Promoting Educational & Emotional Resilience (PEER)

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  • Weekly psychoeducational workshops to help students develop resiliency skills utilizing techniques derived from evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral (DBT), and Acceptance & Commitment (ACT) therapies, Mindfulness and Resiliency training in collaboration with the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD) and Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS).
  • PEER participants will also have a dedicated practical application support group to allow students to discuss what they learn in the weekly psychoeducation workshops and how they apply it in their own lives in an informal, supportive environment.

PEER: Promoting Education & Emotional Resilience is designed for students with mental health conditions in mind. PEER will consist of 6-weekly psychoeducation workshops to help students develop resiliency skills utilizing techniques derived from evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Dialectical Behavior (DBT), and Acceptance & Commitment (ACT) therapies, Mindfulness and Resiliency training in collaboration with the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD) and Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS). PEER seeks to empower students to learn about their mental health, develop positive coping skills, and successfully maneuver barriers they face in the academic environment. Each weekly workshop will contain different skill development opportunities in topics such as: mindfulness and mindful awareness, acceptance of one’s diagnosis, executive functioning, behavioral activation and cognitive reframing, emotion regulation and resiliency training. PEER participants will also have a dedicated practical application support group to allow students to discuss what they learned in the weekly psychoeducation workshops and how they apply it in their own lives, as well as build community in an informal, supportive environment. Participants are expected to commit to all six weeks of the program, approximately 2 hours per week.

Please contact Shelby Gombosi (rossshel@msu.edu) with questions. Dates for the 6-week PEER program and additional information on sign up will be available closer to fall semester.