ABOUT GROUPS

Towson University Counseling Center Offers free and confidential counseling to all Towson University Students. The Counseling Center is offering a variety Counseling Groups for the Fall, 2003 semester.

Group counseling is often the most effective counseling intervention. Counseling groups typically have 5-10 members and are led by one or two counselors. Most groups meet weekly for one-and-a-half hours and often run for a year. Both undergraduate and graduate students can participate in counseling groups.

• Group counseling is a place to:

• Talk confidentially about your concerns.

• Share your concerns with others students who have similar issues.

• Receive support from group members and counselors.

• Learn about alternative ways of looking at personal problems.

Group counseling helps because students:

• Learn that they are not alone with their concerns.

• Struggle in the group with some of the same difficulties they have outside.

• Learn new ways to resolve their problems from both peers and counselors.

• Often get a sense of increased competence when they learn that they can help others.

• Learn about themselves and new ways of relating to others.

Each group member decides how much he or she wants to share. Because of the climate of trust within the group, members feel free to care about and help each other.