FAU COUNSELING & PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES (CAPS), BOCA
SPRING THERAPY GROUPS 2012
* Groups are confidential, free, open to students, and led by professional staff. 
If interested contact us at 561-297-3540 to schedule a brief intake meeting with one of our counselors.  We are on the 2 ^nd floor above the breezeway food court RM 229. If reasonable accommodation(s) for a disability will be required, please contact the 1st group faciliator listed before for each group @ 561-297-3540 (of Florida Relay TDD 1-800-955-8771) a minimum of five (5) working days in advance of the date of the event.*

• Graduate Student Personal Growth Group -Come explore, understand yourself better, and improve ways of relating to others. Get support in navigating the waters of graduate school. This us a confidential group open to male and female graduate students who want to expand their ways of coping and learn more about their relationships with others and themselves. 
  Group Facilitator:  Rhonda Seiman, Ph.D. & Jamie Powderly, M.A.
   Day/Time: Mondays @ 1:00pm to 2:30pm

• Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Therapy Group - Have you ever wanted a safe space to explore and talk with other about the challenges, pains, and joys of being gay, lesbian, or bisexual? If so this group is an opportunity for you to do just that. We will meet on a weekly basis in a confidential and affirming group to talk and offer each other support. We will explore themse that are relevant to your life such as intimate relationships with family & friends, coming out, being out, identity, and ways to embrace all of who you are. 
  Group Facilitator: Jill Hranicka, Psy.D. and Jeffrey Gause, M.S
  Day/Time: Wednesdays @ 1:00pm to 2:30pm

• Personal Growth Group - Come explore, understand yourself better, and learn ways to nurture your growth. This is a confidential psychotherapy group open students who want to participate in art therapy, experientail self-awareness activities, open discussion, and much more. 
  Group Facilitator: Jon Sperry, Ph.D., LCSW, LMHC & Corynne Carranza, BA 
  Day/Time: Tuesdays @ 10:00am to 11:30am

• Experiential Processing Therapy Group - Come explore, connect with other students, and learn about yourself. This supportive group will give you the opportunity to explore relatipnshop challenges, communication concerns, gender expectations, and overall self-care. This is a processhis is a supportive group for all students to explore communication concerns, relationship issues, and overall self-care. This is a process-oriented and action methods group designed for students who want to work through life's difficulties. This group offers students the chance to practice social skills, to make improvements in self-esteem, and to heal from the past as needed.
  Group Facilitator: M.A. Lawless Coker, Psy.D, LMFT & Giovanna Rivano de Gomez, MS
  Day/Time: Fridays @ 10:00am to 11:30am

• Personal Growth Group - This is a confidential and supportive psychotherapy group open to male and female students who want to expand their ways of coping and learn more about themselves and others. Participants are encouraged to learn healthy ways to manage feeligns and express them appropriately. This is an opportunity to learn more about your relationshops and dvelop helpful tools for success in school, work, and other areas of life.
  Group Facilitator: Rhonda Seiman, Ph.D.
  Day/Time: Fridays @ 1:00pm to 2:30pm

FAU students that participate in group counseling are saying …“I realized I am not alone.”