Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and personal growth with our engaging and enlightening Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Workshop, tailored exclusively for college students. Designed to empower you with practical skills to navigate the challenges of academic life, emotional well-being, and personal development, this workshop will equip you with a powerful toolkit for lifelong success.

This workshop provides a safe and interactive space where you’ll learn to harness the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a proven psychological approach that focuses on understanding the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Through a series of dynamic sessions, you’ll gain insights into how your thoughts influence your emotions and actions, and discover techniques to reshape negative patterns into positive ones. Additional CBT worksheet handouts will be provided for ongoing practice. This workshop will be offered twice during the Spring 2024 semester:

• The first CBT Workshop will take place on April 8, 4-5:30pm ET.  Register here.
• The second CBT Workshop will take place on April 22, 4-5:30pm ET.  Register here.

Contact: J. Robert Pozo, LCPC

This workshop aims to teach you skills and develop tools to better manage your anxiety and stress. You will learn theories about the development of anxiety and how to cope with it. This will include exposure to relaxation exercises, mindfulness practices, and cognitive restructuring. You will receive weekly materials, which when compiled, create a workbook, full of tools and exercises that will be useful throughout your life. The workshop is a 4-week series of 60-minute sessions.

• The first round of Anxiety Management workshops will take place on Mondays from 3-4pm on February 12, 19, 26 and March 4. Register here.
• The second round will take place on Mondays from 3-4pm on March 11, 25, April 1 and 8. Register here.

Contacts: Meagan Henry, M.A. & A. Hernandez, M.A.

Develop and practice communication skills while connecting with others over fun and exciting board games! This four-part, drop-in workshop series features four unique board games adapted to showcase communication skills like active listening, assertiveness, and non-verbal communication. The series is designed to be completed as a whole, but learners can pick and choose which sessions are the best suited to their needs. Each week will include space to learn, practice, and reflect on the use of these skills. All JHU learners are welcome, so join us Friday afternoons from 2-4 to connect and grow together!

• Round 1 of the Communication Skills Board Game Workshops will take place on Fridays from 2-4pm on February 23, March 1, 8 and 15. Register here.
• Round 1 of the Communication Skills Board Game Workshops will take place on Fridays from 2-4pm on March 29, April 5, 19 and 26. Register here.

Contacts: Meagan Henry, M.A. & Robert Pozo, LCPC

Emotional Adulting is a brief, drop-in skills group designed to help you work with your emotions from a space of compassion, awareness, non-judgment, and curiosity. The skills taught in this group, which are generally drawn from mindfulness and trauma symptom management practices, are beneficial for our general emotional well-being as well for helping to manage distress related to depression, anxiety, trauma, and other experiences.

Each week will focus on a different practice and the curriculum will repeat. Come to all eight sessions, come to one, or pick and choose depending on your interest and schedule. Topics include Grounding, the Window of Tolerance, Containment, and Calm Place Imagery.

• The Emotional Adulting workshops will take place on Mondays 5:30-5:55pm starting on Monday February 5. Each week will have a different topic. Register here.

Contacts: Karen Taylor, LCSW-C & L. Blair Simmons, M.S.

Wednesdays 5-6pm, hybrid format (Zoom + in-person at CDI Large Conference Room)

Join us for a 5-week drop-in support group for Black students at Johns Hopkins University. This limited series aims to foster an environment to build solidarity within the Black student community and encourage the sharing and listening of lived experiences of Black students at a Predominately White Institution (PWI). We will discuss topics like code-switching, cultural exhaustion, and the need for self-care. This group will be co-facilitated by two Black woman identifying clinicians. Snacks will be provided when you attend in person! Please register so we know to expect you.

Contact: L. Blair Simmons, M.S. & Shemika Brooks, Psy.D.

Mondays 4-5pm, weekly at the Center for Diversity & Inclusion

Drop by for a weekly support and discussion group about navigating identities, mental health, relationships, academic life and more!  Contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information.

Contact: A. Hernandez, M.A. & Selima Jumarali, M.A.

Mondays 3-4pm, monthly on Zoom

This is a support space for all International students at Hopkins! Feel free to drop in and talk about emotional, cultural, social and other challenges, adjusting to the US and the University, and more. This is also a great space to network, practice speaking English, and share information with each other! Register here.

Contact: Wenjui “Maggie” Hsu, LCPC

Wednesdays, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM, in person, on the first and second weeks of the month

The Grief & Loss group is a drop-in community space for any students and learners at Johns Hopkins seeking to share their grief and loss experiences with others and to receive support, education, and resources. Group will be co-facilitated by staff from Homewood Counseling Center and as available, staff from Religious and Spiritual Life. Each group will have a broad theme, but discussion will be flexible to the needs of the group. Attendance at every group is welcome, not required. Each group is approximately one hour and themes for discussion may relate to Understanding What My Grief/Loss Is Like, Ways of Being and Grieving, Life Then and Now, and more. Anyone interested in joining the group can register here.

Contact: Michelle Chung, LCSW-C