Drop-in Sessions
Drop-in sessions offered by the CTC are an easy way to connect more informally with a CTC therapist. Students have the opportunity to learn about mental health topics and develop skills that support their mental wellness without engaging in regular individual or group therapy.
Drop-in sessions:
- Require no long-term commitment—come whenever it feels helpful!
- Are generally focused on a particular topic or skill—read the descriptions below.
- Are confidential - no information is gathered or kept about who attends.
- Are not counseling or a crisis service.
Spring 2022 Drop-in Sessions
Mental Health Mondays provides quick mental health tips to U of I students who would like to improve their mental wellbeing. The topics vary each week and are focused on common concerns that students may have that impact their mental health. Drop in and learn some skills to improve your wellbeing!
Date: Mondays from 5:00-5:30 p.m. PST
Location: Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 826 3290 5037
Meeting Passcode: health
Weekly Topics & Descriptions:
- Monday, Jan. 24: Get Some Sleep!
- Monday, Jan.31: Battling Homesickness
- Monday, Feb. 7: Getting Motivated
- Monday, Feb. 14: Self-Love!
- Monday, Feb. 28: Using Your Time Better
- Monday, March 7: Managing Stress
- Monday, March 21: Creating Healthy Boundaries
- Monday, March 28: Mindfulness for Mental Health
- Monday, April 4: Reducing Procrastination
- Monday, April 11: Grounding 101
- Monday, April 18: Getting Motivated
- Monday, April 25: Get Some Sleep!
- Monday, May 2: Managing Stress
Soothe Your Anxiety is for U of I students who are looking to better understand anxiety and develop some quick tools to cope with the symptoms they may experience. Each half-hour workshop will feature information about anxiety and an easy to learn coping skill. Whether you have experienced anxiety for a long time or are experiencing it for the first time in response to current events, this workshop can help. The workshop features 5 different topics over the course of 5 weeks, designed to give students a quick option to learn anxiety management skills – attend them all or pick and choose.
Date: Thursdays from 4:30-5:00 p.m. PST
Location: Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 840 4843 9522
Passcode: soothe
Weekly Topics & Descriptions:
- Thursday, Feb. 3: Being Mindful of Your Thoughts
We will focus on identifying automatic thoughts and using mindfulness as a tool to manage them. - Thursday, Feb. 10: Challenging Anxious Thoughts
We will focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and how to challenge anxious thoughts. - Thursday, Feb. 17: What Am I Feeling—Stress or Anxiety?
We will focus on the differences between stress and anxiety and how to use journaling to explore and process those feelings. - Thursday, Feb. 24: Fight, Flight, Freeze—Breathe!
We will focus on learning more about how the fight, flight, and freeze response connects to anxiety and using breathing to counteract that response. - Thursday, March 3: Making Sense of Anxiety
We will focus on how to better understand your anxiety symptoms during specific situations by identifying them as thoughts, behaviors, emotions, and physical sensations. - Thursday, March 10: Being Mindful of Your Thoughts
We will focus on identifying automatic thoughts and using mindfulness as a tool to manage them. - Thursday, March 24: Challenging Anxious Thoughts
We will focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and how to challenge anxious thoughts. - Thursday, March 31: What Am I Feeling—Stress or Anxiety?
We will focus on the differences between stress and anxiety and how to use journaling to explore and process those feelings. - Thursday, April 7: Fight, Flight, Freeze—Breathe!
We will focus on learning more about how the fight, flight, and freeze response connects to anxiety and using breathing to counteract that response. - Thursday, April 14: Making Sense of Anxiety
We will focus on how to better understand your anxiety symptoms during specific situations by identifying them as thoughts, behaviors, emotions, and physical sensations. - Thursday, April 21: Being Mindful of Your Thoughts
We will focus on identifying automatic thoughts and using mindfulness as a tool to manage them. - Thursday, April 28: Challenging Anxious Thoughts
We will focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and how to challenge anxious thoughts. - Thursday, May 5: Fight, Flight, Freeze—Breathe!
We will focus on learning more about how the fight, flight, and freeze response connects to anxiety and using breathing to counteract that response. - Thursday, May 12: Being Mindful of Your Thoughts
We will focus on identifying automatic thoughts and using mindfulness as a tool to manage them.