Wellness Education for Lifelong Learning (W.E.L.L)

Alcohol Peer Educator 

Peer educators serve as student leaders and role models with the primary goal of educating their peers about alcohol and related topics. Peer Educators are paid by funding from the PA Liquor Control Board. They work on implementing alcohol prevention programming. They also assist in survey administration, marketing, and tracking program feedback.  

2024-2025 Alcohol Peer Educators 

Spring 2025 Wellness Center Groups 

Clinical Groups

Clinical groups require a screening prior to participation

Building Balance: Skills for Managing Mood and Improving Well-being  

Thursdays, 12:30-1:30pm, Beginning 3/6

Wellness Center

This is 4-week skills-based group for students who want to improve their ability to manage their mood, increase their ability to tolerate distress, learn ways to cope with stressors, improve their self-care, and learn skills to improve interpersonal relationships. Each session builds on the skills learned the week before, so attendance at all 4 sessions is requested. The 4-week course is packed with empirically supported ways to improve one’s overall well-being and manage distress. Registration and referral from CAPS are required. Participants are invited to share within the group at a level that is comfortable to them; however, the group is psychoeducational/skills instruction format, rather than process oriented.    

Nicole Lavertue, PsyD

Bunny Connections Group- Level 1 (Intro)

Wednesdays 2-3 pm 

Wellness Center: Bunny Group Room; weekly for 8-weeks

This is a 60-minute closed group (6 students per group) focused on the following: helping students strengthen basic interpersonal connections with other group members; learning how to set and respond to healthy boundaries with other group members and therapy bunnies; and engaging in playful activities alongside, and with, therapy bunnies.  While this group is designed to be primarily experiential in nature, group members are provided opportunities for some personal sharing as they build connections with each other.

Students do not need to be in any additional forms of mental health treatment, but they will need to complete an Initial Consultation appointment and Group Screening appointment.

Carrie Bowerman, LCSW and Rebecca Shoemaker, PsyD

Bunny Connections Group- Level 2 (Advanced)

Wednesdays 12-1 pm 

Wellness Center: Bunny Group Room; weekly for 8-weeks

Students will need to complete Initial Consultation, Intake, and Group Screening appointments as some students appropriate for this group may also need to have adjunct individual therapy sessions (at the clinical discretion of their primary CAPS clinician).

*Additional Details coming soon!

Carrie Bowerman, LCSW and Rebecca Shoemaker, PsyD

DBT-Informed Skills Group:   

Thursdays 12-1 pm

Wellness Center: Group Room

This is a structured, time-limited psychoeducational group that will teach various skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). There are four main skills the group will cover: mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT skills were developed to help people who feel overwhelmed by their emotions and/or have a history of difficult relationships. The goal of this group is to improve the quality of relationships and to replace destructive behaviors with more effective coping skills.   

Todd Drazien, LCSW & Missy Stine, PhD

Interpersonal Process Group   

Mondays 12:30-1:30

Wellness Center, Group Room

This group provides students with a safe environment where they can increase their understanding of themselves, explore how they relate to others, and try new ways to interact with peers. 

Megan Nesbitt, PsyD & Rebecca Shoemaker, PsyD 

Social Interactive Support Group 

Mondays @ 12:30-1:30 pm 

Wellness Center Group Room

This is a 60-minute clinical support group that aims to help students struggling with making friends, maintaining friendships, or struggling with their friend group. This support group is open to all enrolled students but is targeted towards those who struggle with Social Anxiety Disorder or are on the autism spectrum. This group will encourage students to share their social challenges and will rely on support from the group, psychoeducation, and role-playing exercises.  

Nicole Lavertue, Psy. D. & Todd Drazien, LCSW 

Drop in Workshops

Dialing Down Depression  

Thursday: 1st and 4th Thursday of February

Offered 12:30-1:300 pm at the Wellness Center (2nd Floor Conference Room)

This is a 50-min drop-in group workshop which covers the signs and symptoms of depression and its impact on oneself and in relationships. Much of the time in session is devoted to learning evidence-based skills to help reduce depression, as well as improve mood, interpersonal connection, and promote healthier thinking. This is a psychoeducational workshop.   

Nicole Lavertue, PsyD

Navigating Grief and Loss Workshop 

Thursdays: 2nd Thursday of February

Offered 12:30- 1:30 at the Wellness Center (2nd Floor Conference Room)

This is a 50-minute drop-in group workshop that discusses the difficult journey of grief and loss, as well as offers tools that may help along the journey of grieving.  This workshop is psychoeducational in nature. 

Nicole Lavertue, PsyD   

Alleviating Anxiety and Panic Workshop   

Thursdays: 4th Thursday of the February

Offered 12:30-1:20 pm at the Wellness Center (2nd Floor Conference Room)

This is a 50-minute drop-in group workshop which covers the signs and symptoms of anxiety, the difference between worry and anxiety, and the impact of anxiety and panic. The session is full of different evidence-based ways to alleviate anxiety, as well as tips for overcoming Panic Attacks. This is a psychoeducational workshop.  

Nicole Lavertue, PsyD   

Bunny Break 

Thursdays 1-1:45 RSVP REQUIRED IN ENGAGED

Wellness Center Bunny Room

Need a break? Sign up for a bunny break. There is no agenda for this time other than to hang out with the bunnies. Bring a book, bring your homework, and just spend time with Dixie, Otto, Bun Bun and Moxie. 

Students must RSVP through Engaged, limit 5 students per break. 

Lauren Strunk, LPC

Support Groups

Destination Dickinson Bunnies: Supporting International Students 

Tuesdays from 12:00-1:00 

This group is geared toward International Students. It offers a welcoming, safe, and supportive space, where international students are invited to (but not required to) share with one another their experiences, specific to being an International Student, as they navigate their journey at Dickinson College. This group meets with the center’s bunnies; therefore, an initial screening must be completed. There is a limit of 6 students per meeting.

Wellness Center 2nd Floor

Nicole Lavertue, Psy.D.

Non-Clinical Support Meeting; Initial consultation required to attend; must sign up for specific dates