Group Therapy

Growing Through Connections 

This 90-minute group will help to enhance relationships and communication skills by exploring interpersonal dynamics in a supportive, student-centered environment. Through guided group interactions, the student receives valuable feedback, gains a deeper insight into relational patterns, and develops practical skills to build stronger, more meaningful connections with others.

Mondays from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

Peak Performance 

This 60-minute group is designed for students who are struggling with academics and motivation and are currently attempting to complete a goal in which they are experiencing issues of negative self-criticism, anxiety, perceived lack of control, plateauing, or fear of failure.

Mondays from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. for 4 weeks
In-person only
West Valley Campus, University Center Building, Room 221

Make & Take Coping Tools for Managing Stress

This 60-minute group offers a creative, hands-on approach to managing stress in a healthy, practical way. The students will get a chance to make their own coping tools while connecting with other students who are navigating similar experiences.

Tuesdays from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. for 6 weeks
In-person only
West Valley Campus, University Center Building, Room 221

Calm Within: Mindfulness for Anxiety

This 60-minute mindfulness-based group for students looking to reduce anxiety and build inner calm. Building new skills to help students respond to stress with clarity and compassion.

Tuesdays from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. for 6 weeks
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

New Ground (First–year & Transfer students)

This 90-minute group will help to enhance relationships and communication skills by exploring interpersonal dynamics in a supportive, student-centered environment. Through guided group interactions, the student receives valuable feedback, gains a deeper insight into relational patterns, and develops practical skills to build stronger, more meaningful connections with others.

Tuesdays from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

Good Mourning

This 90-minute group is for students who have experienced the pain of losing someone close to them. This group will help students connect with their emotions and gain insights into their unique grieving process through education and therapeutic interventions in a safe, compassionate, and supportive setting. This group will also help students find healthy ways of honoring and incorporating their loss into their lives. This group offers six topics for each round and two rounds of the group.

Tuesdays from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. for 6 weeks
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

Reconnecting: Coping with Depression Together

This 90-minute group will provide opportunities to discuss interpersonal challenges, reflect on emotions that arise in relationships, and practice new ways of connecting with others. Topics will include navigating conflict, coping with changes in relationships, strengthening support systems, communicating needs, and addressing loneliness and disconnection.

Tuesdays from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. for 7 weeks
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

Understanding Self in Relationships (All Students)

A supportive space to better understand how you connect with others and the relationship patterns that may be getting in your way. Through conversations and honest feedback, you’ll have a chance to notice how you show up with others, try new ways of communicating, and build more meaningful relationships. There’s no set weekly lesson—the group grows from what students bring into the room and what happens between people in the moment.

Wednesdays from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

Facing Anxiety

This 60-minute anxiety group is a supportive space where students come together to learn practical tools. This is to help you understand your anxiety, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and build confidence in handling life’s stress.

Wednesdays from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. for 6 weeks
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

Bridging Two Worlds (First-Generation College Students only)

This 90-minute process group is designed specifically for undergraduate first-generation college students (defined as students whose parents or primary caregivers did not complete a four-year bachelor's degree). This group is highly suited for students experiencing high academic anxiety, imposter syndrome, social isolation, or stress stemming from intersecting marginalized identities (e.g., low-income, working, or bicultural student experiences).

Wednesdays from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. for 5 weeks
In-person only
West Valley Campus, University Center Building, Room 221

Graduation Group (Graduate Students only)

This 90-minute process group supports students who are in their senior year and have had an increase in anxiety or depression symptoms due to their upcoming life change through graduation.

Wednesday from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.  
In-person only
Downtown Phoenix Campus, Ed Pastor Post Office, 2nd floor - Room 208

Chess and Life: Moving Towards Resilience

This 90-minute group helps develop skills in life through the understanding of chess pieces and strategies for playing the game of chess. The group will spend time each week on life strategies connected to each chess piece as they relate to playing the game.

Wednesdays from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. for 7 weeks
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

New Here, Together (Students new to AZ or US)

This 90-minute group is a space to meet other students who are also adjusting to a new place, being away from home, and figuring out where they fit. Through real conversations and feedback, you can explore the challenges of adjusting to a new place, build meaningful connections, and practice new ways of relating to others.

Thursdays from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

Growing Through Connections (All Students)

This 90-minute group will help to enhance relationships and communication skills by exploring interpersonal dynamics in a supportive, student-centered environment. Through guided group interactions, the student receives valuable feedback, gains a deeper insight into relational patterns, and develops practical skills to build stronger, more meaningful connections with others.

Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
In-person only
Polytechnic Campus, Academic Center Building, Room 92

SUPPORT CIRCLE - Habits for Life:

Building Organization/Time Management This 60-minute group is for students who would like to improve at making or keeping a schedule/routine, organizing, prioritizing, staying on task, and following through with tasks or projects. Join this Virtual Circle for tips, hacks, and strategies you can use in college and throughout your life. This drop-in support group does not require an initial consultation appt.

Thursdays from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Zoom Self- Registration | Virtual
Participants: unlimited

Chess and Life: Moving Towards Resilience

This 90-minute group helps develop skills in life through the understanding of chess pieces and strategies for playing the game of chess. The group will spend time each week on life strategies connected to each chess piece as they relate to the playing of the game.

Fridays from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. for 7 weeks
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

Make & Take Coping Tools for Managing Stress

This 60-minute group offers a creative, hands-on approach to managing stress in a healthy, practical way. The students will get a chance to make their own coping tools while connecting with other students who are navigating similar experiences.

Fridays from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. for 6 weeks
In-person only
West Valley Campus, University Center Building, Room 221

The Graduate Experience (Graduate Students only)

This 90-minute group is a supportive space to connect with other graduate students who understand the demands of graduate school while learning more about yourself and how you relate to others. Through real conversations and feedback, you can explore relationship patterns and practice new ways of connecting. Will examine how early life experiences shape current relational patterns.

Fridays from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. for 8 weeks
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334

Growing Through Connections (All Students)

This 90-minute group will help to enhance relationships and communication skills by exploring interpersonal dynamics in a supportive, student-centered environment. Through guided group interactions, the student receives valuable feedback, gains a deeper insight into relational patterns, and develops practical skills to build stronger, more meaningful connections with others.

Fridays from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.  
In-person only
West Valley Campus, University Center Building, Room 221

Understanding Self and Others (All students)

This 90-minute group will focus on those students experiencing issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, and social anxiety.

Fridays from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.  
In-person only
Downtown Phoenix Campus, Ed Pastor Post Office, 2nd floor - Room 208

Graduation Group (Graduate Students only)

This 90-minute process group supports students who are in the final year of their program and have had an increase in anxiety or depression symptoms due to their upcoming life change through graduation. Starting Mid-September.

Fridays from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.  
In-person only
Tempe Campus, Student Services Building, Room 334