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Personal Exploration Groups

512-471-3515
Student Services Building - 5th Floor

All groups are free and confidential.

What is a Personal Exploration Group?

A Personal Exploration Group is a place to:

  • Identify with others who are experiencing similar concerns
  • Increase self-awareness through obtaining genuine and honest feedback from others
  • Try out new behaviors in a safe setting
  • Assert yourself in new ways
  • Experiment with new ideas
  • Develop effective ways of building and maintaining relationships

What is the format of a Personal Exploration Group?

  • Groups usually consist of 6-10 members and 2 co-facilitators
  • Most groups include both men and women
  • Groups at the CMHC meet once a week for 1 1/4 hours

What Personal Exploration Groups are offered at CMHC?

  • ALL AGES:
    Mondays
    2:30pm - 3:45pm

  • AGES 18 - 23: FULL
    Wednesdays
    12:30pm - 1:45pm

  • AGES 23+:
    Wednesdays
    3:30pm - 4:45pm

  • AGES 25+:
    Mondays
    3pm - 4:15pm
  • AGES 25+: FULL
    Fridays
    10:30am - 11:45am
  • WOMEN (ALL AGES):
    Tuesdays
    2:30pm - 3:45pm

Before joining a group or class, students meet with a counselor to determine if a particular group or class is a good fit for them. To speak with a counselor about joining a group or class, please call 512-471-3515 to set up an appointment.


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Personal Exploration Groups

Build Your Social Confidence Group

Coping With Anxiety Group

Courage to be Imperfect Group

Creative Tools for Stress Management

Focusing Your Attention Group

Gay/Bisexual Men's Group

Grief and Loss Group

Graduate Student Group

International Student Group

Interpersonal Violence Survivor Group

Lesbian/Bisexual Women's Group

The MBCT Class (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression Management)

Mindful Eating Recovery Group

Mindfulness Meditation Group

Optimizing Your Potential (OYP) Class

Reclaiming Our Voices Group

It's All Relative - Overcoming Struggles in Our Families

Romantic Relationships Group

Tackling Test Anxiety Group

Tools for Managing Anxiety Group

What's Eating You: Exploring Relationships with Our Bodies and Food Group
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