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GROUPS

In addition to individual counseling, the University Counseling Center offers a host of group experiences for all students, faculty, and staff. Below is a list of group offerings followed by descriptions of the various programs – their aims, foci, and formats. If you are interested in more information about any of our groups, please contact the group leader listed in the description or call the University Counseling Center (662-915-3784).

                                        

• Al-Anon
• Cook, Eat, Share
• Early Intervention Group
• Homesick Support Group
• Just One Breath
• Loving Kindness Meditation
• Making Peace with Food
• Post Hospitalization
• Sit and Sip Tea Meditation
• UM Recovery Community
• USO - Understanding Self and Others

 

 

ALLIES

The ALLIES program seeks to foster a campus climate of safety, acceptance, support and respect for all students, regardless of sexual identity and orientation. Through the use of experiential exercises and accurate information, the program highlights and challenges common myths, misperceptions and biases regarding gays, lesbians and bisexuals. Students are alerted and educated as to the rights, respectful treatment and kind consideration of gay, lesbian and bisexual students. And faculty and staff are trained to serve as mentors and advocates for gay, lesbian and bisexual students in need.

 

Ole Miss is vowing to make things better:

 

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For additional information, please contact Vicki Mahan at vlmahan@olemiss.edu or by calling (662)915-3789.

 

Al-Anon Meeting

 

Traditional 12 step Support Group supporting those friends and family who are affected by the abuse of alcohol and drugs. 

 

This meeting is held on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Counseling Center.  No need to call first, but if you have questions, please contact the University Counseling Center, 662-915-3784.

 

 

Cook, Eat, Share

 

Cook Eat Share is an international group that is composed of a wide variety of cultural diversities, such as China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, France, Brazil, Ecuador, India, and America. The group meets once a week for two to two and half hours each time. Despite the wide range of cultural differences, every group member also has various levels of English comment and acculturalization degree. Food, a tool or a bridge, is the universal language that connects all the differences.

Cook Eat Share advocates cultural learning internally among group members and externally to the local community. An external example is hosting a luncheon or dinner seminar, offering authentic ethnic food and first-hand cultural information. Internally, members actively involve in the process of preparing, cooking, tasting food, and culture exchange within the group.

 

This Group meets on Fridays from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Counseling Center.  For more information, please contact Shilpa Shirur or Zhiyan Sheng at ceshare@olemiss.edu or call 662-915- 3784.

 

 

Early Intervention Group

 

For students seeking a safe space to examine alcohol and drug use habits.

 

For more information, contact  Keysha at 662-915-3784.

 

 

Homesick Support Group

 

This is a support group for students experiencing feelings of homesickness or difficulties adjusting to Ole Miss.

 

For additional information, contact Nadia at 662-915-3784.

 

 

Just One-Breath

 

Through the ages the practice of meditation has taken many different forms, but the process appears to be one and the same: deliberate stillness and attention. And the benefits accrued from a sustained practice of meditation, whatever form the path might take, appear to be reliable ones: serenity, clarity, relaxation, self-assurance and compassion.

 

As a way of planting the seed of meditation in our community, the Just One-Breath sitting group meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 9:00 a.m. at the University Counseling Center. All students, faculty and staff are invited. For further information, contact Dean Worsham or Camp Best at 662-915-3784.

 

Loving Kindness Meditation

 

 

This group is a guided meditation focusing upon extending first love to ourselves, then love to all others.

 

This group meets on Thursdays from 5:30 - 6:30 at the Counseling Center.  For more information, contact Camp Best at ncbest1@olemiss.edu.

 

 

Making Peace With Food

 

 

Maybe you have been diagnosed as having an eating disorder.  Maybe you haven't but you know that you struggle every day with food and your body.  This group is open to anyone who would like to examine their relationship with food and their body.  Space is limited, but we have many services available.

 

This group meets on Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.   .If you know someone who may benefit, please encourage them to call Josie at 662-915-3784 or email counslg@olemiss.edu for more information.

 

 

Post Hospitalization

 

This group is for anyone who may have recently left or will soon be leaving inpatient, partial, or residential treatment. This group will address the difficulty of leaving the structured environment of treatment and will support those in recovery from various addictions and eating disorders as they transition back to the college environment.

 

 

Sit and Sip Tea Meditation

 

This is a tea meditation, with a mindfulness component.

 

This group will meet on Thursdays from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. at the Counseling Center.  For more information, contact Dean Worsham at the Counseling Center, 662-915-3784.

 

 

UM Recovery Community

 

 

The UMRC provides many forms of support for students in recovery from addiction.

 

For more information, please contact Amy Fisher at recovery@olemiss.edu.  See our website at www.olemiss.edu/recovery.

 

 

USO - Understanding Self and Others

 

 

This is a process group designed to assist its members in learning about themselves, how they interact with others, and how they might be able to reach out and connect better with the world around them.

 

This is a closed group with limited available space for placements.  If you are interested, please call Vicki at 662-915-3784 to receive more information and schedule a screening appointment.

 

Way of the Heart

This is a process group designed to assist its members in learning about themselves, how they interact with others, and how they might be able to reach out and connect better with the world around them.

 

The aim of the Way of the Heart program is to heal the past and present wounds of racial separateness among those of us attending and working at the University of Mississippi, and in doing so, create true human community here at the University of Mississippi – a human community in which all persons are accorded dignity, respect and value. Carried out in a small group format over a seven-week period, each weekly meeting focuses on one or more key component skills in relieving emotional suffering, relating with loving kindness and building a healthy community. For more information on the Way of the Heart program, contact   Dean Worsham at 662-915-3784.