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By USucceed, August 29, 2017 3:40 pm

Be sure to take care of yourself! Be mindful of your inner peace and ways to maintain a healthy balance of all aspects of your life:  family, work, school, and community.

UMKC Counseling Services offers several groups designed to support you and your well-being.  For questions or to register, please contact Dr. Yano Procopio at 816-235-6467 or procopios@umkc.edu.

For all groups, students must attend a 30 minute initial consultation meeting.

RIO (Recognition, Insight, Orientation)

Our newest offering! RIO is a three session (60 minutes per session) workshop focused on coping with emotional distress and psychological pain. The hoped-for outcome is for students to RECOGNIZE emotional distress and psychological pain when it is occurring, gain further INSIGHT into how these impact life, and develop OPENNESS and flexibility to novel ways of coping and increasing well-being.  Students will learn practical skills throughout each session. RIO workshops to begin the week of August 28^th.

Understanding Self and Others

Students facing depression, anxiety, relationship problems, family issues, loneliness, trauma, and grief and loss may be appropriate for these groups. Group members may use group to work towards enhancing their relationships and social support networks, as well as to learn more about coping with the impact of obstacles they face. Days and times for these groups are established based on availability of group members. These groups last 10 to 12 weeks and each session is 90 minutes. These groups will be held at UMKC Counseling Services.

Building Mindfulness

This is a weekly skill-building and practice group and where members will learn how to apply mindfulness skills in everyday life.  Mindfulness helps in many ways, including improving focus, managing stress, increasing serenity, enhancing stability, and fostering wisdom.  Sessions for the group are:

• Wednesdays from 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm, held at the MindBody Connection in the Atterbury Student Success Center. This group begins on Sept 6th and will last 4 weeks.
• Tuesdays from 12:05 pm to 12:45 pm, held at Health Sciences Building 4307.  To register for the Hospital Hill group, please contact Dr. Rachel Pierce at piercerac@umkc.edu.
  • Session 1 begins on Sept 19th and lasts 5 weeks
  • Session 2 begins on Oct 24th and lasts 5 weeks

Body Wellness Group

This is a weekly group for students wanting to explore body image, their relationship with food, and disordered eating. The day and time for this group is established based on availability of group members. This group lasts 10 to 12 weeks and each session is 90 minutes. This group will be held at UMKC Counseling Services.

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By USucceed, June 8, 2017 3:32 pm

Need a space to sit quietly and reflect? There are several locations across campus that are available to students, faculty, and staff to meditate or pray.

Please remember:

• Use the room for its intended purpose
• Be respectful
• Please remove your shoes
• No sleeping
• Any music must be at a low volume as not to disrupt others

MindBody Connection – Atterbury Student Success Center

Open Monday-Friday, 11am-5pm.

The MBC has a quiet room that can be used for prayer and meditation.  They also have a massage chair to help ease your tension!  Both are available on a first-come, first-served availability.

Miller Nichols Learning Center Meditation Room – room 355

Open when the building is open.

Bloch Heritage Hall – room 16

Open when the building is open.

School of Medicine – room M1-402

Open when the building is open.

Truman Medical Center – Borden Interfaith Chapel

Open every day from 8am to 9pm.

The Borden Interfaith Chapel is located off the main lobby of the medical center (first floor). It is a welcoming sacred space for all people.  Regular worship services include Islamic Salat-Ul-Juma every Friday at 1:15pm and Christian Worship on Sundays at noon.

Please note:  Truman Medical Center is not affiliated with UMKC, but their chapel is open to all.  Please follow any posted guidelines or instructions as a guest of their facility.

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By USucceed, April 27, 2017 3:23 pm

Get ready for a study break!  Cuddle with puppies, have late-night breakfast, get a massage, and hang out with Sporting KC.

The Student Union will have late hours with free coffee and popcorn (while supplies last)–check out the flier below for more details.  Good luck and stress less!