Mental Health Promotion
We regularly offer workshops for the Pacific University community focused on mental health, adjustment and developmental topics. These are designed to help students learn skills and strategies related to well-being in an easily-accessible format, such as Mindful Coping, Wise Mind: Building Emotional Resilience, Self-Compassion, Executive Functioning, QPR suicide prevention trainings, and UC tabling events.
September
Monday, 16th @ Noon-1PM - Forest Grove, Tran Library: Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training
- This training teaches participants to recognize the warning signs, clues, and suicidal communication of people in trouble and gain skills to act and help save a life.
Wednesday, 30th @ Noon-1PM- Forest Grove. Boxer Pause: No Shame Pledge
- Explore the linkages between mental health, addiction and recovery. This stigma-reduction focused workshop ends with participants joining a national public health campaign by signing their own No Shame Pledge.
Wednesday, 25th @ 4-5:30PM- Zoom: Effective and Engaged Learning
- Executive Functioning Workshop: Review strategies to help improve procrastination, time management, focus, memory, and decision-making
October
Tuesday, 8th @ 4-5:30PM- Zoom: Wise Mind- Building Emotional Resilience
- Wise Mind will provide you with skills to recognize and manage strong emotions you may be experiencing. This workshop stems from the concepts of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), focusing on Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, and Emotion Regulation.
Wednesday, 16th @ 12PM - Forest Grove, Boxer Pause: Social Media and Mental Health
- Explore the intersections between mental health and social media. Learn about strategies to cultivate health social media use and develop skills to interpret mental health social media trends.
Monday, 21st @ 4-5:30- Forest Grove, Boxer Pause: Recovery Allyship
- Do you want to expand your ability to support people experiencing mental health and/or substance use concers? Adapted from the SAFE Project, this training provides a dive into the intersections of mental health, addiction and recovery.
Thursday, 24th @ Noon-1PM- Zoom: Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training
- This training teaches participants to recognize the warning signs, clues, and suicidal communication of people in trouble and gain skills to act and help save a life.
November
Wednesday, 13th @ 4-5:30PM- Zoom: Building a Passion for Self-Compassion
- Learn what self-compassion is and explore ways of developing this skill.
Wednesday, 20th @ 4-5:30PM-Zoom: Mindful Coping
- Increase awareness of your mind and body, gain understanding of your experiences, and help move your life in a more fulfilling direction.
Staff from the Student Counseling Center enjoy connecting with our Pacific community in many ways, including facilitating mental health-related workshops. Fill out our Community Engagement Request Form using the button below so that we can collaborate with you. Please note that because of the high clinical demand at our center, we need at least two weeks’ notice to schedule an event. All requests are subject to approval by SCC staff and not all requests can be accommodated. We look forward to working with you!
Stop by our Forest Grove clinic to browse our Lending Library and check out a book to learn more about diverse experiences of mental health.
