Groups, Workshops and Events!
Joining a counseling group offers the opportunity to build connections, develop coping skills, and engage with a counselor in a group setting with other students, we offer a variety of processing groups, drop-in groups and skill-based groups.
Attending a workshop is an opportunity to build connections and learn about a specific topic. Staff, faculty and students are all welcome to request specific workshops as well. Reach out to counseling@middlebury.edu with your idea!
Counseling also offers regular wellness days, retreats, speakers and other events in collaboration with our partners.
Our Approach
Group therapy, skills series, and counseling workshops are effective and powerful forms of therapy. In groups, students not only have the chance to share their experiences, but can also hear from peers. Sharing stories can help us to feel less alone, since we are all figuring out how to live and learn together, understanding aspects of our identities, and more.
Some groups and programs are:
- open and anyone can join
- drop-in and anyone can attend any number of sessions at any time
- registration required and completing a form, interview, or other screening process is required
Current Group Offerings and Community Programming
Keep an eye on this space as more offerings are regularly posted!
Join us at the Innovation Hub on Saturday 10/18!
Connect with others around grief and loss through creative expression at the Prism Center. Come to one or come to all! Please RSVP.
Week 1: 10/16 Collaging and connection. Share space with others and create collage around your own experiences of grief and loss .
Week 2: 10/23 Letters to your Heart. Write a letter to your grief, a loved, the world.
Week 3: 10/30 Growing with your Grief. Connect with others and the earth while potting up a plant to bring to your room.
Facilitated by Nick Parrish and Bridget Brownrigg
A 6-week supportive space to connect, share, and build skills.
Thursdays Thursdays 10/9-11/13 3:00-4:30 at the HWE conference space in Ross
Contemplate, relax, and deepen your relationship with the more than human world.
Scan the QR code or email nparrish@middlebury.edu to sign up or get more info!
A Pop-Up Care Space at The AFC
9/16 and 11/18 3:30-5:00
Inviting Balance
A Stress Management Group 9/23 and 11/11/25
Tuesdays in Mitchell Green Lounge 4:15-5:30
Come chat informally with a counselor in the Prism Center!
- Questions about counseling? Ideas for support? Curious about mental health resources? Want to talk about pets? Just want to drink tea?
- Fridays 4:00-4:30 at the Prism Center-Poster to be updated
- email Nick at nparrish@middlebury.edu with any questions
Join us Thursday, 11/13/25 from 3:00-5:00 PM in the Care Management office to sew catnip toys!
No experience necessary!
Supplies and snacks provided!