Group Therapy
Therapy with the Power of Community
Individual therapy helps you understand yourself. Group therapy adds something more: a community. Connect with students who get it, gain new perspectives and grow together in a supportive space led by licensed therapists.
Group Registration Notifications
Interested in a group that was full or didn't fit your schedule? Let us know which group you're interested in and what days and times work best for you. We'll notify you when registration opens. Have an idea for a new group? We'd love to hear it!
Fall 2026 Group Sessions
Check out our fall semester offerings and sign up through your UD Health Portal!
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Can't Stop the Feelin'
Wednesdays, 3–4:30 p.m. (September 23–November 18)
This group will provide information on skills proven to be effective for managing difficult emotions. Participants will be encouraged to apply what is being learned to personal examples in a safe, supportive environment.
Screening required
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Family Business
Wednesdays, 1–2:30 p.m.
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Thursdays, 3–4:30 p.m.This group provides a safe space for students to reflect, process and explore family dynamics that impact their relationships with others and themselves and the transition to adulthood.
Screening required
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Gold Medal Sleep Facilitated by SWHP
Mondays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, 3:30–4:45 p.m.
Warner Hall 301- First Section: Wednesdays, September 9 and September 16
- Second Section: Thursdays, October 15 and October 22
- Third Section: Mondays, November 9 and November 16
This workshop is designed to help you build habits that support real, lasting sleep improvements without needing to buy anything, download an app or follow a complicated routine. Learn how to use your body to help you sleep and live ...
- First Section: Wednesdays, September 9 and September 16
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Knit Happens
Tuesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
This dynamic group empowers high-achieving students to overcome perfectionism and tackle unexpected challenges through creativity and hands-on knitting activities. Participants build key skills in problem-solving, managing setbacks and reducing stress and anxiety.
Screening required
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Living with Loss
Thursdays, 5:30–7 p.m.
Warner Hall 103Navigating loss can be overwhelming when academic, social and personal pressures are constant. This support group provides a safe, confidential space for students to process their experiences with grief and loss and build connections with others who understand their experiences while finding hope and healing.
Walk-ins welcome
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Making Sense of it All (Graduate Students)
Tuesdays, 3–4 p.m.
Making Sense of it All (Graduate Students) is an existential therapy group for graduate students that offers a safe place to explore living authentically, the fragility of life, existential isolation and the freedom and responsibility to create meaning or purpose in life.
Screening required
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Making Sense of it All (Undergraduate Students)
Wednesdays, 5–6:30 p.m.
Making Sense of it All (Undergraduate Students) is an existential therapy group for undergraduate students that offers a safe place to explore how to live authentically while contending with the givens of human existence, including the fragility of life and existential isolation and the freedom and responsibility to create meaning or purpose in life.
Screening required
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Mental Health in Motion Facilitated by Campus Recreation
Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Release stress and support nervous system regulation through guided movement for all comfort levels.
Walk-ins welcome
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Rewriting Your Story
Wednesdays, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Warner Hall 103This supportive weekly group offers a non-judgmental space for students who are:
- Seeking connection, clarity and a healthier path forward
- Navigating their own substance use and wanting to explore making changes
Walk-ins welcome
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Understanding Self and Others Graduate Student Therapy Group
Wednesdays, 5–6:30 p.m.
Meet other graduate students who will help you better understand yourself and relationships. Common topics include navigating challenging relationships, setting healthy boundaries with others, living a more authentic and values-driven life and coping with depression and anxiety.
Screening requirement
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Understanding Self and Others Graduate Student Therapy Group at CGPS
Fridays, 10–11:30 a.m.
Meet other graduate students who will help you better understand yourself and relationships. Common topics include coping with depression and anxiety, navigating challenging relationships, setting healthy boundaries with others and living a more authentic and values-driven life. Group is held in the CGPS offices.
Screening required
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Unmasked
Mondays, 1–2 p.m.
A support group for students who identify as neurodivergent or relate to autistic experiences. Group leaders foster a supportive environment to discuss relationships, navigate college life, exchange resources, and build meaningful connections.
Screening required
Screening Required
For groups that note that screening is required, students must attend a pre-screening to participate. If you are interested, please fill out our registration form and staff will be in touch to schedule an initial triage appointment.
100% of students reported satisfaction with their group therapy experience
98% of students felt more connected
98% of students reported they understood themselves better
My group created a safe place for me to allow others to see me imperfectly. I didn’t have to perform to be accepted, each week the group met me exactly where I was. The group gave me a place where I belonged.
Relationships are an immense part of what makes therapy work. Group therapy takes advantage of this by creating opportunities for several impactful connections at once. Group is a bit like building a house; it’s more efficient to work with a crew of builders and two house-building experts than just you by yourself!
Group therapy can help students build deeper and more satisfying relationships, develop skills to better cope with emotions, increase their sense of belonging and decrease feelings of isolation and loneliness, and increase students' assertiveness skills and independence.
Students participating in our groups report these benefits:
- Getting multiple perspectives and support of others who can relate and empathize with them
- Connecting with others that understand them
- Not feeling as alone in the world or at UD
- Getting to practice their goals with others and getting honest and supportive feedback
- Feeling more motivated to work on and accomplish their therapy goals, as group meetings help keep them accountable
- Getting a lot of skills in a short amount of time to help them better cope
- Feeling more prepared for and getting more from individual therapy
Most of what brings students into therapy can be addressed in group therapy. For some concerns, such as social anxiety, loneliness, relationship difficulties and communication skills, group is one of the best treatments available. Group provides a unique opportunity to practice new skills and techniques with your peers that individual therapy is not well-suited to provide.
Not at all! Like any relationship, it is important to build trust before feeling comfortable enough to share vulnerably. We recommend starting small and then stretching yourself to share more deeply as time goes on. Group therapy is like a gym; starting with smaller weights builds the muscles to lift the heaviest ones. Practice your therapeutic goals over time, and you’ll see results!
A typical group session starts with a check-in where the group leaders ask who would like to share today. Group members can share how they’re feeling or if there’s something they’d like to talk about with the group. Some groups will have more structure to help guide the discussion. Group members give and receive feedback to each other while the facilitators help to keep the group on track.
Absolutely! Scientists researching effective therapy practices have shown group therapy works just as well as individual therapy. For some concerns, group therapy can be more effective than individual therapy. Talk to a counselor to learn more!
If you were interested in a group but couldn't attend, let us know which group you'd like to join and please provide dates and times that fit your schedule. Once registration opens, we'll contact you and invite you to view the semester's group offerings.
Additionally, we're always looking to grow our group offerings to best support the UD community. If you have ideas for group themes or topics, please share them with us!