College Students With Anxiety Group

Students with Anxiety Group
Introduction
In the world we live in today, majority of individuals are pushing themselves to be the best. Individuals strive to be better than others that they see. This may not be the case for everyone, but it is very prevalent in college students especially. These young adults are always trying to outdo each other and be the best when it comes to academics. For students who take a full load of classes, which is at least twelve units, multiple assignments are due every week. The combination of trying to be better than everyone and having assignments due every week, anxiety is a common characteristic that is found in these adults. Other factors that may cause anxiety for college students are money issues, …show more content…
In the first session, introductions will be the first thing that takes place. When the members have all introduced themselves, the leader will go over rules of the group. After the rules are reviewed, each member will be asked to jot down three goals that they hope to achieve in this group and turn them into the leader. The egg exercise will be conducted to show the members should treat each other throughout the group (see Appendix A). When the goals have been turned into the leader, the members will get into groups of three or four people and have them discuss what some of their fears of the group are and what they expect to gain from attending the group. Next, the members will come back together as a whole group and discuss their goals. To conclude the session, the individuals will give feedback about the session in rounds and scale it from one to ten. One being not helpful at all and ten being very helpful (Psychology, …show more content…
The goal of this session is to help the members understand anxiety better and to help them recognize what causes it. In this session, another written exercise (list) will be given. The leader will ask all of the members to write down any items that cause them to have anxiety. Once the individuals finish their list, they will break up into dyads and discuss the list that they have created. Breaking up into dyads allows the members to compare what they have in common and also learn the differences among them. When the members are done discussing with each other, they will return as a group and discuss what they learned from the writing activity. To bring the group to a close, members will fill out a feedback questionnaire regarding the productiveness of the session (Psychology,