Mental Health Resource Hub
The focus of this group is on learning more about emotions and improving the ability to effectively manage emotions. Part of the group is educational (teaching skills) and part is processing (sharing experiences and supporting other group members).
- Categories: Community Building, Peer support facilitated by employees, Skills and Wellness Program,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being,
- Organization: CAPS Group,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Free confidential counseling and legal, financial, and family support for permanent UNC employees and members of their household. Phone and web assistance available 24/7—call 877-314-584.
- Categories: Professional Clinical Care, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: All employees, Family Members,
- Costs: Free for eligible UNC employees and families,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: Employee Organization,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Immediate Support, Within a Few Days,
Empower UNC: Responding to Disclosures of GBV (gender-based violence) is a training collaboration between Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services (VPAS) and Equal Opportunity and Compliance (EOC). Empower UNC equips students and employees with information, resources, and strategies to respond to disclosures of sexual violence, interpersonal violence, stalking, and sexual and gender-based harassment in an informed and compassionate way.
- Categories: Trainings,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Discrimination, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence,
- Organization: Student Affairs, UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
A CAPS therapy group offering a safe and trusting environment to dialogue openly and honestly about the experiences of Black women and facilitate empowerment and encouragement.
Typically, this group recruits new members at the beginning of the semester. If that time has passed, you can still ask and express interest.
- Categories: Peer support facilitated by employees, Professional Clinical Care,
- Campus Affiliations: All students, Post-doctoral Fellow,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees, No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: Black experiences, Women,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: CAPS Group,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
The Chapel of the Cross offers clergy support and a welcoming community for all undergraduate and graduate students. People of any faith or denomination are welcome.
- Categories: Community Building, Peer support facilitated by students, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: Faith-based, Religious, or Spiritual,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being,
- Organization: Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
Provides students of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences with focused assistance to support them in their academics, health, well-being, professionalism, and in situations of discrimination/harassment
- Categories: Skills and Wellness Program, Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: Graduate and Professional Students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Get Involved, Overall well-being, Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days, Within a Few Weeks,
Personalized fitness support based on the concept of exercise as a vital sign for health and well-being.
- Categories: Certified coaches, Peer support facilitated by students, Skills and Wellness Program,
- Campus Affiliations: All students, Post-doctoral Fellow,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Overall well-being,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Supports undergraduate and graduate students at all stages of financial health and knowledge with one-on-one coaching, workshops, and tools.
- Categories: Peer support facilitated by students, Skills and Wellness Program,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Financial Stress,
- Organization: Student Affairs, UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days, Within a Few Weeks,
Find Treatment is a government resource to find help for substance use
- Categories: Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus, Community,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Substance Use Disorder,
- Organization: Off-Campus,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
The First in the Family group is a safe and nurturing environment that centers the needs of Carolina’s first-generation college students to discuss the challenges of being the first in the family to attend college with others who “get it.” The group will be a place to give and receive support and will touch on topics such as financial stressors, maintaining boundaries, networking, and family conflicts, in order to help students to be successful academically, professionally, and personally.
- Categories: Community Building, Identity-based support, Peer support facilitated by employees,
- Campus Affiliations: All students,
- Costs: Already paid through student fees,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome, First Generation,
- Issue Types: Supports most mental health issues,
- Organization: CAPS Group,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
Victim Service Specialists in Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services (VPAS) provide free, confidential support and services for students, employees, and post-doctoral scholars impacted by harassment, sexual misconduct, interpersonal violence, and stalking.
- Categories: Support and Assistance,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Crisis, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Days,
Global Zone Training is an interactive and engaging opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to better understand the experiences of international students and scholars. The training includes information about our international populations, a cross-cultural simulation game, illustrations of various potential cross-cultural differences, strategies and resources for supporting success. The training also includes several short videos in which international Tar Heels share their reflections and recommendations.
- Categories: Trainings,
- Campus Affiliations: Anyone affiliated with UNC's campus,
- Costs: No charge for anyone,
- Identity-based Support: All identities welcome,
- Issue Types: Academics,
- Organization: UNC Department or School,
- Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few Weeks,
