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What are Workshops?

Come learn more about common mental health concerns and engage in meaningful change. In each workshop, you will learn tangible coping skills and strategies to take home and try out. Reduce your stress, learn to mindfully relax, develop self-care strategies and find ways to increase social connection.

  • For more information on workshops in the current semester (listed below) and to join a workshop, send an email to our Groups & Workshops Coordinator at sccgroups@utdallas.edu.
  • For info about our regular workshops as well as one-time live workshops and other upcoming events, follow us on Instagram or check out the Comet Calendar (filter for Health & Wellness events).
  • For general interest/info about workshops, info about future offerings, or to suggest something you’d like to see us offer, please fill out our Groups & Workshops Interest form.
  • If you are interested in longer term, processing or skills-based therapy groups, please visit our Groups page.
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Advanced Workshops

Want to learn more about common mental health concerns like anxiety or depression? Searching for helpful strategies to maintain mental wellness? Our advanced workshops may be for you! An advanced workshop is a multi-week series where we teach background information about common mental health concerns, describe how certain symptoms can be triggered, and provide tangible ways to cope with these symptoms. These workshops are offered monthly, but spots are limited. You may choose to attend part or all of each workshop, as your schedule allows. Contact our office to get enrolled today.

For our workshops, if you are not a current or recent client of the SCC, please follow this link to complete the Groups & Workshops brief intake to get started and note your interest in group therapy. You’ll fill out a few forms with basic information for contact and data-collecting purposes only, and the Groups & Workshops Coordinator will reach out to you with the link or additional info to join the workshop.

If you are a current or recent client of the SCC, reach out to our Groups & Workshops Coordinator at sccgroups@utdallas.edu to get a link or additional info to join the workshop.

Fall 2024 Offerings

Getting Unstuck

A three-session workshop to help increase your understanding and knowledge about depression. Sessions focus on:

  • Understanding depression,
  • Exploring how thoughts and behaviors impact depression, and
  • Learning and practicing coping strategies to better manage depression.

Workbook: Getting Unstuck (pdf)
3 weeks

Beverly Williams (she/her/hers):
September 
3-3:50pm, Tuesdays 9/10, 9/17, 9/24 online via Teams 
10-10:50am, Wednesdays 9/11, 9/18, 9/25 online via Teams 

October 
3-3:50pm, Tuesdays 10/8, 10/15, 10/22 online via Teams 
10-10:50am, Wednesdays 10/9, 10/16, 10/23 online via Teams 

November 
3-3:50pm, Tuesdays 11/5, 11/12, 11/19 online via Teams 
10-10:50am, Wednesdays 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 online via Teams 

Anxiety Toolbox

A three-session workshop designed for people struggling with a variety of anxiety-related concerns. Sessions cover:

  • Understanding what anxiety is and how it impacts us,
  • Exploring how thoughts and behaviors affect anxiety, and
  • Developing strategies to better cope with anxiety.

Workbook: Anxiety Toolbox (pdf)
3 weeks

Erin Schrader (she/her/hers):
September 
3-3:50pm, Thursdays 9/12, 9/19, 9/26 online via Teams
 

Camisha Kibble (she/they):
October 
11-11:50am, Wednesdays 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, online via Teams

November
11-11:50am, Mondays 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, online via Teams

Building Relationship Intimacy and Dialogue Effectiveness (BRIDGE)

BRIDGE is a three-week workshop that teaches ways to create thriving relationships. Attendees will learn:

  • Ways to better understand needs and boundaries in relationships,
  • Strategies to effectively communicate with others, and
  • Common sources of conflict and useful conflict management skills.

Workbook: BRIDGE (pdf)
3 weeks

Erika Hanley (she/her) and Camisha Kibble (she/they)
October 
11-11:50am, Mondays 10/14, 10/21, 10/28 online via Teams 

November
11-11:50am, Fridays 11/1, 11/8, 11/15 online via Teams

Mid-Week Mindfulness

An eight-session workshop to teach basic principles and practices in mindfulness as well as how mindfulness strategies can be helpful in managing stress, worry, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, peak performance, and increased enjoyment of life. Sessions cover:

  • Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
  • Simple Awareness
  • Attention & The Brain
  • Dealing with Thoughts
  • Responding vs Reacting
  • Difficult Emotions
  • Mindful Communication & Mindful Compassion

Julie Yankowsky (she/her/hers) 
8 weeks 
9-9:50 am, Wednesdays – 9/4 through 10/23 
Location: Virtual Workshop via Microsoft Teams


CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia)

Manage your sleep better using a Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

  • Learn how thoughts and behaviors can impact sleep quality
  • Find new ways to think about your sleep
  • Improve behaviors around sleeping
  • Find a better night’s rest!

Julie Yankowsky (she/her/hers)
6 weeks, 10 participants 
Screenings required – must register by 9/18/24
4-5:30 pm. Wednesdays – 9/25 through 10/30 
Location: Virtual Workshop via Microsoft Teams 

Regular Offerings

Look out for these to be offered in future semesters! Reach out to sccgroups@utdallas.edu for more information.

Gender Prism: Trans and Gender Diverse Resilience

Gender Prism is a three-week workshop designed for growing resilience in a world of hetero & cisgender normativity. Sessions cover:

  • Understanding and responding to negative messaging and microaggressions,
  • Exploring self-esteem and challenging your inner critic, and
  • Developing strategies for assertiveness and self-confidence.

Morning Mindfulness

A weekly workshop to introduce, explore, and practice mindfulness as well as how mindfulness strategies can be helpful in managing stress, worry, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, peak performance, and increased enjoyment of life.

Visit our Workshop Library

The SCC YouTube page currently has a library of more than 10 pre-recorded workshops, with more to come. Watch at your own pace in the leisure of your home. Current workshops include:

To ask questions about accessibility or request accommodations for workshops, please email us.