This workshop is a 2-part series designed to teach the core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. At times, our mood takes over and determines how we act. Through this workshop, we will develop skills to take back control of our actions, regardless of how we feel. This workshop is led by Hannah Craswell, LCSW, at the University Health Center.

Days:

1. Part 1: Monday, February 3, 2025 : Be Present and Know What Matters - Key Topics: Mindfulness, Choice Point, Values
2. Part 2: Monday, February 10, 2025 : Open Up and Do What Matters - Key Topics: Acceptance, Defusion, Committed Action
3. Part 1: Monday, March 17, 2025 : Be Present and Know What Matters - Key Topics: Mindfulness, Choice Point, Values
4. Part 2: Monday, March 24, 2025 : Open Up and Do What Matters - Key Topics: Acceptance, Defusion, Committed Action

Interested in nutrition and well-being? This workshop is open to all UGA students, offering practical guidance and tips to improve heart health through nutrition and movement.

Free food available (first come, first serve - limited materials available) or feel free to bring your own lunch. 

RSVP is not required, but it is encouraged! Credit is FYOS approved. 

Join us for this four-part rotating series on managing stress & anxiety. You will learn how to identify your own stress and anxiety as it arises, and explore some early warning signs, triggers, and ways of coping. Join for as many lessons as you would like – come to one or all.  This workshop is led by graduate students/interns at CAPS.

Dates and topics:

• 1/29 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
• 2/5 Calming Your Body
• 2/12 Calming Your Mind
• 2/19 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress 
• 2/26 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
• 3/12 Calming Your Body
• 3/19 Calming Your Mind
• 3/26 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress 
• 4/2 Understanding Anxiety: A Self-Assessment
• 4/9 Calming Your Body
• 4/16 Calming Your Mind
• 4/23 Creating a Lifestyle for Managing Stress

An in-depth and comprehensive presentation of the resources and supports available to students. This presentation will provide trainees with an understanding of our well-being model and how students can contribute to a community of care by supporting themselves and their peers. Additionally, this presentation covers how to broach difficult or sensitive subjects and how to spot early warning signs that someone is struggling.​

FYOS approved

Discuss ways to set boundaries to support healthy relationships between roommates, friends, & romantic partners.

This is an interactive 1-hour workshop.

A safe space designed for students who need community or support!

This workshop is designed to discuss coping skills and how students can use them in everyday life to handle stress. Whether you are struggling with school, adjustment or another area of life, this is a space for you to discover ways to cope and make the most of your time at UGA. This workshop is led by two UGA students/interns at CAPS.

Dates and topics:

• 1/30 Distress Tolerance
• 2/6 Mindfulness
• 2/13 Emotion regulation
• 2/20 Interpersonal Effectiveness 
• 2/27 Distress Tolerance
• 3/13    Mindfulness
• 3/20 Emotion Regulation
• 3/27 Interpersonal Effectiveness 
• 4/3 Distress Tolerance
• 4/10 Mindfulness
• 4/17 Emotion Regulation
• 4/24 Interpersonal Effectiveness

Learn how to cook a healthy meal with one of the dietitians the University Health Center in the Nutrition Kitchen. FYOS approved!

Call 706-542-8690 to register. $5 per class for students who have paid the health fee or $10 for non-fees paid students. Only available to UGA students. If you sign-up and do not end up attending the cooking class, you will be charged the class fee. If you cannot attend, please call remove yourself from the list so that another student can participate.

For more information and to see the recipe archive, please visit: https://healthpromotion.uga.edu/nutrition/kitchen/

Don’t miss the opportunity to explore one of the most spectacular canyons in the eastern U.S. Tallulah Gorge is two miles long and nearly 1,000 feet deep. This park affords a variety of experiences hiking around the rim for incredible views and adventurous trek down into the gorge. Weather permitting we may even be able to swim and slide down some awesome natural water slides so come ready to get wet.

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS MANDATORY. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

QPR is modeled after CPR for the purposes of knowing how to respond to a mental health emergency. It is a 90min sessions that equips you to recognize the signs of suicide and how to respond with resources and supports.