Groups and Workshops

This 3 session workshop (3 consecutive weeks) teaches you about the anxiety you experience and gives skills to help you to manage it. The workshop has 3 modules dedicated to:

1. Understanding anxiety
2. Introducing a method for slowing down and disentangling the experience of anxiety
3. Developing alternative responses to anxiety

By the end of the workshop, you will have your own individualized plan for managing anxiety. Must attend all 3 sessions.

This is a 4 session group using therapeutic process and behavioral exercises as well as psychoeducation to challenge negative body image and societal appearance ideals and promote psychosocial functioning as well as reduce body dissatisfaction, negative mood, dieting and disordered eating. It is a closed group with 3-10 members. It begins mid semester and runs for 4 weeks. This is a closed group and a brief screening is required.  Please call Counseling Services if interested.  315-312-4416

The group will meet 3-4 times for 90 minute sessions where participants will create fantasy characters to role play specific personal therapeutic goals and collaborate with other members to overcome challenges and interact within a shared imaginary world. Growth, challenges, and breakthroughs will be processed at the end of each session. This group requires a brief screening.  Please call Counseling Services if interested 315-315-4416

The Grief and Loss support group is a counselor-facilitated peer support group for students affected by the death of a loved one. The group is a safe place to learn and share the grief process. Counselor led activities supplement this process.

Mondays 1-2pm at the Counseling Services Center 150 Mary Walker Building. Starts 9/9

International Circle is a counselors-facilitated peer support group for international students. This group aims to offer a safe environment to discuss shared and/or unique experiences that international students encounter studying at SUNY Oswego. We will have opportunities to become connected and learn how to navigate this transformative change from each other!

This is an open, drop in group. 

Fridays 5-6 Hart Hall Classroom. Starts 9/5

This is a counselor facilitated support group for students who have experienced abuse and/or assault. Ideal for students who have had previous counseling. This is a closed group and requires a brief screening.  

Please call Counseling Services 315-312-4416 if interested. 

The Trans Support Group is a weekly support-based counseling group for students who identify on the trans spectrum. The space is designed for students to give and receive support, help build community and trust, and address concerns related to gender identity. This is an open drop in group, no screening or previous counseling required.

Tuesdays 4-6 at The Counseling Services Center 150 Mary Walker Building. Starts 9/3

This is a counselor-facilitated peer support group for disabled, chronically ill, immunocompromised, and neurodiverse students.The group offers connection and support for students with disabilities, discusses how ableism and discrimination impact students with disabilities' lives on campus, and moves what is learned and discussed to action and advocacy on campus. The group is accepting of all needs, there is a virtual option to join, and it provides a space to talk about experiences and find support.

Tusdays 3:30-4:30 Starts 9/3 See Oswego Today Events Calendar or Call 315-312-5516 for location

Open to anyone who is interested in joining, where you can stop in as needed.