Groups & workshops
Click on one of the groups or workshops below to learn more about mental and physical health and wellness programming available at UVic.
Groups are offered either in-person or via Zoom. To sign up for any of the following, please email swgroups@uvic.ca and include your name, V-number and the workshop you are interested in.
ADHD Virtual Workshop Series
Join this series of virtual, interactive sessions featuring presentations from the fields of medicine, psychology, nutrition, wellness promotion, pharmacy and academic learning strategists. Any currently registered UVic student with newly diagnosed or known ADHD condition may join.
Sessions can be attended in any order, though are most valuable attended together. Space is limited.
Wednesdays, September 27-December 6, 3:30pm-4:30pm | Zoom
With James Felix (physician)
Registration required: Please call 250-721-8563, email swgroups@uvic.ca or come visit us at the Student Wellness Centre for more information.
Career Curiosity
Invest in your future to explore your career possibilities and connections to program planning. In this workshop you will complete a variety of self assessment exercises and develop a plan for discovering future career possibilities!
Tuesday, December 5, 2:00pm-4:00pm | Zoom
Wednesday, December 6, 1:00pm-3:00pm | In-person
With Dawn Schell (counsellor)
Registration required: Please call 250-721-8563, email swgroups@uvic.ca or come visit us at the Student Wellness Centre for more information.
Emotional Life Raft Group
This three-session “hands-on” skills group is designed for people who find emotional reactivity gets in the way of their personal or academic success. Drawing from dialectical behaviour and cognitive behavioural therapy the sessions use information sharing, skills practice and personal reflection to build emotional management skills.
Thursdays, 2:30pm-4:00pm, September 28, October 5, and October 12 | Zoom
Wednesdays, 2:30pm-4:00pm, October 25, November 1, and November 8 | Zoom
With Adam Tran (counsellor)
Registration required: Please call 250-721-8563, email swgroups@uvic.ca or come visit us at the Student Wellness Centre for more information.
Grad Students Conversation Circle
Connect with your peers in this confidential sharing space and get through grad school together. Open to all UVic graduate students, this Conversation Circle offers a supportive, confidential space to learn, share, and connect with other grad students. Come share your challenges and joys. Bring your questions. Receive and give support to fellow students.
Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:00pm, Sep. 28, Oct. 12, Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Nov. 23 | Zoom
With Dawn Schell (counsellor)
Registration is not required. This group is offered on a drop-in basis. Please call 250-721-8563, email swgroups@uvic.ca or come visit us at the Student Wellness Centre for more information.
Into the Transverse
This is a group for students who identify as trans, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming. Over the course of this four-week workshop, we will draw on Art Therapy and Narrative Therapy to explore resilience, building affirming connections, and trans joy. Through creative exploration, session focus will be collaboratively determined with group members, focusing on topics like building affirming connections, trans joy, and gender liberation. No previous art-making experience is required.
Thursdays, October 12-November 2, 2:30pm-4:00pm | In-person
With Christina C. (pre-doctoral intern) & Vanessa V. (sessional counsellor)
Registration required: Please call 250-721-8563, email swgroups@uvic.ca or come visit us at the Student Wellness Centre for more information.
Self Care: Finding Balance
Join this workshop to learn eight areas of self-care to attain a healthy life balance. These areas are physical, emotional, intellectual, contextual, spiritual, sensory, nutritional and interactional. Wendy will teach a Self Mandala concept to understand where you may need to focus your attention in order to be more balanced.
Thursday, October 12, 10:45am-12:00pm | In-person
Thursday, November 9, 1:15pm-2:30pm | In-person
With Wendy Lum (counsellor)
Registration required: Please call 250-721-8563, email swgroups@uvic.ca or come visit us at the Student Wellness Centre for more information.
Skills Series Workshop: Motivation
Join this 90-minute workshop to learn quick and effective strategies to improve your motivation.
Monday, October 16, 10:00am-11:30am | In-person
Wednesday, November 22, 1:30pm-3:00pm | In-person
With Sheahan Letondre (counsellor)
Registration required: Please call 250-721-8563, email swgroups@uvic.ca or come visit us at the Student Wellness Centre for more information.
Skills Series Workshop: Stress
Join this 90-minute workshop to learn quick and effective strategies to manage your stress.
Tuesday, September 26, 1:30pm-3:00pm | In-person
Monday, November 6, 2:30pm-4:00pm | In-person
With Sheahan Letondre (counsellor)
Registration required: Please call 250-721-8563, email swgroups@uvic.ca or come visit us at the Student Wellness Centre for more information.
Women's Group
This six session support group is intended for female self-identified individuals to explore issues related to themselves and within relationships. Topics will be co-created with the group participants and facilitator(s), which may include areas such as: self criticism, people-pleasing, boundaries, assertiveness, self compassion, giving and receiving. Concepts will be shared that allow students to be curious, explore, support understanding, consider letting go and welcoming potential change. Some possible areas of exploration: family of origin impacts, relationship impacts, self reflection. Maximum 12 students for this group.
Wednesdays, 2:30pm-4:00pm, Sep. 27, Oct. 4, Oct. 11, Oct. 18, Oct. 25, Nov. 1 | In-person
With Wendy Lum (counsellor)
Registration required: Please call 250-721-8563, email swgroups@uvic.ca or come visit us at the Student Wellness Centre for more information.