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Off-Campus Therapy

Interested in finding a therapist in the community? The UCS Community Provider Data can help!

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Clear Your Mind, Not Just Your To-Do List: 8 Common Thinking Traps to Avoid

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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Spring Clean Your Feed: Making Social Media Work for You

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Mental Health Around the World: Journey Through Your Emotions

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Upcoming Events

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Intro to Mindfulness Workshop for Students

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 6:00pm to 7:15pm
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
Sign up for a free, 4-week workshop to learn mindfulness meditation in community with other students

Managing Academic & Career Pressures Mindfully

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 12:40pm to 1:40pm
Boyd Law Building

Join us for Part II of the Mindful Lawyer Workshop Series! 💡 We’ll explore career expectations, comparison stress, and ways to process your feelings mindfully. Reflect through journaling, join the discussion, and pick up strategies to manage academic and career stress while caring for your mental health. 📝

All students welcome; prior attendance at Part I of the workshop is not required! Bring your journal, if you have one; if not, we’ll have one available. Come ready to reflect, connect, and...

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Habit Hacks Workshop for Students

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 6:00pm to 7:15pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Sign up for a free, 4-week workshop to tackle your goals
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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, October 30, 2025 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Bowman House

Success, Not Excess provides a small, safe and supportive space for UI students wanting to make or considering changes in their alcohol or other drug use. The group emphasizes success in academics, relationships, mental and physical health, and other goals through reducing alcohol and other drug use. Meetings are provided by the UI Collegiate Recovery Program. For more information, please visit our website.

This is not a treatment group and will not satisfy legal or other disciplinary mandates...

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Intro to Mindfulness Workshop for Students

Monday, November 3, 2025 6:00pm to 7:15pm
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
Sign up for a free, 4-week workshop to learn mindfulness meditation in community with other students

Grief and Mourning Support Group

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 11:00am to 12:30pm
Virtual
The University of Iowa Employee Assistance Program is offering a 4-part closed group supporting UI employees interested in exploring grief related to a death loss.

Handouts and Coping Skills

Virtual Hope Box

Feeling distraught? Check out our online toolbox full of tools and resources!

Clear Your Mind, Not Just Your To-Do List: 8 Common Thinking Traps to Avoid

Often, it’s not just the workload that gets to us — it’s how we think about the workload. Here are eight common “unhelpful thinking styles” that might be making things harder than it needs to be.

How to Cope with Grief and Loss

Feelings associated with grief and loss can be overwhelming. Check out this handout to learn more about the grief process and what you can do to cope with the pain.

Tips To Improve Your Concentration

Having difficulties staying focused? Try out these tips to improve your concentration!

Current Programs and Workshops

We are available to provide presentations, programs, or workshops on a wide variety of topics. Program offerings often include academic skills, stress management, suicide prevention, students in distress, and more. 

Let us know how we can work for you.

Embedded Locations

In addition to our main locations, UCS offers embedded locations with therapists who work within a community and have specialized knowledge about the community being served.

UCS mission and goals

Our mission is to provide compassionate psychological services, outreach, and training that fosters the mental health of students, nurtures student success, and contributes to a safe, welcoming, and multiculturally-aware campus community.

UCS is invested in creating a safe, inclusive, and affirming climate for all individuals and communities.

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