Group Offerings

BLACK AFFINITY GROUP (BAG)

Paul Robeson Cultural Center

Thursday 12:00-1:30p

The Black Affinity Group will allow Black Students with a safe and authentic space to express themselves, and to be in community with other Black Students on the Rutgers Campus. It is designed to be a space of encouragement, building positive self-esteem and seeing the strengths in our struggles on campus and beyond.To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

CONEXIÓN

CAPS, 17 Senior Street

COMING SPRING 2025

This group is a supportive space for students who are Latine or Afro-Latine identified. The group provides individual members the opportunity to move forward towards self-healing through collective sharing while providing a safe atmosphere in which members can engage in authentic conversations around their experiences as Latine and Afro Latine students on campus. 

COMMON THEMES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: Intersecting identities, academic stressors, imposter syndrome, family conflict, intergenerational conflicts, relationship concerns, cultural factors, any other concerns that impact our well-being.  To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

FAMILY LGBTQ+

Virtual

Friday 2:30-4:00p

Family LGBTQ+ is a group for students who identify within the LGBTQ+ community and would like support navigating family concerns of acceptance and rejection in relation to sexuality and/or gender identity. The group will provide a safe space to discuss these concerns, brainstorm ways to manage family difficulties, and tools to cope if it is not safe to come out to family at this time.To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

GENDER IDENTITY GROUP (GIG)

SJE, 17 Bartlett Street

Wednesday 3:00-4:25p

The Gender Identity Support Group is specifically for students who identify as trans or questioning and includes being transgender, genderqueer, gender expansive, gender fluid, nonbinary, agender, etc. Our goal is to provide a safer space to discuss various challenges related to coming out as trans, how relationships with friends, family and others may be affected, managing emotional and physical changes related to transitioning, dealing with bias and discrimination, navigating name and gender pronoun changes, sexuality concerns, and anything else that may be impacting the wellbeing and functioning of our trans students. To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WELLNESS

Virtual

Friday 12:00-1:30p

Are you an international student? Many international students face unique challenges due to cross cultural adjustment. Some experience homesickness, loneliness, language barriers, discrimination, and different levels of acculturative stress socially and academically. CAPS’ International Student Wellness Group is here to support you by providing a safe and confidential virtual space to discuss various concerns and to help you connect with each other.To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

CONNECTING AROUND CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Virtual

Tuesday 1:30-3:00p

This group will support students living with a wide variety of chronic medical (physical) conditions. Each week, the group will include education, practical tools for coping and managing life with an illness, opportunities for open discussion, sharing and processing experiences, and offering and receiving support. Participants will help and learn from each other on their journey toward a meaningful and connected life, with or without symptoms of chronic conditions. To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

RU GRAD **GRAD STUDENTS ONLY

Room 5050, West Academic Building, 5 Seminary Place

Friday 1:00-2:30p

We find many times graduate students have issues related to making friends, sustaining relationships, self-esteem, and anxiety and the like, but do not have the proper forum of people their age or at their level to give them support. The graduate group aims to provide a safe space and supportive setting for members. Students will have the opportunity to explore and share issues, concerns, and feelings they may have, Topics may include among others: social adjustment and loneliness, romantic relationships, navigating conflicts/challenges with peers and professors (Advisors/PI/ Depts. etc.) feelings of inadequacy, assertiveness, stress management and balancing family life and academics.To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

GRIEF & LOSS

CAPS, 17 Senior Street

CLOSED

This is a support group for students who are struggling with grief and bereavement related to the loss of a loved one. Regardless of where students are at in the grieving process, the group can help with increasing awareness of how grief impacts functioning in all areas of life. The goal of the group is to help the students reflect on how grieving is an individual process and a natural part of life through radical acceptance, group support, and adaptive coping mechanisms. To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

HEALTH ANXIETY

Hurtado, CAC

CLOSED

Do you often worry that you might have a serious health condition or find it impossible to ignore minor symptoms for fear that they might represent something serious? Do you continue to worry and do extensive research even when medical professionals assure you that you’re probably fine? We all need to take our health and healthcare seriously, but sometimes over-the-top concern becomes a problem in itself. Through a combination of education and action participants will learn and experience research-supported methods for managing this type of worry. Participants are asked to attend all sessions (occasional absences are probably inevitable but consistent attendance is important).To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

RU NEW

CAPS, 17 Senior Street

Thursday 12:30-1:45p

RU New is a support group for 1^st year students looking for help with adjusting to college. Living away from home for the first time; making social connections; succeeding in college level academics, as well as other transitional concerns that may arise during your first semester at Rutgers. We are here to help you make this a smoother start at college.To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

STEM GROUP

Engineering Building, B Wing, Room B205

COMING SPRING 2025

The STEM Support Space is a supportive setting for undergraduate STEM students to connect with one another and discuss the challenges of maintaining a rigorous course schedule along with all of the typical pressures of being a college student. Topics may include, but will not be limited to, friendships and family relationships, self-care, managing feelings of imposter syndrome, effective communication with staff and peers, and managing stress. To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

UNDERSTANDING SELF AND OTHERS

CAPS, 17 Senior Street

CLOSED

Interpersonal process groups aim to support students with any social or interpersonal concern (e.g., challenges making or keeping friends, difficulty trusting others and being vulnerable, family conflict). These groups involve reflecting on communication and relationship patterns, providing and receiving feedback, and practicing different ways of relating in the group space. These groups require a group screening and consistent attendance is encouraged. Do you have a hard time connecting with others? Social anxiety, insecurity, depression, and other mental health concerns can hold many people back from building and maintaining close relationships. This group can help you learn more about yourself and how to build better relationships with others. To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

EARLY RECOVERY GROUP (ERG)

CAPS, 17 Senior Street

Friday's, 5:00-6:00p

The Early Recovery Group is designed to support students who are considering life beyond substance-use or have embraced abstinence-based recovery.  Members of the Early Recovery Group learn to identify then replace ineffective coping methods and negative thought patterns with healthier alternatives that support recovery on a college campus. Students will have an opportunity to receive feedback from their peers about academics, social life, family issues and other subjects with the ultimate goal of enhancing their lives and recovery in a supportive therapeutic environment. To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

HOPE AT HOME

CAPS, 17 Senior Street

Tuesday 2:00-3:00p

Are you affected by someone else’s substance use? Is it a parent, a sibling, a partner, a friend or a roommate?  Caring for someone with an alcohol or drug problem can create serious challenges in our lives. This three session workshop will offer insight, guidance, and support in addressing these challenges in a safe place. To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

ONE POSITIVE CHANGE

Date/Time/Location TBD

One Positive Change is a group designed to help students reduce and minimize the risk associated with their substance use. We at ADAP recognize that making positive change with respect to one’s substance use is rarely a straightforward process; change often happens in starts and stops. So in the One Positive Change group we would like to honor students’ work and commitment to change and provide a space where students can process and practice new approaches to regaining or possibly forming a healthy relationship with substances. To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

WOMXM OF SUBSTANCE

CAPS, 17 Senior Street

Thursday 2:00-3:00p

Here in this safe, confidential, non-judgmental environment, we will explore, process and identify alternatives to your relationship with drugs and alcohol.  You can speak freely and honestly about your questions, concerns and observations, and benefit from the support and input of others struggling with similar issues. We will address how your use impacts all areas of your life as a student; physical, emotional, academic, spiritual, sexual and social aspects will be explored. We will offer resources and skills to help you cope with the life stressors you are experiencing. To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

ARTISTIC SELF-EXPRESSION

Next Step, 185 Bevier Rd, Busch Campus

CLOSED

This group will utilize the vehicle of art directives to facilitate the students’ ability to express and label their emotions, encourage self-reflection and awareness, and increase alternative coping skills and behaviors. Group members will share their work within the brave space of the group to explore and uncover issues, concerns, and challenges within their lives while building supportive relationships and self-awareness. (Next Step students only). To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

LOVING ME

Virtual

Wednesday 10:30-11:25a

Combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion to meet difficult internal and external experiences with less resistance. During the group, participants will learn about and practice mindful self-compassion skills  (Open to all CAPS). To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

STUDY SPACE 

Virtual

Thursday 4:00-5:25p

Weekly supportive study space open to all. Come to learn a brief skill around executive functioning. Students spend the remainder of the group working independently on school assignments, applying to internships/jobs, etc. Group begins with a review of goals for each student to work on. The remainder of the group is spent in quiet study. (OPEN TO ALL CAPS). To get connected please call 848-932-7884.

MIND BODY HEALING GROUP

CAPS, 17 Senior Street

Monday 10:30-11:25a

In person group will support students in understanding how mental and physical health are connected and interrelated. The neurobiology of mental wellbeing will be explored. Students will learn and practice techniques such as mindfulness, meditation, yoga, laughter, EFT tapping, and movement (dance & stomp). Students will build an awareness of where emotions are stored in the body and learn skills to relate/discharge them. (OPEN TO ALL CAPS).To get connected please call 848-932-7884.