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Off-Campus Therapy

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

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
social media spring cleaning

Spring Clean Your Feed: Making Social Media Work for You

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
mental health awareness walk 2024

Mental Health Around the World: Journey Through Your Emotions

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Upcoming Events

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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, September 4, 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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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, September 11, 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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Restoring the Sacred: A Native Youth and Healing Symposium

Tuesday, September 16 to Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (all day)
Drury Inn and Suites
Through sessions on intergenerational healing, culturally grounded interventions, and trauma-informed leadership, this two-day event focuses on what has been sacred all along: the strength, wisdom, and resilience of Native communities. Join us in a space of truth-telling, renewal, and collective power that emphasizes healing pathways rooted in tradition, heritage, and connection.Who should attend:• Students and professionals in behavioral, public, tribal/urban Indian, and community health• Pre-K...
Restoring the Sacred: A Native Youth and Healing Symposium promotional image

Restoring the Sacred: A Native Youth and Healing Symposium

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (all day)
Drury Inn and Suites
Through sessions on intergenerational healing, culturally grounded interventions, and trauma-informed leadership, this two-day event focuses on what has been sacred all along: the strength, wisdom, and resilience of Native communities. Join us in a space of truth-telling, renewal, and collective power that emphasizes healing pathways rooted in tradition, heritage, and connection.Who should attend:• Students and professionals in behavioral, public, tribal/urban Indian, and community health• Pre-K...
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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, September 18, 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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Success, Not Excess

Thursday, September 25, 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...

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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