Counseling Group Handouts

These materials are to use in conjunction with participation in our counseling groups.

Please feel free to explore materials for all of our groups.  Our current schedule of groups for the semester is on our Group Counseling webpage.  Registered students can sign up to participate in any group at .

Slides and Handouts by Group

All material adapted from curriculum developed by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Counseling and Psychological Services unless otherwise noted.  Used with permission.

Week 1 Slides - Understanding Depression

Week 2 Slides - Depression and Core Beliefs

Week 3 Slides - Shifting Depressed Thinking Patterns

Week 4 Slides - Depression Busting Behaviors

Week 5 Slides - Externalizing Your Depression

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Week 6 Slides - Mindfulness Skills

Week 7 Slides - Self-Compassion + Positive Affirmation

Week 8 Slides - Self-Compassion and Affirmations

 

**Additional Materials

Rewriting Your Story

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills (Emotional Regulation)

DBT skills (Interpersonal Skills)

Misc Tools

Stronger Together - Housing Support Group Handouts

Updated Spring 2024

Week 1 - Introductions 

Handouts:

  1. Personal Identity Wheel Worksheet 
  2. Social Identity Wheel Worksheet - from the University of Michigan

Week 2: Self-Care

Handouts: 

  1. Emotional Safety Plan
  2. Self-Care Checklist
  3. Self-Care Assessment Worksheet

Week 3: Managing Transitions

Handout:

  1. Adulting Is Hard - from Mount Union Counseling Services

Week 4: Homesickness

Handouts: 

  1. Managing Homesickness - from the University of Northern Colorado Counseling Center 
  2. The W Curve - from Gustavus Counseling Center

Week 5: Interpersonal Relationships

Handouts: 

  1. Healthy vs. Unhealthy Friendships - by Dr. Jane Bluestein and Eric Katz
  2. Healthy vs. Unhealthy Partnership - from CDC’s Choose Respect Action Kit

Week 6: Boundaries

Handouts: 

  1. Window of Tolerance Info -From MindMyPeelings.com, but based off of Daniel Seigal’s work 
  2. Window of Tolerance worksheet -From MindMyPeelings.com, but based off of Daniel Seigal’s work 
  3. Window of Tolerance Worksheet - From Therapytoolsforall 

Week 1

Handouts:

  1. Group Intro - Grounding

Week 2

Handouts: 

  1. Split Self

Week 3

Handout:

  1. Setting & Stretching Boundaries

Week 4

Handouts: 

  1. Setting & Stretching Boundaries, Pt. 2

Week 5

Handouts: 

  1. Red + Green Flags

Week 6

Handouts: 

  1. Commitment

Week 7

Handouts: 

  1. Self Nurturing

Week 8

Handouts: 

  1. Review

Additional Handouts

Handouts: 

  1. Respecting Your Time
  2. Discovery