During the 2022-2023 year, the Counseling Center will be offering free counseling groups to support students in their personal and academic lives. 

Please contact us about any group you are interested in or would like more information about: 

Relationship to Self and Others Group

Tuesdays at 1 pm – 2 pm on Zoom

This group provides a confidential space for students to discuss, explore, and receive feedback on their own interpersonal style in order to build confidence, alleviate social anxiety and loneliness, and foster a sense of connectedness with others. Through their experience in the group, students will have the opportunity to explore new ways of relating both within the group and in their lives. 

If interested, please contact Irene Merring at Irene.Merring@Baruch.cuny.edu.

BIPOC Relationship to Self and Others Group

Tuesdays at 1 pm – 2 pm In Person

This group provides a confidential space for BIPOC students to discuss, explore, and receive feedback on their own interpersonal style in order to build confidence, alleviate social anxiety and loneliness, and foster a sense of connectedness with others. Through their experience in the group, students will have the opportunity to explore new ways of relating both within the group and in their lives.

If interested, please contact Shenette Scille at Shenette.Scille@Baruch.cuny.edu.

Coping Skills Group

Wednesdays at 11 am – 12 pm on Zoom

Using evidence based and mindfulness practices, this group will focus on building skills to cope with everyday stressors that impact our mental health and wellbeing.

Please contact Jael.Amador@Baruch.cuny.edu if you’d like to be added to the waiting list for next offering of this group. A start date will be announced in the next few weeks.

Relationship to Self and Others Group

Thursdays at 1 pm – 2 pm on Zoom

This group provides a confidential space for students to discuss, explore, and receive feedback on their own interpersonal style in order to build confidence, alleviate social anxiety and loneliness, and foster a sense of connectedness with others. Through their experience in the group, students will have the opportunity to explore new ways of relating both within the group and in their lives. 

If interested, please contact Tina Lee at Tina.Lee@Baruch.cuny.edu.

Black Mental Health Matters (BMHM) Support Sessions for Baruch Students

Note: Sessions are paused for the summer as of 5/12/23 and will resume in the fall of the 2023-2024 academic year. Please check back at the beginning of September 2023.

Dear Black students, 

In light of the recent events of racial violence and injustice towards Black, African American and African descendant communities, the Baruch College Counseling Center would like to remind you of 

and invite you to join Black Mental Health Matters. These support sessions aim to foster and support the growth, networking, collaboration, success, and well-being of Black Students. Past topics have included: 

• Self-care during the pandemics (Covid-19 and Racism) 
• Being Black at Baruch 
• Intersecting Identities 
• BLM Movement and Advocacy 
• Power and privilege 
• Finding motivation 
• Coping with loss 
• Social distancing 
• Remote learning 
• Developing community 
• Power dynamics in and out of the classroom 
• Microaggressions 
• Food/Housing/financial insecurities 

…and much more. If you are a Black student who is interested in finding a safe space to meet and talk with others who may have similar experiences, then these support sessions are for you. These support sessions are led by two Black Psychologists, Dr. Jael Amador and Dr. Gary Dillon, who work from a social justice and multicultural framework. 

To participate in these support sessions, send an email to Dr. Jael Amador at Jael.Amador@baruch.cuny.edu from your Baruch student email account and we will send you the Zoom link. 

In solidarity and support, Drs. Amador & Dillon