Counselling Groups and Workshops
Groups + Workshops for Fall 2026
What is Group Counselling and is it Right for Me?
Group counselling can be a powerful opportunity for growth, connection, and change. Groups provide a supportive environment to explore shared concerns, develop new perspectives, practice skills, and learn from others with similar experiences. They can also reduce feelings of isolation and help normalize experiences that may otherwise feel difficult to talk about.
Research supports group therapy as an effective form of mental health treatment for many concerns. For some students, connecting with peers and realizing they are not alone can be an important part of the counselling process. Could group counselling be the next step in your wellness journey?
What is a Wellness Workshop?
Wellness Workshops offer a practical, low-barrier way to learn about mental health and build skills to support your wellbeing. These psychoeducational sessions provide evidence-informed information, strategies, and tools that can be applied to everyday challenges. Unlike group counselling, workshops focus on learning and skill development rather than therapeutic processing.
Curious about your mental health or looking for practical tools to support your wellbeing? Join a workshop and add some new skills to your wellness toolkit.
Mindfulness for ADHD - Group
Who: Students with ADHD (or ADHD traits) who want to develop practical skills for navigating challenges with greater awareness and self-compassion.
What: An 8-session group is based on evidence-informed mindfulness practices developed specifically for adults with ADHD. Participants will learn strategies to strengthen attention, improve emotional regulation, reduce stress, and respond more intentionally to everyday challenges. Sessions include brief guided mindfulness practices, psychoeducation, group discussion, and practical tools that can be applied to studying, relationships, and daily life.
No previous mindfulness or meditation experience is required.
Why: Living with ADHD can make it difficult to stay focused, manage emotions, get started on tasks, or quiet a busy mind. This group provides practical skills for navigating these challenges with greater awareness and self-compassion.
When: Tuesdays, 10:30am –11:30am, starting Sept 22, 2026 and running for 8 sessions.
Where: In person at Counselling Services, AH153
Registration: is required by emailing counselling.services@uleth.ca or calling 403-317-2845
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026
* This is a closed group meaning you must sign up prior to the start date.
** Please note: Please consider you availability before registering as we kindly ask participants to commit to all the sessions to the best of their ability.
Breathwork & Meditation for Anxiety - Group
Who? Feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or caught in cycles of worry? You're not alone.
What? This group offers a supportive space to learn and practice evidence-informed breathwork and meditation techniques that can help calm the nervous system and reduce anxiety. Each session includes guided breathing exercises, mindfulness meditation, psychoeducation about anxiety, and opportunities to reflect on how these practices can be applied in everyday student life.
Why? Whether you're experiencing academic stress, test anxiety, racing thoughts, or simply looking for practical tools to feel more grounded, this group provides an opportunity to build support, emotional wellbeing, and resilience. No previous experience with meditation or breathwork is required.
Where? In person at Counselling Services, AH153
When? Thursday's from 10:30am-11:30am, starting Sept 24 - Nov 26, running for 8 sessions.
Register: Email counselling.services@uleth.ca or call 403-317-2845
Registration Deadline: Friday, Sept 18, 2026
* This is a closed group meaning you must sign up prior to the start date.
** Please note: Please consider you availability before registering as we kindly ask participants to commit to all the sessions to the best of their ability.
Attention & Skill Development - Workshop
The Attention & Skill Development Workshop is offered by the Accessible Learning Centre and Counselling Services at the University of Lethbridge.
Who? This 6-session workshop is intended for students with a formal medical diagnosis of ADD/ ADHD.
What? This workshop series will provide specific tools to work with your ADHD, not against it. Some topics that will be covered are:
- Organization, planning, and scheduling
- Prioritizing and breaking down tasks
- Reducing distractibility
- Adaptive thinking
- Procrastination
Why? The sessions will provide you with knowledge, skills, and tools that will benefit you both during your university years and after you begin your career.
When? Tuesdays from 2:30 - 3:30pm, starting Sept 29, running for 6 sessions.
Where? In-person. Location to be confirmed shortly before the first session.
Register: Email counselling.services@uleth.ca or call 403-317-2845.
Registration Deadline: Monday, Sept 28 by 3pm
*This is a closed workshop meaning you must sign up prior to the start date.
** Please note: Please consider you availability before registering as we kindly ask participants to commit to all the sessions to the best of their ability.
Roll for Resilience - Group
Who? Students looking to build skills, improve distress tolerance, and make connections via a DnD campaign.
What? “Your party meets in a tavern counselling office”. Roll for Resilience is a therapeutic Dungeons and Dragons group that is being offered to U of L students via Counselling Services. No experience with therapy or DnD is required, only a willingness to participate and a commitment to attend. DnD 5e (2024) will be the format used for the sessions. Participants are not required to have or bring any DnD materials as these will be provided. Due to success and valuable feedback, we are excited to offer two Roll for Resilience groups for the Fall 2026 semester!
Why? Participants can expect to practice skills that are based in therapeutic concepts like acceptance, contacting the present moment, values clarification, committed action, distress tolerance, and more, all accomplished via a DnD campaign run by a counsellor. Participants are also encouraged to bring their own individual goals, such as anxiety management, building social skills, improving self-advocacy, and challenging perceptions about self, among many other possibilities
When: Two group will run for a total of nine sessions each starting Friday Oct 2 and ending Friday Dec 4 (There will be no session during Fall 2026 reading break in November)
- Group 1: 10:30am – 12:00 pm
- Group 2: 1:30pm – 3:00 pm
Where? In person at Counselling Services, AH153
Register: Students can email us at counselling.services@uleth.ca or call 403-317-2845
Registration Deadline: Friday, Sept 25, 2026
*Space for these groups are limited and there may be a waitlist for participation. This is also a closed group meaning you must sign up prior to the start date.
**Please consider you availability before registering as we kindly ask participants to commit to all the sessions to the best of their ability.
Breakup Bootcamp - Group
Who? Anyone who has ever been in a relationship, friendship, and/or situationship, that didn’t work out- anyone who has ever experienced a broken heart.
What? An 8-week group exploring the 7 stages of a break-up. This is a group designed to dig deep into the experiences we go through after the end of a relationship including attachment science, boundaries, and emotional regulation. We will come together, not to “rehash” or “vent” about our ex’s, but to examine and make sense of our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, following a break-up and exploring the science behind what drives them.
Why? Because, in the words of Amy Chan, “It’s never just about the ex”. Most relationships are not THE ONE, but learning how your brain reacts in love and relationships is essential to discovering what it is you are looking for in a partner, and within yourself. This group will help you to understand the big emotions you might be having at the end of a relationship and learn that those feelings, actually might make sense. Starting to recognize your own patterns in relationships and learning how to set healthy boundaries will help you foster new, healthier relationships with yourself and others.
When: Fridays at 1:30pm - 3pm, starting October 9, running for 8 weeks.
Where? In-person at Counselling Services, AH153
Register: Students can email us at counselling.services@uleth.ca or call 403-317-2845
Registration Deadline: Friday Oct 2, 2026
* This is a closed group meaning you must sign up prior to the start date.
** Please note: Please consider you availability before registering as we kindly ask participants to commit to all the sessions to the best of their ability.