Breadcrumb
These confidential groups are contained settings where students can speak on and get support for a variety of topics. There is a focus on the interactions among group members as they give each other feedback on interpersonal styles and identify ways in which they feel more connected to one another. All groups are free for CU students and are currently being conducted remotely through telehealth. Please see group options available below.
Get Started
Advance sign-up and a pre-group screening are required for all groups. Please contact CAPS or schedule a screening appointment online to get connected with a group.
General Process Groups
All Gender Process Group
This group provides a supportive space for students to deepen self-understanding and to explore ways of relating more comfortably to others. This group is also designed to help students learn to deal with feelings of depression and anxiety, family dynamics and other personal concerns.
- Mondays, 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. with Lisa Boyle, LCSW and Kevin Lattu, MSW - C4C CAPS, in person
- Tuesdays, 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. with Melissa Bottiglio, LCSW and Debora Spradling, M.Ed., virtual
- Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. with Matthew Biehl, LMFT - C4C CAPS, in person
Women's Group
This group is designed for undergraduate and graduate women who are looking to connect in a supportive and therapeutic environment. Though no topic is off-limits, themes often include: relationships and emotional intimacy; body image and self-esteem; juggling multiple roles (e.g., as student, friend, and partner); and prioritizing self-care.
Returning spring 2023.
Graduate Process Groups
General Graduate Process Group
A supportive environment for students to examine patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are creating problems in relationships with friends, roommates, family members, and others. Group members also work on a range of symptoms, such as anxiety and depression.
- Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. with Beth Parsons, PhD, virtual
- Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. with Rachel LaHoda, PsyD and Amy Syper, MA, virtual
- Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with Eve Wessen, LCSW, in person
- Thursdays, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. with Matt Tomatz, LPC, in person
Graduate Women's Group
This group is intended to support graduate women experiencing the full range of stressors common to student life—academic pressures, financial concerns, and relationship issues with family, friends, faculty, and partners, among others.
- Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with Stacy Gerberich, Psy.D, in person
- Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. with Trinity Bryant, PsyD and Mya Bethune, PhD, virtual
- Thursdays, 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. with Sabrina Neu, PhD and Olivia Shay, MSW, virtual
Graduate Men's Group
This group is intended to facilitate graduate men’s awareness of self and interpersonal styles of relating to others. Members may focus on challenging traditional norms within our society that constrain men and how to increase choice and lead a healthier lifestyle. Issues discussed include independence and dependence, intimacy and autonomy, strength and vulnerability, and responsibility and choice.
- Fridays, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. with Matt Heermann, PsyD and Hunter Montoya, BA, virtual
Topic-Specific Process Groups
Creating Safety to Move Past Trauma Group
This group is intended to help individuals who have had a traumatic experience deal with the past, feel safe in the present, and move towards the future. By offering a space to feel supported and the opportunity to learn healthy skills for safely managing the present, this group aims to allow individuals to develop a sense of strength, security and empowerment that may be hard to find after experiencing trauma.
- Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m. with Liz Schmidt, MA, LPC, LAC and Anna Valiante, MSW, virtual
Transgender and Gender Creative Group
This group welcomes CU students of all ages and backgrounds who identify as cross-gendered, transgender, gender variant and gender queer to a supportive space. This group will focus on encouraging individuals towards personal development, creating and utilizing workable coping skills and providing acceptance of each person’s unique journey.
- Mondays, 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. with Matt Heermann, PsyD, virtual
Students of Color Group
The Student of Color (SoC) group serves as a way to openly engage in dialogues around what it means to be a student of color on this campus. The SoC group ultimately serves as a resource for students of color to unapologetically show up and let themselves be fully seen and known, where they can speak from the heart rather than worrying about what is socially acceptable. In a supportive and therapeutic environment, students will have the opportunity to deepen self-understanding and explore ways of relating to others
- Mondays, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. with Ben Ototovio, PhD, virtual
Women of Color Process Group
The Women of Color (WoC) group serves as a way to openly engage in dialogues around what it means to be a student of color and women on this campus. The SoC group ultimately serves as a resource for women of color to unapologetically show up and let themselves be fully seen and known, where they can speak from the heart rather than worrying about what is socially acceptable. In a supportive and therapeutic environment, students will have the opportunity to deepen self-understanding and explore ways of relating to others.
- Thursdays, 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. with Karen Hamilton-Stokes, PsyD, LPC, virtual
Transgender and Gender Diverse Trauma Group
This group welcomes CU students of all ages and backgrounds who identify as cross-gendered, transgender, gender variant, and gender queer to a supportive space. This group will focus on encouraging individuals towards personal development, creating and utilizing workable coping skills, and providing acceptance of each person’s unique journey.
- Mondays, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. with JB Mitchell, PhD, virtual
Support and Empowerment for Racial Trauma among Black Students
Racial trauma is a phenomenon in which individuals belonging to an historically oppressed group manifest symptoms of traumatic stress as a direct reaction to racism. This group seeks to name the ways in which the experience of racism impacts the psychological and physiological well-being of Black Students at CU. The group aims to provide support, psychoeducation, skills, and a space to process and unpack the implications of being Black in America in an effort to establish safety and empowerment for Black students navigating various systems and institutions..
- Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.. with Jazmyne Peters, Ph.D., virtual
Chronic Care Support Group
Living with a medical condition can be isolating and challenging to navigate. This group provides a space for students who are coping with chronic medical conditions or chronic pain to share their experiences, explore coping strategies, and build a support community with others going through similar journeys.
- Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m.- 4:15 p.m.. with Ashton DeHahn, LSW and Janira Gonzalez-Cunningham, PsyD., virtual
This group is designed to create space and connection for students diagnosed with Bipolar and Related Disorders. Students will have the opportunity to build community and share their personal experiences in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Topics discussed might include the unique challenges of attending college with Bipolar Disorder, self-care, and navigating interpersonal relationships. Please note: students MUST have a current individual therapist while attending this group as this group is not designed to serve as students’ main form of treatment.
- Thursdays, 12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.. with Alison West, LPC and Amanda Fowler, LPC