their ways of relating to self and others, in order to increase self-understanding and acceptance and develop more satisfying and lasting connections with others. 

Presenting concerns of students may vary but are likely to be reflected in some of the following thoughts:

• “Even my best friends don't really know me.”
• “I’m too sensitive to what others think.”
• “I'm tired of basing my decisions on what others want for me.”
• “I feel guilty when I say ‘No’ to someone.”
• “I lack self confidence.”

The group will meet weekly for 1 ½ hours in the Counseling Center. For more information, please contact Dr. Maureen Walls-McKay or Lauren Conner at (434) 395-2409.

Longwood University Counseling Center reaccredited

Stress and Anxiety Management Group

The stress and anxiety management group has the dual purpose of providing a support group and teaching new coping strategies to help manage the symptoms of stress.  This will be an open group and each week will introduce new techniques on managing stress.  Each group session will be divided into two parts.  During the first part, group members will be providing support for one another as they cope with every day stress.  The second part of the group will be devoted to learning methods to mange anxiety and stress.  This group meets in the Group Room located in the Student Health and Counseling Center on Wednesday, 2:30-4:00 pm.

If you are interested in the group and/or have questions, please contact David Davino at 434-395-2409.

A.C.T. Group

This group was started as an office collaboration between the Counseling Center and Office of Disability Resources in the Fall '09 and has continued into the current Fall '12 semester. The group is open to any student who has officially registered with the Office of Disability Services. The group meets in the Office of Disability Resources conference room every Thursday from 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM.  Meetings will begin on September 12th.

Advocacy, Communication, and Transition are at the core of what we discuss in this support group format. The students who have committed to each other for once a week for the better part of two semesters have found the group to be therapeutic and comfortable enough to openly discuss ideas and conflicts in their lives and process them with each other.

For more information contact the Office of Disability Resources.