Educational Workshops and Presentations

The Counseling Center provides workshops and trainings on the following mental health and wellness topics for students and faculty:

• Digital wellness - This interactive workshop encourages students to build a healthier relationship with technology by reviewing how it impacts our brains, moods, and relationships. This workshop gives the opportunity for students to reflect on their own technology use and provides practical strategies to create more intentional digital habits.
• Managing emotions - Managing emotions discusses what emotions are and how we can better recognize them. This workshop also covers why emotions are so intense during college, and provides helpful strategies on how to better process emotions through the use of coping skills.
• Navigating relationships - This interactive and skills-based workshop covers numerous topics related to relationships including: identifying characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships, practicing communication skills, navigating conflict, boundaries, and resources to seek support on campus. 
• Resilience-building & mental toughness  - This workshop helps students build skills to persist through challenges and recover more quickly.
• Stress Less: How to better manage stress and anxiety - This workshop normalizes stress and provides an overview of the difference between stress and anxiety. Students will learn various coping strategies to strengthen their physical, emotional, and behavioral well-being. 

This is not an exhaustive list. If you have a request for a specific workshop, please reach out!

To book a workshop or presentation, please reach out to our Outreach Counselor, Micki, directly at mkahn@westfield.ma.edu. Kindly note that events must be scheduled a minimum of three weeks in advance.