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Peer Support Groups Lend Hands In Healing Process
Theresa Vosilla Staff Reporter
Issue date: 9/22/05 Section: Features
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Many college students tackle difficult issues everyday. These issues can range from grief, body image, relationships, substance abuse, and physical or sexual abuse. Finding the right kind of support to help you get through these hard times in your life can be difficult. A confidant or support group can aid in the healing process. If you feel that you are someone in need of support, then you are not alone.
The Counseling Center is now offering support groups with counselors and other students to discuss their problems or concerns. The groups will offer students a unique opportunity to hold discussions with other students in a caring and confidential environment.
The loss of a significant person in your life is terribly sad and often difficult to deal with and overcome alone. There will be a Grief Support group offered to help students deal with their emotions by discussing their feelings with other students who have also suffered the loss of a loved one. This group will be co-sponsored by Campus Ministry.
Do you find yourself always worrying about your weight and obsessing over your appearance? Do you find that you continuously compare yourself to others? Are diets and workouts taking over your life? Do you strive to be like stick thin models and celebrities? If any of theses questions apply to you then the Body Image support group may be a good place for you to talk about your issues and realize that you are not the only one who may have body image concerns.
There is also a new support group called Healthy Relationships. This group will help determine what makes your current or past relationships healthy or unhealthy. This group can help those who do not want to repeat past mistakes and who want to break bad patterns. This support group will give you the opportunity to examine relationships with your fellow peers.
There is also a support group called ALIVE, which is for survivors of sexual and physical abuse. ALIVE offers the opportunity to talk to other people who have gone through similar circumstances dealing with abuse. The group may help you to realize that you are not alone and other students have dealt with some kind of abuse.
The Counseling Center is now offering support groups with counselors and other students to discuss their problems or concerns. The groups will offer students a unique opportunity to hold discussions with other students in a caring and confidential environment.
The loss of a significant person in your life is terribly sad and often difficult to deal with and overcome alone. There will be a Grief Support group offered to help students deal with their emotions by discussing their feelings with other students who have also suffered the loss of a loved one. This group will be co-sponsored by Campus Ministry.
Do you find yourself always worrying about your weight and obsessing over your appearance? Do you find that you continuously compare yourself to others? Are diets and workouts taking over your life? Do you strive to be like stick thin models and celebrities? If any of theses questions apply to you then the Body Image support group may be a good place for you to talk about your issues and realize that you are not the only one who may have body image concerns.
There is also a new support group called Healthy Relationships. This group will help determine what makes your current or past relationships healthy or unhealthy. This group can help those who do not want to repeat past mistakes and who want to break bad patterns. This support group will give you the opportunity to examine relationships with your fellow peers.
There is also a support group called ALIVE, which is for survivors of sexual and physical abuse. ALIVE offers the opportunity to talk to other people who have gone through similar circumstances dealing with abuse. The group may help you to realize that you are not alone and other students have dealt with some kind of abuse.