Group approaches to personal growth are frequently the most effective way to explore and support changes you may wish to make in your life. Through these formats, students can gain specific skills and strategies to meet personal goals, explore areas that present personal challenges, and gain support and encouragement from other students. CAPS offers a wide range of Groups in various formats to serve the diverse needs of the UCSD Community. These formats are:
To see which groups are running this quarter, please click on the "Current Group Schedule" section on this page. To see a list and description of each group, click on the appropriate section. If you have any further questions about Groups, please contact the CAPS Central Office at (858) 534-3755.
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Better Balance
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Road to Resilience for First-Generation College Students |
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Grief and Loss Forum for Graduate and Professional Students |
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Building Social Confidence Group |
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ADHD Support Forum for Graduate & Professional School Students |
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International Graduate and Professional Students Support Forum |
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Black Connections |
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Sex Positivity Group |
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APIMEDA Community Forum |
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Muslim Community Support Hour |
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Transfer Student Support Forum |
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ADHD Support Forum for Undergraduate Students |
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Latinx Support Forum for Graduate and Professional Students |
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Graduate Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) Forum |
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Foundations of Well-Being
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Body Positivity Group |
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Latinx/Chicanx Cafecito Hour |
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Sleep Reset
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If you are interested in joining a psychotherapy group, please contact the group leader to schedule a group screening appointment. Currently psychotherapy groups meet virtually. Prior to the first group meeting, participants will need to complete the Group Virtual Consent Form and send the form back to the group leader through MyStudentChart or the MyChart app.
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Pain, Pain Go Away
Struggling with chronic pain? Do you find yourself frequently worrying about your health, even after you have seen a doctor? This 6-week group will help you find support and learn to manage the stress around your physical concerns. Join this group to learn about the nature of your pain and anxiety while developing the skills needed to manage your concerns. The skills taught in this group will harness approaches supported by research in strengthening the Mind-Body connection, managing unhelpful thoughts, and re-engaging with areas of your life that you may have withdrawn from due to your pain and anxiety. SPRING QUARTER:
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Sex Positivity Group
Informed by Staci Haines’ work, Healing Sex, Sex Positivity will focus on supporting group members’ reconnection to their sexuality through a healing, trauma-informed, and empowering approach. Group sessions will be held from 12pm - 1:30pm every Tuesday starting Week 2 and ending Week 9. Each week will center on a different topic that builds upon the previous session; starting with your unique healing journey and working towards living a sexually fulfilling life. Sex Positivity welcomes all genders and sexual identities, and requests members commit to weekly attendance in order to build a safe, communal space. SPRING QUARTER:
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Taming Anxiety Group
Manage stress, tame anxiety, and work on your well-being. This is a CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy) group to learn how to better manage stress and anxiety. Topics covered include how to identify and change anxious thought patterns, reducing worry and avoidance, managing panic, improving sleep, and increasing well-being. Each week students will learn effective strategies that they can immediately apply to help tame anxiety. SPRING QUARTER:
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Advanced Taming Anxiety Group
This is a group for students who have completed one quarter of the Building Social Confidence OR Taming Anxiety group and would like to continue to work on reducing anxiety, increasing comfort in social situations and increasing their self-confidence. Students get more individualized attention in this group, and topics are dictated by the group members. Come share your own experiences and challenges, and get feedback and support from a caring group of students who share similar experiences. Once you've completed one BSC or TA group, you may join the Advanced group at any time while you are here at UCSD. SPRING QUARTER:
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Building Social Confidence Group
Would you like to improve the quality of social interactions and the availability of social support? This group focuses on identifying fears related to social situations, reducing self-defeating coping patterns and strengthening effective social skills. It combines an educational and support approach. Topics covered are tailored for each group, and have included building conversation skills (how to start, sustain, and end conversations), assertiveness training, how to speak up in class, and how to reduce anxiety in social situations such as dating, parties, or professional meetings. SPRING QUARTER:
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Advanced Building Social Confidence Group
This is a group for students who have completed one quarter of the Building Social Confidence OR Taming Anxiety group and would like to continue to work on reducing anxiety, increasing comfort in social situations and increasing their self-confidence. Students get more individualized attention in this group, and topics are dictated by the group members. Come share your own experiences and challenges, and get feedback and support from a caring group of students who share similar experiences. Once you've completed one BSC or TA group, you may join the Advanced group at any time while you are here at UCSD! SPRING QUARTER:
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Tritons RISE Workshops
Visit our Tritons RISE Together page for more information. SPRING QUARTER (Flyer): |
Download the current Community Open Forums Flyer (PDF) // Spring Flyer coming soon!
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ADHD Support for Undergraduate Students
If you have been diagnosed with ADHD or suspect you may have ADHD, this forum will provide a space for emotional support for students to live well with ADHD and offer tools and strategies to help manage their ADHD symptoms. To see if this group is a good fit for you, please contact Melissa Miller, LCSW at mlm002@health.ucsd.edu or 858-534-5979.
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APIMEDA Community Forum
This informal drop-in group is designed to address the concerns of Asian Pacific Islander Middle Eastern Desi American (APIMEDA) students at UCSD in a supportive and problem-solving atmosphere. Issues such as career and academic success, family pressures, cultural identity, and relationships are common topics.
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Black Connections
Black Connections is a safe space to connect and heal with community. Discussion topics are determined by forum participants and can include social justice issues, racial trauma, stress, anxiety, family/cultural pressures, and adjusting to UC San Diego. The goal is to uplift and support one another with collective problem solving and discussion. Danielle is dedicated to creating a culturally responsive and inclusive space for the UC San Diego Black Community. This forum is co-sponsored by the Black Resource Center and open to Black-identified students, staff, and faculty. Black Connections will be virtual until further notice. Please check the BRC website or contact Danielle Simien at dsimien@health.ucsd.edu for details SPRING QUARTER:
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Body Positivity Group
This 6-week therapy group is a safe, supportive, and empowering space for students to explore their thoughts and feelings related to body image. When students are preoccupied with striving towards unrealistic body ideals, it detracts from their ability to focus on larger more important goals and often causes problems with mood and self-esteem. This group aims to inspire and heal. Student will connect to others while learning strategies using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness meditation to increase self-compassion and self-acceptance. SPRING QUARTER:
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Campus Black Forum
A community space to foster healing and support for staff, faculty, undergraduate, and graduate/professional students. Campus Black Forum provides quarterly discussions and workshops related to events, experiences, and areas of interest that impact the Black Community at UC San Diego. FALL QUARTER: "TRANSITIONING BACK TO UC SAN DIEGO"
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Coming Out Group
The Coming Out group is a place to meet and gain support while discussing your sexual and/or gender Identities in a confidential setting. This group is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight, or questioning folks who are coming out, considering coming out or may already be out. Topics are determined by group participants and can include stress, fear, anxiety, loneliness, family/cultural issues, excitement and celebration with regard to coming out. The group is open to new members the first 3 meetings of each quarter and then closes to maintain a safe space. SPRING QUARTER:
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Grief and Loss Support Forum for Undergraduate Students
This is a support forum for students who wish to work through grief and loss related to death of a loved one. The journey is different for each person; there is no single pattern for grief. Topics are determined by group participants and can include sharing, giving and receiving support, common physical and emotional reactions, selfcompassion,and emotional resilience. This is a drop-in forum and students are welcome to join each week or as it fits their needs and schedules. SPRING QUARTER:
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Latinx / Chicanx Cafecito Hour
Join Irma Cano Muphy (LCSW) and your Latinx/Chicanx community every week for a cafecito hour. We will discuss topics impacting Latinx/Chicanx health, wellbeing and academic success on campus and in the world. This is a space to be in community and uplift one another with collective problem solving, discussion and support. Bilingual dialogue (or even a few words en Español here and there) is welcome if it supports your wellbeing and empowerment. Irma will work with the forum each week to create an inclusive space for all folx. SPRING QUARTER:
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Men of Color Support Hour
A safe and supportive space for self-identified UCSD men of color and male UCSD students from under-resourced and under-represented backgrounds, to dialogue openly and honestly about navigating life as a man in-and-out of UCSD, explore and discuss intersecting identities, microaggressions and "isms," academic, career, social, romantic, and family relationships, define who you want to be, let go of self-conscious presentations, just be "you", and support one another through the journey of navigating higher education and life. SPRING:
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Muslim Community Support Hour
A forum for Muslim-identified students to discuss various issues they are experiencing in a supportive, online environment. Topics are determined by group participants and can include religion/spirituality, social justice issues, stress, anxiety, family/cultural pressures, and adjusting to UC San Diego. This is a drop-in forum and students are welcome to join each week or as it fits their needs and schedules. SPRING:
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Road to Resilience for First-Generation College Students
A safe and supportive space for first-generation college students to give and receive support, and discuss topics related to academic stressors, maintaining boundaries, test anxiety, managing imposter syndrome, family issues, and other college and life experiences for optimizing success at UC San Diego. SPRING:
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Trans and Gender Diverse Community Forum
New for 2022! Are you questioning your gender? Do you need a space to discuss your gender identity with others who may be going through the same thing? This group allows students to explore their thoughts and feelings related to their gender identity. Join this group to build community, share experiences, and get support while navigating the world outside the gender binary. No matter where you are on the gender spectrum, you are welcome here! SPRING QUARTER:
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Transfer Student Support Forum
Are you a transfer student who is having difficulty adjusting to the culture, pace, and rigor at UCSD? If you are, please know that you are not alone and with community you can receive and provide support to others if you join us in this forum for transfer students. We are open to discussing various issues you are experiencing in a supportive, online environment. Topics are determined by group participants and can include work-life balance, academic stressors, managing imposter syndrome, maintaining boundaries, stress, anxiety, family/cultural pressures, and adjusting to other college and life experiences at UC San Diego. This is a drop-in forum and students are welcome to join each week or as it fits their needs and schedules. No prior screening is required. SPRING:
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Download the current Community Open Forums Flyer (PDF) // Summer Flyer coming soon!
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ADHD Support Forum for Graduate & Professional School Students
If you are a graduate or professional school student who has been diagnosed with ADHD or think you may have ADHD, you may benefit from participation in the ADHD Support Forum, a caring space to share experiences and strategies for better management of ADHD symptoms. To see if this group is a good fit for you, please contact Dr. David Kersey at dkersey@health.ucsd.edu or 858-534-3050.
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Black Students Community Forum for School of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Graduate and Professional Students
This a weekly drop-in forum for Black Graduate and Professional Students to foster kinship and receive support through community conversations. Weekly discussion topics are determined by forum participants, and can include imposter syndrome, stress/anxiety, loneliness, family/cultural pressures, and social justice issues. There are even opportunities for forum participants to gain experience as moderators. This community forum embraces and celebrates the diversity of mental and physical abilities, sexual orientations, nationalities, gender expressions, body-sizes, religions, and ages among UCSD’s Black Graduate and Professional Students. Conversations will be facilitated by Haile Wright, LCSW, CAPS Mental Health Therapist and GAPSWell Associates. SUMMER QUARTER:
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Grief and Loss Support Forum for Graduate and Professional Students
This is a safe and supportive forum for graduate and professional school students who wish to work through grief and loss related to death of a loved one, particularly in the context of college and campus life. This forum offers an opportunity to connect with other students experiencing loss. Topics are determined by group participants and can include sharing, giving and receiving support, common physical and emotional reactions, self-compassion, and emotional resilience. The journey is different for each person; there is no single pattern for grief. Conversations will be facilitated by Dr. David Diaz, CAPS psychologist and GAPSWell Associates. SUMMER QUARTER:
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International Graduate and Professional Students Support Forum
Are you an international student who is experiencing culture shock, stress, language barriers, homesickness or just want to connect with your fellow international students? If so, you are not alone and this space is designed for you. In this forum, we can discuss: building community wherever you are; navigating challenges related to living abroad; strategies to thrive in your new environment; prioritizing your well-being; cultivating confidence in new settings; and finding joy in new experiences. WINTER QUARTER:
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Latinx Support Forum for Graduate and Professional Students
The Graduate and Professional Students Latinx Forum is a place to meet peers and gain support while discussing the multiple experiences one has as a Latinx student here at UC San Diego. This forum is for graduate and professional students. Topics are determined by forum participants and can include imposter syndrome, stress, anxiety, loneliness, family/cultural issues, social justice concerns and excitement about being part of an awesome community. The forum is open to new members throughout the quarter. Conversations will be facilitated by Kimberly Knight-Ortiz, LCSW/CAPS Clinician and José Delgado, Graduate and Professional Student Well-Being (GAPSWell) Associate. Come as you are! We look forward to chatting and meeting with you all. SPRING QUARTER:
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LGBTQ Community Forum for Graduate and Professional Student Forum
This forum is meant to create space for community development and a sense of belonging. The content is directed by community members and is often focused on LGBTQ and/or graduate and professional student issues. Examples include personal and professional relationships, queer topics in the academic and media, intersectionality, minority stress, feeling connected during strange times, and coping with imposter syndrome. To see if this forum is a good fit for you, please contact Dr. Tyler Hatchel for more information. SPRING QUARTER:
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Graduate Women in Science & Engineering (WISE)
A support forum for women in STEM fields where women are underrepresented. Come experience a sense of community, support in goal attainment and encouragement in personal and professional life. To see if the forum is a good fit for you, please contact Judy Goodman Fermin, PhD at (858) 534-9799 or jfgoodman@health.ucsd.edu.
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