Taming Anxiety Group

Our most popular group from last year is back! 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.
This group is not offered in the Fall quarter, but if you are interested in joining in a future quarter, please send an email to Dr. Tiffany O'Meara, PhD at tmomeara@health.ucsd.edu.
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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.
FALL QUARTER 2023:
- Tiffany O'Meara, PhD (858-534-1579)
- Contact Dr. O'Meara to schedule a pre-group screening or request Online
- Time: Mondays, 2-3:30pm
- Location: Student Health Services (contact Dr. O'Meara for more information)
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Advanced Building Social Confidence/Advanced 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!
FALL QUARTER 2023:
- Tiffany O'Meara, PhD (858-534-1579)
- Contact Dr. O'Meara at tmomeara@health.ucsd.edu for more information
- Time: Wednesdays, 2-3:30pm
- Location: Student Health Services (contact Dr. O'Meara for more information)
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Body Image Group
 This is a group to create space for understanding the many factors that influence our relationship with our bodies and to find different strategies for moving toward healing with your body. It uses evidence-based techniques to change the way you think about, feel about, and interact with your body.
FALL QUARTER 2023:
- Allie Wagner, Ph.D and Roselee Ledesma, PhD (858-534-3755)
- This group is for students who are already in the SHW ED Treatment Program. For more information contact your CAPS Therapist.
- Time: Mondays, 3-4pm (Weeks 2-10)
- Location: In-person at Sixth College
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Building Social Skills Group
PEERS® for Young Adults is an evidence-based social skills program designed for motivated young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who are interested in making friends and building relationships. In these engaging workshops, students will learn social skills, watch video demonstrations, and practice these skills during group socialization activities! Students make a commitment to attend 8 weekly group sessions for 90 minutes per week. Students do not need to be diagnosed with ASD in order to attend the group. This group is for any student who struggles in social situations, is having difficulty making and sustaining friendships, and wants to learn/ enhance social skills.
FALL QUARTER 2023:
- David Diaz, PhD and AJ Pollard, PhD (858-534-3755)
- Please contact Dr.Diaz at dadiaz@health.ucsd.edu to express interest in joining the group.
- Time: Wednesdays, 2-3:30pm (Week 1-10, Except 11/22)
- Location: In-person but location TBD
- Flyer (PDF)
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DBT Skills Group
 This group is focused on learning tangible skills for increasing awareness of the present moment, understanding and changing emotional experiences, and tolerating distress without using eating disorder behaviors.
This group is not offered in the Fall quarter, but if you are interested in joining in a future quarter, please discuss this with your CAPS therapist.
- Allie Wagner, PhD and Sarah Bromley, LCSW
- This group is for students who are already in the SHW Eating Disorders Program. For more information, contact your CAPS therapist.
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