Workshops and Resources for Self-Care
Workshops
CAPS is offering workshops that teach skills related to stress management, getting better at relationships, managing difficult thoughts and emotions, mindfulness, and more. To sign up for the workshop, go to your portal and select the "Workshops" tab on the left. All workshops are also available asynchronously for more information or to have an asynchronous workshop added to your CANVAS page, please call us at 785-532-6927.
*Please note, that when you sign up through the portal for a workshop, you are agreeing to attend the meetings since these are scheduled appointments. If you no-show or do not contact the department to cancel more than 24-hours in advance of the meeting, you will incur a $25 fee to your CAPS account.*
Below is information about our available workshops.
Anxiety Toolbox focuses on helping students understand anxiety symptoms and build skills to manage these symptoms. The sessions include modules dedicated to:
- understanding anxiety
- introducing a method for slowing down and disentangling the experience of anxiety
- developing alternative responses to anxiety
By the end of the workshop, students will have their own individualized plan for managing anxiety.
Thursdays 9:30 - 10:30 am live via zoom or asynchronous
This 3 session workshop focuses on helping students learn about body image, what contributes to a negative body image, and how this relates to self-esteem and impacts relationships. This workshop will give students skills for developing a more body-neutral relationship with themselves.
Asynchronously only
Breakup Bootcamp is a three-part series for folks contemplating whether they should break up, wondering how to break up, or struggling to get over a breakup. Students can view the entire workshop or whichever section matches their current situation.
Asynchronously only
BRIDGE focuses on identifying ways to foster healthy relationships via self-monitoring, effective communication, and conflict resolution skills. The sessions include modules dedicated to helping students:
- better understand their values and boundaries in relationships
- learn the role of culture in communication, different styles of communication, and strategies for effective communication
- identify common causes of conflict and effective conflict management techniques
Fridays 1:30 - 1:30 pm live via zoom or asynchronous
Getting Unstuck focuses on helping students understand depressive symptoms and build skills to manage these symptoms. The sessions include modules dedicated to:
- understanding depression
- exploring how thoughts and behaviors impact depression
- addressing how students can begin to make changes to thoughts and behaviors to better manage depression
By the end of the workshop, students will have their own individualized plan for getting unstuck!
Tuesdays 3:00 - 4:00 pm live via zoom or asynchronous
A brief skills workshop series that provides education and application on coping skills to reset and thrive. The series provides a basic understanding of coping skills to utilize in managing stress, adversity, and fostering growth. Topics include self-compassion, motivation, and resilience.
Asynchronously only
This 2 session workshop series focuses on helping students reduce/manage their substance use. By the end of the workshop, students will have an individualized relapse plan and have greater insight into their substance use.
Asynchronously only
Date Yourself (courtesy of Drexel University) is a three-part workshop centered around understanding, developing, and improving a student's relationship with themself! In this workshop, students will address self-perception, relationship patterns (i.e., attachment styles), and techniques to improve self-esteem as it relates to healthy relationships. Students will learn to build up their own self-esteem to feel more confident about who they are and establish authentic relationships.
Tuesdays 9:30 - 10:30 am live via zoom or asynchronous
ADHD & Life Skills Series is a set of 4 single-session workshops that focus on helping students who either have ADHD or struggle with skills associated with planning and organizing. The 4 different workshops also teach skills to reduce distraction and decrease procrastination. The sessions include modules dedicated to:
- Understanding ADHD and how it impacts, mood, school, life, and relationships
- Learning ways to schedule and prioritize daily life
- Developing tools to reduce distraction
- Gaining skills to combat procrastination
Handouts 
Procrastination
Scheduling
Reducing Distractions
ADHD 101
Wednesdays 2:30 - 3:30 pm live via zoom or asynchronous
RIO stands for Recognition, Insight and Openness. This is a workshop that teaches skills to handle painful thoughts and feelings effectively, in such a way that they have much less impact and influence. RIO focuses on changing our relationship with our psychological pain and creating flexibility in how we respond to it. The main goals of RIO are to give you tools to recognize your concerns and to develop a clearer idea of what you want to change in your life.
Asynchronously only
Mood Management is a three-session workshop series intended to help increase your understanding of emotions and develop strategies to help you cope when your emotions become distressing and hard to tolerate. The goal is to provide you with skills to recognize and manage symptoms you may be experiencing.
Mondays 2:00-3:00 pm live via zoom or asynchronous
