CAPS Workshops

Feeling curious about supportive resources available to you for your mental health? Come chat with CAPS to learn about all of the different group and workshop offerings we have coming this year! 

Schedule:

• August 31, 2026 from 12:30 - 2 pm | Foggy Bottom: H. St Terrace
• August 31, 2026 from 5 - 6 pm | Mount Vernon Campus: ACAD PATIO 200 

Change can bring a mix of emotions, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Pages of Change is an interactive journaling workshop designed to help students slow down, reflect, and develop intentional ways to navigate periods of transition. Students will explore journaling as a practical coping and self-care tool that can support stress management, emotional awareness, resilience, and overall well-being. Through guided prompts and interactive exercises, participants will have opportunities to try different journaling techniques and identify approaches that work best for them.

The workshop will also include space for identity exploration, inviting students to reflect on how their identities, experiences, communities, and sense of self may shape the ways they experience change, adjustment, belonging, and resilience.

No previous journaling experience is needed, just come ready to reflect, write, and explore. 

Facilitated by: RaShonda Riley, LICSW, LCSW and Shylyn Prentice

Scheduled: September 29, 2026 from 6 - 8 pm | MSSC

We are often our own harshest critics. Do you extend the same compassion to yourself that you offer others? When setbacks occur, do you find yourself struggling with negative self-talk, self-blame, or lingering self-doubt?

Join clinicians from GW Counseling and Psychological Services to learn practical ways to cultivate self-compassion, particularly during times of failure and adversity. Discover how treating yourself with kindness can improve resilience, well-being, and confidence. Self-compassion is more than silencing your inner critic. It is a skill; an active practice that shapes both how you think and how you live.

This workshop combines self-reflection, creative expression, and skill-building. Participants will take a self-compassion quiz, engage in a hands-on art activity, and learn practices for cultivating self-compassion and reducing self-criticism.

Scheduled: October 20, 2026 from 6 - 7:30 pm | MSSC, Room 506

Because stress piles up like nachos—let’s stack the good stuff first. Seasonal Dip is a one‑hour, hands‑on workshop where you’ll craft a literal (or craft‑supply) seven‑layer dip, each layer representing a coping skill you’ll need before heading into finals + holiday chaos. Leave with a customized “recipe card” for stress relief and a plate of chips to celebrate.

Scheduled: November 11, 2026 from 6 - 7:30 pm | Mitchell Hall 

Exam stress? Take a break from studying and recharge with a relaxing crafting session. Unwind with CAPS in a calm and supportive environment. In this one hour event, you'll work on a small craft while learning ways to manage stress during finals week.

Scheduled: December 10, 2026 at 4 pm | USC 308

This monthly workshop helps students become more thoughtful and strategic about how they cope with stress. Participants will explore specific coping skills while learning how to identify what they need, choose strategies that fit the situation, and respond more intentionally during everyday challenges and highly stressful moments. 

* Check-in at the SHC front desk upon arrival for room information. 

Facilitated by: Ahren Grebner, LPC

Schedule: 

• September 1, 2026 at 4 pm | Student Health Center
• October 6, 2026 at 4 pm | Student Health Center
• November 3, 2026 at 4 pm | Student Health Center
• December 8, 2026 at 4 pm | Student Health Center