Group Counseling & Support

Group counseling provides the opportunity to share concerns with other group members and work together to reach a better understanding of yourself and your situation.

Our support groups meet throughout the academic year. Some groups are time-limited and focus on specific issues, while others are ongoing general therapy groups. There are no session limits to group therapy—you can participate in a group at any time and for as long as you want.

To request accommodations for any of these group offerings, contact the facilitator via email at least 3 days in advance.

Therapy Groups

Bridging Worlds

For students who are navigating tensions, challenges and/or stress as a result of the need to bridge different class, race, sexual orientation, geographic and/or religious/secular environments. Your identity, beliefs and values sometimes make you different from important people (family, friends, classmates, roommates, racemates, etc.) and you desire a safe, supportive and confidential space to make sense of the experience and explore the impact.

Membership: Open to all undergraduate students and their eligible dependents.

Fridays, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. (beginning 9/24)

Location TBD

Facilitated by David Campbell, Ph.D.

Email David Campbell to join.

Graduate Student Therapy

A supportive space for graduate students to talk about their experiences and challenges during graduate school. Learn more about yourself and how you may be viewed by others; how to cope more effectively with problems (including stress, anxiety, sadness); and, how to develop more satisfying relationships.

Membership: Open to graduate students.

Mondays, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Location TBD

Facilitated by Maura McFadden, Psy.D. and Sue Kim, LSW.

Email Sue Kim to join.

Womxn & Femmes of Color Support Group

This is a weekly weekly psychotherapy support group, where you can share and process your experiences as womxn and femmes of color, in a safe(r) and confidential space. Common topics include relationships, oppression, what it’s like to be in our bodies, acculturation, self-care, feeling invisible, trauma, identities, and managing stress, sadness, loneliness, frustration, and anxiety.

Membership: Open to all undergraduate and graduate students who identify as people of color. All womxn and femme gender identities and expressions, including but not limited to trans, cisgender, and non-binary people are welcome. Masks will be required, per university suggestion.

Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00 p.m. EST

CPS Group Room, McCosh Health Center, Third Floor

Facilitated by Jess Joseph, Ph.D.

Email Jess Joseph to join.

Community Support Groups

ACE/Family Life Support Group

For undergraduate students who come from a complicated family, and/or family with alcohol or substance use concerns, and who want to give and get support from other students.

Membership: Open to undergraduate students.

Fridays, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Via Zoom

Facilitated by Monica Johnson, Ph.D.

Email Monica Johnson to join.

Black Tigers Talk

A safe and supportive space for Black students to share what's on their minds.

Membership: Open to undergraduate and graduate students, and their eligible dependents who identify as Black.

Wednesdays, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

CPS Group Room, McCosh Health Center, Third Floor

Facilitated by David Campbell, Ph.D. and Monica Johnson, Ph.D.

Email David Campbell to join.

Emotional Health and Healing Group

Having difficulty with intense emotions, self-criticism, and feeling overwhelmed? Worried that your emotional distress is causing you to react, shut down, or do things that aren't healthy for you or your connections with other people? In this group we will practice ways to relax the grip of painful emotions on our minds, deal with difficult things from a wise place, and respond to ourselves with kindness and care.

Membership: Open to undergraduate students

Thursdays, 12:30 p.m. (virtual)

Facilitated by Jadelyn Martinez, Ph.D. and Joseph Cooper, Psy.D.

Contact Jadelyn Martinez to join.

Graduate Student Meditation Lunch

Virtual, guided mindfulness meditation.

Membership: Open to graduate students and their eligible dependents.

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (10/6, 11/19, 12/1, 1/21, 2/2, 3/4, 4/6, 5/4)

Facilitated by Joe Cooper, Psy.D.

Email Joe Cooper to join.

Managing Grief and Loss During COVID-19

This pandemic is affecting so many aspects of our lives, including how we manage the grief and loss of a loved one. This group provides a space to talk about your experience with other students and share ideas around coping.

Membership: Open to all undergraduate and graduate students

Day/Time, TBD

Facilitated by Calvin Chin, Ph.D.

Email Calvin Chin to join.

The Princeton Neurodiversity Collective (PUNC)

The Princeton University Neurodiversity Collective (PUNC) empowers Princeton’s self-identifying neurodiverse students, faculty, post-docs, and staff, by building supportive communities, engaging in advocacy, fostering positive newfound visibility, and arming the neurodiverse community with tools for professional and personal success. We strive to acknowledge and rectify persistent ableist inequalities and to increase awareness of the Princeton campus community’s neurodiverse population. PUNC welcomes and celebrates all cognitive identities with or without a specific diagnosis.

Membership: Open to all self identifying neurodiverse students, post-docs, faculty, staff

Day/Time TBD

Contact Prakriti Paul if interested in joining the group.

Student Athlete Meditation

A 15-20 minute guided meditation for student-athletes.

Membership: Open to all undergraduate students.

Time/Day TBD

Facilitated by Mike Gross, Psy.D.

Email Mike Gross to join.

Tea and Talk

Tea & Talk is an informal weekly discussion group designed for international students, scholars and spouses to reflect on and share experiences related to studying, working and building a new community and life in the U.S. and at Princeton University. A light lunch (and of course tea!) will be served at each program on first come, first served basis.

Membership: International students and dependents

Day/Time TBD

Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 397

Facilitated by Anna Braverman, Psy.D., and Davis International Center.

Email Anna Braverman to join.

Women's Meditation

This meditation space is in conjunction with the Office of Religious Life and happens once a month on Tuesdays at lunchtime.

Membership: Open to all undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff who identify as women (inclusive of all gender identities and expressions, including but not limited to trans, cisgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary people).

Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m. (9/14, 10/12, 11/9, 12/14)

Murray-Dodge Hall, Room 104.

Facilitated by Jessica Cichalski, MSW, LCSW and Dean Alison Boden, Office of Religious Life

Email Jessica Cichalski to join.

If you’d like to join a group or learn more information, please email the providers listed within each group’s descriptions. For general questions about group counseling and outreach, please email the Group Counseling & Support Coordinator, Dr. Cooper or call 609-258-3141.

For more mindfulness or mind-body group offerings, see the events calendar.

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