CAPS Workshops

4/17/2023 | 11:00am-12:00pm

This one-hour workshop will focus on understanding sleep and the impact sleep has on mental health. We will discuss the difference between acute and chronic insomnia along with different ways to improve sleep (challenging dysfunctional beliefs, relaxation, stimulus control, and sleep hygiene).

4/11/2023 | 1:30-2:30pm

Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is one way to relieve or reduce aches and pains that come up from stress and muscle tension. In this workshop, you will experience PMR and learn how to use it in your everyday life. This workshop will also guide you through creating a wellness plan that will outline specific steps you can take to reduce stress and improve quality of life. The wellness plan will focus on several dimensions in life including: sleep, nutrition, academic, relationships and more.

4/5/2023 | 1:30-2:30pm

How can mindfulness improve our sexual health? Physical intimacy with others and ourselves can be hindered by societal messages - but those aren't the restraints that should be present in our sexual exploration and lives. In this one-hour discussion, we will talk about the relationship between mindfulness and sexual health, and how being intentional, present, and compassionate may unlock a healthier relationship with our own bodies and deepen our connection with others.

4/4/2023 | 11:30am-12:30pm

This one hour workshop will discuss how trauma impacts the body and discuss what that means for trauma survivors. This workshop will also discuss basic coping and resrouces for seeking treatment.

4/4/2023 | 1:30-2:30pm

Thoughts, feelings and behaviors are connected. When we modify our thoughts, we can change the way we feel and how we respond to our environment. This workshop will discuss specific ways to change negative, unhelpful thoughts into healthy thoughts and reduce stress.

3/28/2023 | 1:30-2:30pm

Imagery and visualization are evidence-based strategies to help reduce stress and anxiety. These techniques may also improve performance anxiety or interpersonal interactions.

3/21/2023 | 11:30am-12:30pm

This training is for any members of USU community who want to assist other USU students in distress by reaching out and connecting them to right resources. The training will cover signs of psychological distress, warning signs of suicide, review of available mental health resources, and ways to reach out.

3/21/2023 | 1:30-2:30pm

Ever hear the phrase “just breathe” and wonder what good breathing actually does (besides keeping you alive)? Come to this workshop to see why breathing is effective in managing stress and anxiety.

3/20/2023 | 1:00-2:00pm

Struggling to find friends? Not sure how to get your social life going at USU? This workshop is geared towards persons on the autism spectrum who want to build social skills and find new ways to connect with people around them

3/17/2023 | 11:00am-12:00pm

Struggling to focus? This one-hour workshop will give an overview of what this might look like in the classroom. This workshop will go over strategies to help students focus better in the classroom related to study skills, organizational skills, time management, etc.

3/16/2023 | 1:00-2:00pm

This training is for any members of USU community who want to assist other USU students in distress by reaching out and connecting them to right resources. The training will cover signs of psychological distress, warning signs of suicide, review of available mental health resources, and ways to reach out.

3/14/2023 | 1:30-2:30pm

Part one of this five series workshop will focus on learning about the mind/body stress response and help identify your personal triggers for stress and anxiety. You will start to create an action plan to effectively manage stress. Attend all of the workshops in the series or just a couple. Either way you will have a new approach to stress. All workshops in the series are interactive and experiential.

2/24/2023 | 11:00am-12:00pm

Diet culture tells us that our appearance and body shape are more important than physical, psychological, and general well-being. It's the idea that controlling your body, particularly your diet—by limiting what and how much you eat—is normal. This workshop will explore the harmful effects of diet culture, debunk the myths it tells us about our food and bodies, and how to take of ourselves in a world surrounded with diet culture.

2/23/2023 | 12:00-1:00pm

Negative body image is a common issue among college students. The term, “body image,” refers to the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs you hold about your body, as well as how they affect your daily life. Body acceptance is a way to build a healthier relationship with your body. In this workshop, we will explore what body image distress and body acceptance is and tools to help you move towards a place of body acceptance.

2/22/2023 | 12:00-1:00pm

This training is for any members of USU community who want to assist other USU students in distress by reaching out and connecting them to right resources. The training will cover signs of psychological distress, warning signs of suicide, review of available mental health resources, and ways to reach out.

2/22/2023 | 4:00-5:00pm

This training is for any members of USU community who want to assist other USU students in distress by reaching out and connecting them to right resources. The training will cover signs of psychological distress, warning signs of suicide, review of available mental health resources, and ways to reach out.

2/21/2023 | 4:00-5:00pm

Eating disorders are often confused or overlooked due to society's idealization of thin bodies and dieting, but eating disorders are serious, life-threatening mental illnesses. This workshop will explore signs, symptoms, and causes of eating disorders, options for seeking care, and how you can support someone going through an eating disorder.

2/9/2023 | 1:30-2:30pm

This training is for any members of USU community who want to assist other USU students in distress by reaching out and connecting them to right resources. The training will cover signs of psychological distress, warning signs of suicide, review of available mental health resources, and ways to reach out.

1/27/2023 | 12noon-1:00pm

This one-hour workshop will focus on understanding and naming emotions; reducing vulnerability to emotion mind; and managing extreme emotions.

1/24/2023 | 4:00-5:00pm

This training is for any members of USU community who want to assist other USU students in distress by reaching out and connecting them to right resources. The training will cover signs of psychological distress, warning signs of suicide, review of available mental health resources, and ways to reach out.

1/20/2023 | 12noon-1:00pm

This one-hour workshop will focus on skills training that are concerned with tolerating and surviving crises (including crises caused by addictive behaviors) and with accepting life as it is in the moment.

1/18/2022 | 3:30-4:30pm

This 90-min. workshop will teach evidence-based methods for tackling both the biological and psychological components of seasonal depression.

1/17/2023 | 12:00-1:00pm

This training is for any members of USU community who want to assist other USU students in distress by reaching out and connecting them to right resources. The training will cover signs of psychological distress, warning signs of suicide, review of available mental health resources, and ways to reach out.

1/16/2023 | 1:30-2:30pm

This training is for any members of USU community who want to assist other USU students in distress by reaching out and connecting them to right resources. The training will cover signs of psychological distress, warning signs of suicide, review of available mental health resources, and ways to reach out.

1/13/2023 | 11:00am-12:00pm

Urgh, adulting in college is hard! This one-hour workshop will focus on the basics of mindfulness and how to incorporate it into your day-to-day college life to increase well-being and decrease stress.

1/11/2023 | 4:00-5:00pm

This training is for any members of USU community who want to assist other USU students in distress by reaching out and connecting them to right resources. The training will cover signs of psychological distress, warning signs of suicide, review of available mental health resources, and ways to reach out.