🧘‍♀️ De-Stress Before Finals at Central Piedmont 🧘‍♂️

Four students on Central Campus, smiling with the skyline behind them

Feeling the pressure of finals? Take a break and join us for a relaxing De-Stress Event at the Harper Campus Library. Central Piedmont’s Counseling Services is hosting a special session to help you unwind and recharge.

Event Details:

  • When: Mon., Dec. 2
  • Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  • Where: Harper Campus Library

What’s Happening:

  • 🧴 Create your own coping kits: Personalized tools to help you manage stress.
  • 🌸 DIY aromatherapy scents: Craft calming blends to take home.
  • 🎨 Coloring stations: Express your creativity and relax with some art.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to take care of your mental health! For more info, reach out to Brittany Lutton.

See you there! 🌟

🧘‍♀️ Unwind with Counseling Services at Merancas Campus

Student doing yoga

Take a break and recharge! Join Counseling Services for a day full of stress-busting activities and mindfulness practices. Drop by on Thur., Dec. 5, from 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at Merancas IV to focus on your well-being. 🌟

🎨 Activities Include:

  • Coloring to spark creativity 🎨
  • Writing gratitude letters 💌
  • Jewelry making to express yourself 💎
  • Aromatherapy to soothe your senses 🌿
  • Fun games and tasty snacks 🎮🍪

🧘‍♀️ Special Session: Mindfulness and Subtle Yoga

  • Time: 2:30–3:30 p.m.
  • Location: Merancas IV, Room 100
  • Re-center with gentle yoga and mindfulness techniques.

This event is open to all students and is your chance to relax, connect, and recharge as the semester wraps up. See you there! ✨

✍️ Express Your Gratitude at Central Piedmont! ✍️

An off-white envelope, sealed with red wax sealFeeling thankful? Join us for a gratitude letter writing event at Central Piedmont’s Harris and Harper Campuses. This is your chance to take a moment and share your appreciation with someone who has made a difference in your life.

Event Details:

Harper Campus

  • When: Tue., Nov. 19
  • Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  • Where: Harper IV Building,1st Floor Lobby

Harris Campus

  • When: Wed., Nov. 20
  • Time: Noon – 2:30 p.m.
  • Where: Harris I Building, 1st Floor Lobby

What to Expect:

  • ✉️ Write letters of gratitude: Craft a heartfelt message to someone you care about.
  • 📝 Materials provided: We’ve got all you need to create a meaningful note.

Why Attend?

  • Boost your mood and spread positivity
  • Connect with others in a meaningful way
  • Free supplies and a relaxing environment

Take a break from your day and share some love! For more information, contact Brittany Lutton.

De-Stress Event: Relax Before Finals at Central Piedmont! 🧘‍♀️

Students sitting in the floor, coloringFeeling the pressure of upcoming finals? 😓 Take a breather and join us for a De-Stress Event! It’s the perfect way to unwind and recharge before hitting the books again.

Activities Include:

  • 🛍️ Coping Kits: Create your own personalized kit filled with stress-relief goodies.
  • 🌿 Aromatherapy: Mix and make your own soothing scents.
  • 🎨 Coloring: Tap into your creative side with some relaxing coloring.

Event Details:

  • 📅 Date: Wed., Nov. 13
  • 🕛 Time: Noon – 2:30 p.m.
  • 📍 Location: Harris Campus, Harris Building 1 Lobby

Questions? Contact Brittany Lutton at brittany.lutton@cpcc.edu.

Come de-stress with us and head into finals feeling refreshed and ready! 💪

Speed Friending: Meet New Friends at Central Piedmont! 🎉

Students mingling at a gatheringAre you feeling a bit lonely? 😢 Having a tough time making connections? Counseling Services and Student Engagement have your back! Join us for Speed Friending—the perfect chance to meet other students and make some new friends.

What to Expect:

  • 🎮 Fun Games: Play get-to-know-you games with other students.
  • 🎨 Creative Crafting: Make friendship bracelets to keep or share.
  • 🍿 Snacks Provided: Enjoy some tasty treats while you mingle.

Event Details:

  • 📅 Date: Wed., Sept. 18
  • 🕥 Time: 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  • 📍 Location: Harris Campus, Harris 1 Building Lobby

Questions? Reach out to Brittany Lutton at brittany.lutton@cpcc.edu.

Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity to connect and make new friends! 🤗

Pinwheels for Prevention: Raise Awareness at Central Piedmont 🎗️

Suicide prevention month ribbon, purple and tealJoin us in making a difference during Suicide Prevention Month by participating in Pinwheels for Prevention at Central Piedmont. Each pinwheel symbolizes the lives of college students lost to suicide each year—a powerful reminder of the importance of mental health awareness.

Event Highlights:

  • 🌟 Symbolic Pinwheels: Each pinwheel represents approximately 1,100 college students who die by suicide annually.
  • 🎨 Get Involved: Drop by to create your own pinwheel and contribute to this meaningful display.
  • 🌍 Raise Awareness: The pinwheels will be displayed throughout Suicide Prevention Month to spread awareness and show support.

Event Details

Harper Campus

  • 📅 Date: Tues., Sept. 10
  • 🕙 Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • 📍 Location: Harper IV Building First Floor Lobby

Harris Campus

  • 📅 Date: Wed., Sept. 11
  • 🕙 Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • 📍 Location: Harris Building 1 Lobby

Your participation can make a real impact, so let’s come together to show our support and raise awareness. 💜

🍁 Fall Semester Reminder: Counseling Services Are Here for You!

A student setting up a counseling sessionAs the fall semester kicks off, remember that Central Piedmont’s Counseling Services are here to support your mental and emotional well-being. 🧠💚 Whether you’re feeling stressed, anxious, or just need someone to talk to, we’re here to listen and help.

🛠️ How to Reach Out:

👥 Available Services:

  • Student Support: If you’re a student seeking help, don’t hesitate to reach out!
  • Consultations: Counselors are also available to consult with students, faculty, and staff who have concerns about others.

You don’t have to navigate this semester alone—reach out whenever you need support. 🌟 We’re here to help you thrive!

Counseling Connections Panel: Discover Support at Central Piedmont 💬

Harris I building

Curious about the counseling services available at Central Piedmont? Join us for the

Counseling Connections Panel to learn more about the resources designed to support your well-being. Plus, enjoy some refreshments while you connect with the panelists!

Event Details:

  • 📅 Date: Thu., Sept. 5
  • 🕧 Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
  • 📍 Location: Harris Campus, Harris Building 1, Auditorium 1120

Meet the Panelists:

  • Kenya Guerra: Disability & Access Services
  • Brittany Lutton: Counseling Services
  • Angela Bullock: Career Counseling
  • George Curtis: Military Families & Veteran Services

This panel is a great opportunity to learn about the various ways Central Piedmont supports its students. Whether you’re seeking academic, career, or personal guidance, our counselors are here to help.

Come connect with us and discover how we can support your journey! 🌟

Counseling Services at Central Piedmont

Counseling Services staffAt Central Piedmont Community College, we understand that challenges can sometimes impact your studies. Our Counseling Services are here to support your mental, emotional, and academic journey toward growth and success.

Here’s how we can help

  • Licensed Counselors: Qualified team ready to help with academic and personal challenges
  • Easy Access: Contact 704-330-6420 or counseling@cpcc.edu to schedule an appointment.
  • Flexible Options: Free in-person and remote counseling are available
  • Wide-ranging support: Stress, relationships, grief, and more
  • Stay Informed: For details, visit Central Piedmont Counseling Services

Counseling Services: Building your coping toolbox

Three students sit around a table talkingIf you need help learning how to manage feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression, Central Piedmont’s Counseling Services department has a new series to help.

Sign up for any or all of the free “Building your coping toolbox” series that offers both in-person and virtual sessions until late April.

  • Jan. 31: Mindfulness (part 1) | Central Campus, Parr Center, room 2160
  • Feb. 14: Mindfulness (part 2) | virtual (online)
  • Feb. 21: Distress tolerance (part 1) | Central Campus, Parr Center, room 2160
  • March 14: Distress tolerance (part 2) | virtual (online)
  • March 21: Emotion regulation (part 1) | Central Campus, Parr Center, room 2160
  • March 28: Emotion regulation (part 2) | virtual (online)
  • April 18: Interpersonal effectiveness (part 1) | Central Campus, Parr Center, room 2160
  • April 25: Interpersonal effectiveness (part 2) | virtual (online)

If you have questions about this series, contact Brittany Lutton at Brittany.Lutton@cpcc.edu or counseling@cpcc.edu.

Counseling Services: Get in touch with your creative side

Get in touch with your creative side while you learn how to process your emotions and develop new ways to cope with daily stressors.

Join Central Piedmont’s Counseling Services team and sign up for one or all of the free “Creative Hour” program series over the next four months from 2-3:30 p.m. at Central Campus in the Parr Center:

  • Visual Arts: Wed., Jan. 25 | room 1000-A
  • Music: Wed., Feb. 15 | room 1000-A
  • Psychodrama: Wed., March 22 | room 1000-A
  • Poetry: Wed., April 12 | room 1000-A
  • Poetry Showcase: Wed., April 19 | room 2160

Questions? Please contact Vianka Martinez-Nunez (vianka.martineznunez@cpcc.edu) or Jasmine Warren (jasmine.warren2@cpcc.edu).

Free Online Mental Health Screenings

Two students sitting at a distance on steps, lounging in comfortable conversation, surrounded by trees.Everyone faces difficulties that can strain their mental and emotional health from time to time, with 1 in 5 people experiencing mental illness at some point along the way.

How are you feeling? You’re invited to take a free, confidential behavioral health screening sponsored by Counseling Services.

And, if you’d like to talk to someone about the results or simply about how you’re feeling, a counselor at Central Piedmont is here to support you.

Counseling Services Can Help You Cope With Stress

With classes, work, personal lives, and political and social unrest impacting us each day — how do we manage our stress so we can continue to be happy and productive? Come learn how with Counseling Services. You may be feeling pretty overwhelmed right now.

Central Piedmont’s Counseling Services is here to support you, whether you’re dealing with stressful situations, painful emotions, difficult relationships, or challenges with school. Services are free and confidential.  Complete a service request form, visit us online at cpcc.edu/counseling to learn more. You may also e-mail counseling@cpcc.edu.

Mental Health Matters – for All of Us

You are not alone! Anyone can feel down, but what happens when this stretches into days or weeks? If you notice someone going through a rough time, asking how they’re doing can make a world of difference – even if it feels uncomfortable at first.

Unsure how to start that conversation? Or maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed yourself? Central Piedmont’s Counseling Services is available when you want to talk through concerns about a friend or your own mental and emotional well-being. To learn more, complete our Service Request Form, email counseling@cpcc.edu, or phone 704-330-6420.

Counseling Services Presents: Interpersonal Violence Group

female student in classInterpersonal Violence is defined as the intentional use of physical force or power against other persons by an individual or small group of individuals. Interpersonal violence may be physical, sexual, or psychological. Counseling Services wants to support students, engage in meaningful conversations, and empower students to work toward healthy solutions. Join us this spring semester!

Who is this group for?

  • Female-identifying Central Piedmont students who have experienced interpersonal violence.

What should you expect?

  • 12 sessions available throughout the semester
  • Free to all Central Piedmont students
  • Safe space to connect with other survivors and to share your story

Group Conversation Topics:

  • Abuse
  • Boundaries/boundary setting
  • Coping with grief, fear, anger and guilt
  • Assertiveness skills
  • Healthy relationships

Complete an interest form to receive additional information regarding upcoming sessions.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email brittany.lutton@cpcc.edu.

Central Piedmont is Here to Support You

Two students walking on campusEvery semester is filled with a host of emotions, ranging from excitement and optimism to insecurity and fear. All these normal experiences may feel more intense right now. If worry, sadness, anger, or confusion have you feeling distracted or concerned, a Central Piedmont Counselor is available to help you sort it out and find new ways to cope. Services are free and confidential to enrolled students. Complete a service request form, visit us online at cpcc.edu/counseling, or email counseling@cpcc.edu to learn more.

Adjusting to the new semester? Counseling Services can help!

masked female student looking at laptopThe start of any semester brings a host of emotions, ranging from excitement and optimism to insecurity and fear. All these regular experiences may feel more intense as we begin fall 2021. If worry, sadness, anger, or confusion have you feeling distracted or concerned, a Central Piedmont Counselor is available to help you sort it out and find new ways to cope. Services are free and confidential to enrolled students. To learn more, visit the Counseling Services website

Practice Mindfulness with Counseling Services

student sitting alone reading a book on Levine CampusLearn to manage stress with Mindfulness. Research has shown the practice of mindfulness helps in many ways, including: gaining better sleep, lowering stress, improving attention, and dealing with depression and anxiety.

Through practice and discussion, learn to strengthen your ability to “begin again” in the present moment. Whether you are brand new to mindfulness or have been practicing for years, these sessions are for you! Designed specifically for students, each session explores a different area of mindful practice.

Save these important dates:

Practicing Self-Care through Mindfulness – Thursday, Feb 18 at 11am

In order to take care of those we love, we must also take care of ourselves. In honor of Valentine’s Day, our theme for this meeting will focus on how to incorporate mindfulness practices into your daily routine for self-care and general well-being.

Managing Stress with Mindfulness – Thursday, March 18 at 11am

Exams, deadlines, COVID… it’s enough to stress the most relaxed student! Join us to learn how mindfulness practice can help you cope with daily stress and worry.

Mindful Eating – Thursday, April 15 at 11am

This interactive virtual session focuses on mindful eating, which has been shown to ease anxiety, improve digestion, and increase awareness of the mind-body connection for overall wellness. Please bring raisins, fruit, or other small snack to enjoy during our meeting.

Learn more about the events on the Counseling Services event page.

All sessions are held online. The same link is used for all meetings. Request the session links today.  

Free Counseling Support for Students

student with central Piedmont mask on laptop outsideYou may be feeling pretty overwhelmed right now. COVID, isolation, fractured relationships, economic hardship, racial discrimination and trauma, political unrest and violence – not to mention adapting to a new learning environment – have left many of us feeling burned out.

Central Piedmont’s Counseling Services is here to support you, whether you’re dealing with stressful situations, painful emotions, difficult relationships, or challenges with school. Services are free and confidential. During COVID, sessions are provided through video chat and phone calls. Complete a service request form, visit us online at cpcc.edu/counseling to learn more. You may also e-mail counseling@cpcc.edu.

Learn How to Cope with Stress with Counseling Services

female student wearing mask in classWith classes, work, personal lives, COVID-19, politics, and family impacting us each day — and now final assignments and the holidays — how do we manage our stress so we can continue to be happy and productive? Come learn how with Counseling Services.

This workshop, Coping with Stress During Stressful Times, will be held Wednesday, December 9 at 2pm. The workshop will help you identify ways anxiety both helps and harms us, increases understanding of how anxiety works, and offers tools and resources to help us face the stresses we experience each day.

REGISTER

There are limited spots available — you need to register in advance.

Register now. After you register, you will be sent the Webex link. To prepare for the meeting, learn how to use Webex.