Spring 2024 Graduate Student Circle Sessions

This session is perfect for students who want to find a therapist on or off campus. This session is designed to review the appropriate steps including insurance verification, navigating search engines and how to determine if your therapist is a good fit.

As graduate students serve in various supportive roles including a teaching assistant, cohort member, colleague and peer there might come a time when students might support someone through a difficult and/or traumatic experience. This session will focus on how students can identify and address vicarious trauma that students might experience.

During the Fall 2023 Graduate Student Sessions, students were able to establish a wellness plan designed at improving engagement in wellness. This session is to serve as a check-in to see how students are doing with their wellness plan, identify barriers and acknowledge successes. This session is a great way to help regroup and receive support.

Graduate students can access accommodations for academic needs, lab needs and assistantships.  Accommodations are available via Accessibility Disability Services (ADS). This session is a great session to ask about the registration process, how to implement accommodations with professors and address concerns.

Stress is normal; however, too much stress can cause some issues. This session will identify signs of severe stress and burnout, proactive steps to lessen stress, resources on and off campus and will conclude with a meditation session.

The goal of this session is to ensure students are aware of resources available to assist with grievances and understanding options related to respite during difficult times such as a leave of absence or resigning from the program. This session will be helpful if you are considering a leave of absence.

The end of the semester is near. This session will be in-person and will focus on restorative rest. This session will include mindfulness activities, light snacks and meditation.