Wellness Workshops
These workshops educate students on specific topics and provide skills to navigate concerns. Workshops consist of 1 to 10 students and are led by a UCS facilitator. Because of the structured nature, there is less opportunity to get to know and build relationships with other students in the workshop. Some students, who are unsure if they are ready to commit to a group or anxious about talking in front of other CSUN students, appreciate the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills from these Wellness Workshops.
- 3 Week Workshop
- Each workshop is approximately 50 minutes
- Includes student workbook
- Participation encouraged, but personal disclosure not required
- Important to attend in order as they build upon the preceding workshop
The workshops were designed to respect students’ individual privacy while still providing ample space to begin building skills through experiential learning opportunities.
If you are interested in attending a workshop, schedule an Initial Evaluation appointment and inform your therapist. If you are already seeing a therapist at UCS, tell them you are interested in a wellness workshop. You are free to do more than one workshop at a time and to repeat them as often as you like!
RIO (Recognition, Insight, & Openness) Wellness Workshop Series
RIO (Recognition, Insight, and Openness) focuses on helping students gain a deeper understanding of their concerns, become aware of moment-to-moment experiences, and take the first steps toward becoming more accepting of their experiences.
After RIO, students have the opportunity to meet with the therapist from their Initial Evaluation to review their experience and collaboratively discuss next steps (e.g., referral into a UCS group; short-term individual therapy at UCS; open-ended individual therapy in the community; referrals to other resources).
To be determined
Our RIO STUDENT WORKBOOK is available electronically to all students participating in the RIO Workshop Series by UCS.
Anxiety Toolbox Wellness Workshop Series
Anxiety Toolbox focuses on helping you understand anxiety symptoms and build skills to manage these symptoms. The three sessions are divided into content that builds upon itself.
- Understanding Anxiety
- Introducing a method for slowing down and simplifying the experience of anxiety
- Developing alternative responses to anxiety
By the end of the workshop, you will have your own individualized plan for managing anxiety.
- Mondays at 1 pm (via Zoom)
- Tuesdays at 10 am (via Zoom)
- Wednesdays at 1 pm (in person)
- Thursdays at 4 pm (in person)
- Fridays at 10 am (in person)
Our ANXIETY TOOLBOX WORKBOOK is available electronically to all students participating in the Anxiety Toolbox Workshop Series offered by UCS.
Getting Unstuck Wellness Workshop Series
Getting Unstuck focuses on helping you understand depressive symptoms and build skills to manage these symptoms. The three sessions are divided into content that builds upon itself.
- Understanding depression
- Exploring how thoughts and behaviors impact depression
- Addressing how you can make changes to thoughts and behaviors to manage depression.
By the end of the workshop, you will have your own individualized plan for getting unstuck!
- Mondays at 1 pm (in person)
- Tuesdays at 1pm (in person)
- Wednesdays at 4pm (via Zoom)
- Thursdays at 1pm (via Zoom)
- Fridays at 11 am (via Zoom)
Our GETTING UNSTUCK WORKBOOK is available electronically to all students participating in the Getting Unstuck Workshop Series.