As we gear up for a new year of programming and opportunities to engage, we at the Center for Democracy and Civic Life would like to hear from you! As you know, many of our programs (e.g. Dinner with Friends, Change Makers Dinner) create opportunities for UMBC community members to have meaningful conversations with each other about topics that are important to them.

What would you like to talk about this year? Your thoughts on topics or issues you’d like to discuss at these events will inform our planning. Please enter your thoughts here by August 11, 2023.

We greatly appreciate your time. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Retriever Integrated Health Summer 2023 Groups and Workshops

This summer, RIH is offering students the opportunity to participate in a counseling group or workshop to help build skills as they navigate summer courses or prepare for the Fall 2023 semester.

You've Got This Group is a 4-week program based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy. It is intended to help students develop the tools they need to cope with some of the challenges they experience daily. The program utilizes evidence-based skills and strategies designed to reduce symptoms of distress and increase positive coping strategies. Topics include mindfulness, thought as thought, emotion as emotion, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Anxiety Toolbox is a three-session workshop series focused on helping students understand anxiety symptoms and build skills to manage them. Modules are as follows: 1) understanding anxiety, 2) introducing a method for slowing down and disentangling the experience of anxiety, and 3) developing alternative responses to anxiety. Students will leave the workshop with an individualized plan for managing anxiety. Students can join this workshop at any time following completing a triage appointment.

The first step to joining any group is to complete a triage appointment. Please call 410-455-2542 to schedule this brief assessment. During your triage appointment, please tell your provider you are interested in joining a group or workshop and which group or workshop you want to join.

For general group questions, please secure message our Group Coordinator, Lauren Mirzakhalili, via the patient portal: http://myretrievercare.umbc.edu/.

All summer groups and workshops will be held virtually. Due to licensure laws, group members need to be in Maryland to participate in a group. Workshop participants may be out of state for the workshop but must be in Maryland for the triage appointment.

The Office of Health Promotion's (OHP) summer hours will be Tuesday – Thursday 8:30 AM-5:00 PM, until August 14, 2023. During this time, staff will be available in-person Tuesday-Thursday. On Mondays and Fridays, staff will be available virtually. 

All Mind Spa locations will be closed during the summer. Mind Spa locations will reopen on the first day of classes, August 30, 2023.