Join our new RIO workshops!

Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:50:38 -0500

The Counseling Center is excited to announce a new workshop series called RIO (Recognition, Insight, Openness). These workshops are FREE and open to all UMBC Students. You do NOT need to be a Counseling Center client to join!

We hope students will find RIO helpful in learning to recognize and better manage daily concerns. Many people pursue therapy with the idea that their therapist will know exactly how to “fix” them. RIO is specifically designed to help you get a better idea of what you want to change and how to get there. RIO consists of 3 weekly seminars. In order to get the most out of the series, it is important to complete all 3 seminars in addition to the reading and exercises in this workbook.

The main goals of RIO are to give you tools to recognize your concerns and to develop a clearer idea of what you want to change in your life. Once you have developed your roadmap to change, you will have a better idea of where you need to go. You may decide to continue on your own or enlist other resources such as friends, family, advisors, professors, or professionals to help you reach your goals. Another goal of these workshops is to help students learn new and flexible strategies to deal with emotional pain other than avoidance. It is our hope that students will complete the series with new "tools" in their psychological "toolbox," a higher level of self-understanding, and increased resilience.

The next RIO workshop series begins on February 24th at 4pm in Commons 328. Subsequent sessions will follow weekly on March 2nd and March 9th at 4pm.

To sign up for this series, fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/a/umbc.edu/forms/d/1spxz4R3AVbNYDpqu7wOGrNeM8HBfnfW_7tm1ijS8PeY/viewform

We will contact you to confirm that we have received your enrollment.

For more information about or to sign up for RIO workshops, contact: Melissa Lean(mlean@umbc.edu) or Tymesha Pendleton(tpendlet@umbc.edu)