The UK Counseling Center

The UK Counseling Center offers many services that aid in the wellbeing of students & faculty. Group Therapy, one of the major services offered at the UK counseling Center, is offered to students at no expense. The counseling center offers several different therapy groups including: 

• USO Group
• Anxiety ACTion Group
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy Group
• Decide Your Future Group
• Graduate Student Support Group
• Mindfulness Support Group
• Social Confidence Group

and many more workshops…

But why is Group Therapy important? Group therapy helps patients realize that he/she is not alone & is often times more enriching than individual therapy. People in support groups also develop social skills to help them relate to others. Members of the group may be going through the same thing or they may bring up an issue that may strike a chord with someone; this allows them to support each other and give advice or suggest ways of dealing with whatever there issue is. Some people feel that in the group environment, others serve as “mirrors”. In other words, you see yourself in others and this allows you to recognize and change what you want to modify about yourself. Aside from that, Feeling uncomfortable when you first join a group is completely normally. However, this usually changes as people open up and you realize that there are others in the same situation as you.

Sources:

http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Counseling/group.html

http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/anxiety-support-group