Want to join a group?

Read more about each group below!

For more information or to sign up for a group, contact us by emailing wellbeing@mst.edu, calling 573-341-4211, or visiting 204 Norwood Hall.

All groups are held in 204 Norwood Hall unless otherwise stated

 BODY POSITIVITY

Explore and discover your personal body image strengths and vulnerabilities in a safe environment, create new perspectives and experiences of mindful body acceptance, build confidence about how you look and who you are. This group is led by a counselor.

Fall 2025: TBD

FOCUS LAB (MOTIVATION)

Focus Lab is a structured support group designed to help students build motivation, manage attention challenges, and improve task follow-through. The group explores how daily routines, mental habits, and common barriers like procrastination and distraction affect productivity, and teaches evidence-based strategies to support focus, executive functioning, and goal achievement. Participants build self-awareness and learn how to leverage their own strengths to make meaningful progress.  Focus Lab offers a supportive and practical space for personal growth. This group is led by a counselor.

Fall 2025: TBD

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

Relationships can deeply affect our emotional well-being—especially when communication breaks down or boundaries are unclear. This group provides a supportive space to explore how relationship challenges may contribute to feelings of anxiety and depression. Together, we work on building healthy communication skills, setting boundaries, and resolving conflicts in constructive ways to foster stronger, more affirming connections. This group is led by a counselor.

Fall 2025: TBD

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SUPPORT

Connect with other international students, share your experiences, build friendships, manage stress, and thrive during times of change. This group is led by a counselor. Sign up here.

Fall 2025: Tuesdays, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Toomey 296

MINERS FOR RECOVERY

Miners For Recovery is a supportive campus community for students navigating substance use and recovery. We offer open, judgment-free discussions, tools for personal growth, and proactive relapse prevention strategies to help you stay grounded in your goals even during challenging times. Recovery isn’t about perfection; it’s about progress, connection, and resilience. This is not an abstinence-only group. This group is led by a counselor and staff member.

Fall 2025: TBD

RESILIENCY SKILLS TRAINING (ReST)

ReST will utilize several resiliency exercises that can be practiced regularly, or called upon during times of stress. Each individual exercise has been selected because of its demonstrated effectiveness in helping people: Improve physical and emotional health; Strengthen relationships and social connections; Reduce stress, anxiety, and depression; Increase academic and work performance; Manage challenges and difficulties; and Achieve goals. The ReST workshop is a 4-week program. Sign up here.

Fall 2025: TBD

SAFE SPACE

Experience the encouragement of others exploring their identity and support each other on the journey through college and beyond. Possible group activities include navigating college issues, sharing local & nationwide supports, practicing healthy self-care habits, processing stress & practicing coping skills, role-playing difficult conversations, discussing healthy dating practices, and much more. This group is led by a counselor.

Fall 2025: TBD

SAFETY/PTSD SUPPORT (SCREENING REQUIRED)

Participate in a structured, supportive environment designed to help students reduce symptoms of PTSD and strengthen their sense of personal safety. Through guided sessions and therapeutic strategies, the group fosters healing, resilience, and emotional stability. This group is led by a counselor.

Fall 2025: TBD

STRESS MANAGEMENT

Struggling to balance school, relationships, or life in general? This group offers tools to help you better understand and manage your stress. Learn practical techniques like mindfulness, time management, and healthier thinking patterns—all in a supportive environment that encourages sharing and connection. This group is led by a counselor.

Fall 2025: TBD

SOCIAL CONFIDENCE (SCREENING REQUIRED)

Looking to feel more at ease in social settings? This group is designed to help students build confidence through peer support, interactive activities, and guided strategies for effective communication. You'll explore ways to manage anxiety, read social cues, speak up with clarity, and foster authentic connections—all in a safe and welcoming space. This group is led by a counselor.

Fall 2025: TBD

STOPP ANXIETY

Learn what drives anxiety and how to interrupt its cycle using the STOPP method: Stop, Take a breath, Open up to your thoughts and emotions, Proceed mindfully, and Practice the technique. You'll discover how the central nervous system influences anxiety and how to regulate fight-or-flight responses. Build self-awareness and emotional insight while practicing mindful meditation and vagus nerve exercises. Through experiential activities, mindfulness-based techniques, and peer support, you'll develop practical strategies to improve anxiety management and foster personal growth. This group is led by a counselor.

Fall 2025: TBD

STOPP ANXIETY 2.0

STOPP Anxiety 2.0 is taking the foundational learning of STOPP anxiety techniques to the next level and diving deeper into learning ways to stop/ manage/resolve anxiety. STOPP Anxiety 2.0 will engage students in learning techniques through the medium of Polyvagal exercises, mindful meditation, aroma therapy, sound therapy, and other experiential techniques. STOPP Anxiety is a prerequisite. This group is led by a counselor.

Fall 2025: Not offered this semester

PROJECTCONNECT (Peer-Led)

ProjectConnect is a fun, 6-session student-led program now being offered on campus aimed at helping students build social connections and community on campus. Students meet in groups of 4-6 over the course of six 1-hour sessions, and engage in a series of thought-provoking questions and fun activities, ending with a group event. Sign ups are at the beginning of each semester. Learn more and sign up here.

Fall 2025: TBD