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Living with Loss: A Grief Support Group
This group is for Dalhousie and King’s students who have experienced a significant loss. Most commonly, that would be the death of a loved one but could also include the break-up of a significant relationship or other major loss.
The group will involve mainly discussions, with some individual activities. Students can attend as many sessions as they need.
The group will meet on Wednesdays (starting November 25) from 3:30-4:30 in Counselling Services, 2nd Floor LeMarchant Place.
To register, please call (902) 494-2081, or email groupcps@dal.ca.
DEALING WITH STRESS
Joan Hanley, Ph.D
This seminar is for students who would like to identify and develop strategies to help manage and cope with the multiple stressors encountered in daily life.
This is a 1 hour seminar on
Thursday, November 26th, 10:30 - 11:30am
Register 10 minutes prior to the group
Mindfulness Group
Kathrine Lincoln, M.Sc. R.Psych.
The Mindfulness Group is for students who would like to learn and practice being aware, present, attentive and focused. Mindfulness practice involves paying attention on purpose with compassion, non-judgmentally, fostering kindness and compassion toward self and others. (Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2004) Cultivating Mindfulness by learning how to pay attention to present experiences “can directly improve the functioning of the body and brain, subjective mental life with its feelings thoughts, and interpersonal relationships”. (Siegal, 2007)
Drop in: Tuesdays, 2:30-3:15 Pm
EATING DISORDERS DROP-IN GROUP
The Eating Disorders Group is an on-going group which continues until the end of the academic year.
The Group is for students who are experiencing difficulties with eating in the form of severe restrictions or anorexia nervosa, binging with or without purging or bulimia, and compulsive overeating.
The focus of the group is to provide a safe setting, support self-defined change, and resolve underlying feelings.
Tuesdays: Drop in - 5:30 pm onwards
All of the above Groups and Workshops are held within the Counselling Centre, 2nd Floor, LeMarchant Place