Articles & Brochures
Counseling Center

Fall 2009 Newsletter

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Explore Chicago, Safely

Making Your Long Distance Relationship Work

De-Clutter Your Life

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What it Means to You and Your Roommate

Getting Over the Sophomore Slump

 

 Articles & Brochures

* These publications are available in brochure format at the Counseling Center.

Academic Success

Becoming a Successful College Student

How to Have a Successful College Experience*
On Perfectionism

Performance Anxiety
The Performing Artist: Unique Challenges*

Test Anxiety*
Time Assessment Chart*

Time Management*

See also "Motivation" and "Procrastination"

ADHD

ADHD: Not Just a Kid's Problem

Alcohol & Other Drugs

Adderall Abuse: A Reality Check

Alcohol Concerns? AA and Alanon Offer Help

Alcohol & You: Effects on the Body
Effects of Marijuana
Growing Up In a Substance Abusing Family*
Recognizing Symptoms of Alcohol Abuse
Sex Under the Influence

Why People Smoke and How to Quit

Anger

Anger: What's All the Fuss About?

Coping Skills

The Choice of Forgiveness
Improve Your Self-Esteem
Overcoming a Sense of Failure
Spirituality

Counseling

FAQs about the Counseling Center*
Group Therapy: How Does It Help?
Helping a Friend in Need
University Life for Students with Pre-existing Mental Health Issues*

What's In a Name? Psychological Terms Defined

You Can Help Fight Mental Health Stigma

Depression & Anxiety

College Students & Suicide
Depression: The Blues & Beyond
New Program - Light Therapy

Performance Anxiety
Self-Injurious Behavior

Taking Charge of Our Lives: Recognizing & Seeking Treatment for Depression Test Anxiety*

Understanding & Preventing Suicide

Eating Concerns & Body Acceptance

10 Ways to Feel Good about your Body
Eating Disorder: Myth or Fact?
Emotional Eating
Mindful Eating: Developing a Healthy Relationship with Food*
Traits of Emotional Hunger

Grief

Grief & Loss*
Grieving Process Revisited

Happiness

Happiness*
Road to the Good Life I: Increase Your Level of Happiness in the Present
Road to the Good Life II: How to Feel Better about your Past
Road to the Good Life III: How to be Optimistic about the Future

Holidays & Celebrations

The Challenge Associated with Black History Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
Holiday Celebrations Around the World
Home for the Holidays
International Women's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day & Black History Month
May is Asian Heritage Month
V-Day
What about Resolutions?

Motivation

Motivation I: How to Get Motivated for School
Motivation II: Overcoming Negative Thinking
Maximize Your Academic Performance
Ways to Enhance Motivation
What's Your Motivation?

Multicultural Issues

Culture shock*
Embracing Diversity*
Language and travel: the path to self knowledge
Multiculturalism in College

Non-traditional Students

Second Careers
When Education is a Family Affair

Procrastination

Identity: A Link to Procrastination

There's Always Tomorrow: The Procrastinator's Mantra*

Relationships

Adult Sibling Relationships: New Friends or Old Foes?

How to Build and Maintain Happy Intimate Relationships*

The Joy of Parenthood

Resolving Interpersonal Conflict

Single Parenting
Stand Up for Yourself: Be Assertive*

Sexual Assault/ Violence

Domestic Violence

Drug Facilitated Date Rape
Relationship Violence*

Sexual Abuse
Sexual Assault: Definitions
Sexual Assault Myths


Sexuality & Gender Issues

Coming Out Process*
Lets Talk About Sex
Men's Health

Sexual Orientation: What Does It Mean?*
Sex Under the Influence

Sleep

Better Sleep*
How to Get a Good Night's Sleep*

Stress Management

End of Semester Stress
Self Stressing: Ways to Combat Your Stress

Transitions

Culture Shock*
The Emotional Process of a Job Search

Endings Are Beginnings
Making Your Home Away From Home

Reflections on Graduation
Graduation
Just Starting College?
New Experiences - New Friends

Trauma

Anxiety and Terror Threats
I'm at School, My Friend's at War
Managing Traumatic Stress: After Hurricane Katrina
War Anxiety: Dealing with Rational Fear

Wellness

Caring for the Caregiver

Fear: A Motivator for Success

Looking for Self-Love in All the Right Places
Things That Really Matter: Discovering Personal Values
Understanding Asperger's

Your Relationship With Money
Creativity & You
How is your Well Being?
How to Control Clutter
Laughter
Laughter Community



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