Counseling Services
University of California, Santa Barbara
Group Therapy Programs
Fall 2009

Counseling Services offers group counseling services to currently registered UCSB students. Other services include: individual counseling, workshops, groups, personal development materials and tapes. To sign up for one of these groups, call 893-4411 or stop by to schedule an appointment.

Group 1 - Graduate and Older Student Group

For graduate or older-than-average undergraduates interested in exploring relationships, learning how they are perceived by others, and expressing themselves more fully.

Group 2 - Take Hold of Your Life: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group for Anxiety

This is a six-session psychoeducational group based on a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach. The group will facilitate your understanding of anxiety, provide skills for managing anxiety and allow for discussion in a safe, confidential, and supportive environment. Don’t let anxiety manage your life!

Group 3 - Assertiveness Training: Know What You Feel, Say What You Mean

Honest and effective communication is essential for creating and maintaining healthy relationships. This group focuses on assertiveness skills that will teach ways to express respect for self and others.

Group 4 - Dealing with Grief

This group will provide members with a safe and supportive environment in which to share significant grief and loss experiences with others who have experienced similar losses. You many attend any week.

Group 5 - Coping with Life

This is a group for discussion of self-esteem, relationship concerns, family issues, problem solving, general stress as well as other challenges we face in coping with life. We will approach these issues by considering strengths, and by supporting one another in experimenting with new behaviors.

Group 6 - Organize Your Life: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group for ADHD

This is a psycho-educational group treaching how to manage the impact of ADHD in a supportive environment. Members will have increased understanding of ADHD, learn skills to manage the challenges and gain a sense of empowerment over ADHD.