Texas Tech University

Available Group Therapy

Groups offered vary from semester to semester, depending on therapist availability and the needs of Texas Tech students.  For more info on how to join email StudentCounselingCenter@ttu.edu  or come to Walk-In Clinic Mon-Fri 12:30-3:30

Spring 2025 group times are listed with a short group description below.

**Group day & time may change.**

Manage Your Mood
 

Manage Your Mood is a 4-week life skills group to improve personal and academic pursuits. The group helps students develop healthy coping skills to manage daily challenges.

Tues 2:30-3:30

 

Understanding Self and Others (USO)
 

Understanding Self and Others is a general group appropriate and beneficial for most people. This group creates a supportive environment to develop new (and social) approaches to therapy goals.

Mon 2:00-3:20

or

Thur 1:00-2:20

 

Grief and Loss
 

Grief group is meant to help students with expected and active grief work through related concerns by learning common responses to grief, building social support, and processing emotion meaningfully.

Wed 3:00-4:20

 

Disordered Eating Support Group
 

A therapy group designed for clients struggling with disordered eating (of any form) and/or body image concerns. While this group will include components of a typical process group (i.e., personal sharing, working to relate others, empathizing, etc.), it will be based largely on different experiential exercises.

Thur 2:30-3:50

 

Graduate Student Support Group
 

Graduate school can be stressful and isolating. This group provides a space for connection with other graduate students around the demands of graduate studies.

Wed 1:00-2:20

 

Mood Disorders Support Group
 

This group helps to build support and maintain progress with the management of mood disorders such as persistent depressive disorder, major depressive disorder, or bipolar disorder.

Wed 5:00-6:20

 

Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families (ACOA)
 

ACOA group focuses on the social impacts of growing up in a dysfunction family system, particularly families with mental illness, substance use, or physical/sexual/emotional abuse. This group challenges shame, explores boundaries, and builds self-compassion.

Fri 1:00-2:20

 

Build Your Social Confidence (BYSC)
 

To increase ability and comfort with social interaction, you have to practice! This group provides a structured and purposeful space to learn new social skills and put them into practice in a supportive and encouraging environment.

Thur 12:00-1:20

 

Mindfulness
 

Mindfulness is a well-researched and effective way to improve stress, sleep, focus, mood, over-thinking, and even manage physical pain. Every week, this group leads and processes mindfulness exercises.

Wed 1:00-2:20

 

 

 

Reviewed 01/14/2025

 

Student Counseling Center