Well­ness Cen­ter Of­fers Group Op­tions

MISHAWAKA – Re­la­tion­ship trou­bles, stress, de­pres­sion and anx­i­ety and past trauma. With these emo­tions swirling around in the minds of col­lege stu­dents – all while jug­gling a busy sched­ule – it is of the up­most im­por­tance for them to take care of their men­tal health. Many stu­dents are un­aware of the op­tions of­fered to them by their cam­pus well­ness cen­ters. Bethel Uni­ver­sity of­fers var­i­ous coun­sel­ing op­tions to stu­dents – from deal­ing with anx­i­ety and de­pres­sion to help­ing those who ex­pe­ri­ence aca­d­e­mic dif­fi­cul­ties. Bethel also of­fers a va­ri­ety of op­tions for those who would like to seek help – from one-on-one coun­sel­ing op­tions to group ses­sions.  

The Well­ness Cen­ter of­fers one-on-one ther­apy ses­sions, which are avail­able for all Bethel stu­dents – no mat­ter the is­sue they are strug­gling with. Stu­dents have an eight-ses­sion limit that will be dis­cussed with a ther­a­pist. If you are con­sid­er­ing in­di­vid­ual ther­apy, con­tact the Well­ness Cen­ter for more in­for­ma­tion. 

While in­di­vid­ual ther­apy may not be for every­one, group op­tions open doors for stu­dents who may feel un­com­fort­able with re­ceiv­ing coun­sel­ing by them­selves. Chelsey Luke, Bethel’s Li­censed Men­tal Health Coun­selor As­so­ci­ate (LMHCA) dis­cusses the ap­peal of a group ther­apy ses­sion ver­sus a one-on-one ses­sion.  

“Group ther­apy is a way to con­nect in­di­vid­u­als who are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing sim­i­lar sit­u­a­tions/​sen­sa­tions as their peers and al­lows them to find com­mon ground. They have the abil­ity to un­der­stand that they are not alone... I think for this rea­son it is ap­peal­ing to in­di­vid­u­als to find that con­nec­tion with like-minded peo­ple who un­der­stand the strug­gle,” said Luke.  

Bethel of­fers a va­ri­ety of op­tions for stu­dents to at­tend a group ses­sion. Listed be­low are the cur­rent ses­sions be­ing of­fered; keep an eye out for other po­ten­tial groups hap­pen­ing this se­mes­ter. 

Find­ing Free­dom – Every Tues­day, 5 p.m. Or every Wednes­day, 10 a.m. 

A wom­en’s-only group for sur­vivors of sex­ual as­sault. Led by Luke. Chapel credit is of­fered but not re­quired for this group. This is a closed group – any­one par­tic­i­pat­ing should ex­pect to at­tend weekly. 

Fi­nan­cial Peace – Feb. 5 through April 8, Wednes­days, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

All stu­dents are wel­come in this open group. Stu­dents can at­tend all ses­sions or at­tend as needed. Led by Can­dice Noo­nan, Coun­sel­ing In­tern. Sign-up is en­cour­aged. 

Anx­i­ety Man­age­ment Group – March 9 through March 30, 4 p.m. 

All stu­dents are wel­come in this open group. Stu­dents are wel­come to at­tend all ses­sions or at­tend as needed. Led by Larissa Hertzberg, Coun­sel­ing In­tern.  

Feel free to call the Well­ness Cen­ter to share in­ter­est and to learn more about each group that is of­fered (574) 807-7370. If stu­dents call, they can share which groups they are in­ter­ested in at­tend­ing and pro­vide a phone num­ber/​e-mail ad­dress. Stu­dents do not need to pro­vide any per­sonal in­for­ma­tion/​his­tory be­fore group be­gins.