Groups and Workshops

Ready to master stress and emotional well-being? In our three-week Living Well Workshop, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your concerns, learn to approach challenges with flexibility, and embrace a full range of emotions. Discover practical skills such as mindfulness, relaxation, deep breathing, and visualization. Reflect on your core values and align your life for greater fulfillment.

While participation is encouraged, your privacy is respected—personal disclosure is never required. Every participant receives a workbook for hands-on learning. You can also listen to any of the exercises learned in the Living Well workshop on our Student Resources page.

Tired of anxiety holding you back? Our intensive, 90-minute Anxiety Toolbox workshop gives you the power to reclaim control. Learn to recognize and reframe anxious thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Discover effective coping strategies to reduce distress and live more comfortably every day. You’ll get a free workbook, create a personalized action plan, and practice essential skills such as relaxation and self-care. Plus, uncover specific tools to improve sleep and drastically cut down on anxiety symptoms.

Unlock the secrets of your own body and mind in this powerful 90-minute workshop! Discover how your autonomic nervous system (ANS) shapes every interaction, from relationships to daily events. You'll leave with a personalized “body-mind map,” revealing why you react the way you do, how your physiology directly influences your psychology, and vice versa. Get ready to transform your relationships with yourself and the world around you.

Ready to transform your relationships and boost your well-being? This skills group empowers you to set and communicate healthy boundaries—essential for your health, safety, and peace of mind. You’ll gain practical tools to improve relationships, elevate your self-esteem, and build a supportive network that champions your boundaries. Learn to protect your energy and thrive!

Unlock deeper connections and truly understand yourself and others! This process group is your chance to explore authentic ways of relating, uncover your personal relationship patterns, and build powerful empathy across all differences. Transform how you connect and thrive in every interaction.

Step into a space where your voice is celebrated and your experiences are honored. The Students of Color group is a powerful support group where you can openly engage, share, and connect. This is your place to unapologetically show up, be fully seen, and speak from the heart—free from the worry of social expectations. In this supportive, therapeutic environment, you’ll deepen your self-understanding and explore new ways of authentically relating to others.

If you’re carrying the weight of a significant loss, this support group offers a compassionate harbor. Join fellow students in a supportive space to share, explore, and reflect on your unique grief journey. Here, you'll find comfort, understanding, and the quiet strength of community as you honor your path toward healing.

Want to ignite your inner strength and build powerful bonds? Join TogetHER, a transformative support group for women. Step into a safe, inclusive space where you’ll explore self-compassion, relationships, and unshakeable resilience. Build a vibrant community where you’ll feel seen, heard, and deeply uplifted. Grow TogetHER and empower your fullest self!

Students will learn how to best care for themselves and others through the tools shared in this workshop! Participants will learn ways to recognize, respond, refer, and report students in distress and will have the opportunity to practice effective tools to help them gently share their concern with others when they know a friend is hurting. Students will hear about important campus resources that will provide care and support during challenging experiences.

In this workshop, students learn about active listening, effective attending behaviors, techniques for listening well, and ways to provide empathic support to others. Students have the opportunity to self-reflect and identify ways they hope to strengthen their current relationships through healthy communication and listening.

Reclaim your spark! Students in this workshop learn about sadness and depression and the ways students experience them in a university setting. Specific strategies to effectively combat sadness and depression are discussed to help participants improve their mood, balance their thoughts, and change their behaviors for the better. Students also learn about campus resources to support them through difficult times.

In this workshop, students learn about the different types of anxiety, and ways students experience anxiety within the university setting. Students have the opportunity to learn three important tools to improve their ability to cope well with anxiety: grounding exercises, progressive muscle relaxation, and decatastrophizing. Students leave feeling more equipped to navigate stress and anxiety in healthy ways.

Build meaningful bonds! Students in this workshop learn about the qualities of a healthy relationship and ways to establish healthy relationships. They also learn to identify the basic tenets of assertive communication and ways to implement assertive communication to connect well with those they care about. Students also learn about healthy conflict mediation and ways to reach a compromise when conflict arises. Students leave feeling well prepared to deepen their friendships and other relationships.

In this workshop, students learn the myths and facts about time management, and have the opportunity to engage with two effective time-management tools to help them thrive as APU students. They also learn to identify ways to prioritize their values and set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely goals to help them succeed.