Multiple weekly workshops teach calm-increasing skills and activities like meditation, Tai Chi and improving interpersonal skills.ĬAPS counselor Matthew Tomatz facilitates a weekly group called Feel Good Fridays devoted to instilling a sense of calm in stressed-out students so they can enjoy the weekend. Students can access all CAPS services on a free, walk-in/call-in basis, including up to six sessions of one-on-one counseling per academic year and group therapy options facilitated by a CAPS counselor. “We see students for a wide range of issues,” said Andrea Iglesias, psychologist at CAPS, “from stress to academic concerns to struggles with the transition to college life.” CU’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers an array of options for students seeking stress relief. Resident Advisors and student groups can also schedule their own Havens through the Wardenburg website.Ĭommunity Health isn’t the only department on campus that helps students cope with stress. Partnering with the Student Outreach and Retention Center for Equity (SORCE), Havens are hosted every other Wednesday during the school year at SORCE’s chili pot events (beginning Sept. One resource provided by Community Health is The Haven, a stress-reduction workshop that offers brief chair massage and aromatherapy while teaching relaxation techniques. Students don’t always have to find their own methods to unwind. “Maintaining vicinity and attachments (to important people and activities) is protective and stress-reducing.” “Meet more people, build study skills and exercise,” Scriggins said. There are many ways to build relaxation into a daily routine, Scriggins said. “‘Bad’ stress makes people feel immobilized and unproductive.”Ĭommunity Health works to help students recognize stress and its causes, then develop beneficial coping mechanisms. “‘Good’ stress makes people do stuff when they need to get it done,” said Lee Scriggins, of Community Health at CU’s Wardenburg Health Center. The key is differentiating between “good” and “bad” stress. Stress can be tied to a number of different issues, from physical illness to substance abuse to relationship troubles.
Plenty of students feel the pressure, so there are many resources at CU to help cope with stress and determine when it’s taking a toll.
When you’re balancing academics, extracurricular activities and social life, stress is an inevitable part of the college experience.
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