Fall 2025
Artistic Expression Therapy Group
Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Contact: Meagan Shorey
This group will provide opportunities for participants to utilize artistic expression to develop creative problem-solving, emotional expression, and coping skills. Through weekly art prompts and using a range of mixed media, group members will create independent projects and collaborate on projects with others. This is a group for any level of artistic skill or interest.
Graduate Student Thesis Support Group
Monday: 10 – 11:30 a.m.
Contact: Chelly Bready
This group provides a supportive environment for doctoral students to address the academic, professional, and personal challenges involved in completing a doctoral thesis. Common topics include maintaining work/life balance, staying motivated in the face of obstacles, setting achievable goals, and working effectively with one’s advisor.
Graduate Men's Group
Friday: 10 – 11:30 a.m.
Contact: Andy Smith
This group provides Georgia Tech men (graduate students) the opportunity to discuss a range of topics in their lives. Common topics include dealing with the pressures and expectations related to being a man in our society, academic and career concerns, managing anger and other emotions, and communicating effectively in relationships.
Graduate Women's Group
Tuesday: 10 – 11:30 a.m.
Contact: Irene Dalton
A group that allows Georgia Tech graduate student women to connect with others around personal, academic, and relationship issues.
Grief and Loss
Monday: 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Contact: Mack Bowers
Grief is a normal human response to loss that can bring complicated emotions. It can be healing to share these feelings with people who are going through the same grief process. This group is for students who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. Group members will be offered a safe space for expression, reflection, exploration, as well as support for coping with the loss.
International Student Support Group
TBD
Contact: Lizzie Qu
Coming to the United States to study can be an exciting adventure and an opportunity for tremendous growth. At the same time, adjusting to new social and academic cultures can pose several challenges. This support group provides a place for international students at Georgia Tech to discuss their strengths and challenges, review pertinent issues, and find encouragement and support to increase adjustment to life in the U.S. The group is open to undergraduate and graduate international students at Georgia Tech.
Mind Over Mood
Wednesday: 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Contact: Fran Baumgartner
This group will help participants better understand the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. In addition, participants will be able to identify common problematic thought patterns, as well as learn concepts and skills to modify the thought patterns that cause negative moods and anxiety.
Overcoming Social Anxiety
Tuesday: 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Contact: Shiraz Karaa
This group provides you with a new way of understanding anxiety and gives you an opportunity to build social confidence in a structured and time-limited setting. Group members develop specific techniques to improve the quality of their social interactions. Homework between sessions promotes new skills and independence.
RPG Therapy Group
Monday: 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Contact: Andrew Stochel and Tara Holdampf
Role-playing games (RPG) like Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), Pathfinder, and Quest allow participants to take on the persona of fictional characters and to complete daring adventures across mysterious worlds. This therapy group takes core elements of these games and a creative playful approach to challenge students to set goals that will improve their behavior, attitude, and mindset in the real world.
Understanding Self and Others
These groups provide opportunities for students to discuss issues and concerns that create stumbling blocks to success. These groups examine relationships, communication styles, stress management, and general life concerns. In addition, there is a focus on the “process” or dynamic that plays out between group members, which allows members to provide and receive feedback, as well as process their reactions to other group members. There are a number of therapy groups that are offered at various times.
All Students
Wednesday: 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Contact: Andrew Stochel
Thursday: 5 – 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Chelly Bready
Graduate Students
Thursday: 5 – 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Andy Smith
For more information about our groups or to check whether a group is still open for the semester, please contact our current Group Coordinator, Dr. Andy Smith, at andysmith@gatech.edu.
To contact staff associated with a particular group from the list below, call 404-894-2575 or reach out to them directly via email.
To discuss the possibility of joining one of our counseling groups, please schedule an initial consultation session.