MindTap Program

Mindtap

Healthy Ways to Handle Stress

MindTap is a program created by Beth Demmons, LCSW, Counselor and Carroll Community Educator in the Carroll Wellness Center.  Beth uses evidenced-based research in the fields of mental health and wellness to enhance the skills and abilities of people navigating life.  The objective of the program is not only to survive college but to thrive in this environment and develop skills that remain with you as you face life’s challenges and strive to make the world a better place.

Through this program, Beth provides psychoeducation to all Carroll College community members to improve mental health and well-being.  Focus is placed on a once a week presentation providing education and skills-based training, MindFul Practice videos created and posted to enhance various mental health concerns and MindFul Minutes created as video productions offering simple methods to regulate emotion, increase distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, is the developer of DBT and the Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington. Her primary research interest is in the development and evaluation of evidence-based treatments for populations with high suicide risk and multiple, severe mental disorders. 


Check out several videos for Mindful practices and skills

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MindTap skills training

MindTap skills training is offered every Tuesday through the end of April from 1:00 to 1:50 in the Campus Center Maronick Board Room. All Carroll community members are invited to attend. Classes are created as stand-alone so that participants can pick and choose which training or presentations they wish to participate in.  Topics will be posted on the Carroll Wellness Webpage.  In addition, Mindful Practice and Mindful Minutes are available on the webpage and will be promoted throughout campus media channels at various times.

This program meets every Tuesday throughout the academic school year.

September – National Suicide Prevention Month, Self-care awareness month

Sep 1 – Navigating Change and Homesickness - You are Not Alone, Maronick Room

Sep 8 – Self Care, Wellness Center Relaxation Room 

Sep 15 – No MindTap - Installation Ceremony

*Sep 22 – Special Session 12:00 - 2:00, QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer - Gatekeeper certification for suicide prevention, Maronick Room

Sep 29 – Healthy Boundaries, Maronick Room

October – National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, LGBTQ+ History Month and National ADHD Awareness Month

Oct 6 – Safe Choices Around Alcohol/Marijuana Use, Maronick Room

Oct 13 – Motivation Cycle and Beating Procrastination, Maronick Room

Oct 20 – Intimate Partner Violence, Maronick Room 

Oct 27 – No MindTap - Fall Break

November – Gluten-free Diet Awareness Month, National Diabetes Month, National Gratitude Month

Nov 3 – Stress Management and Test Taking Skills, Maronick Room

Nov 10 – Tools for Managing Chronic Illness, Maronick Room 

Nov 17 – Happy Chemicals, Maronick Room

Nov 24 – No class (Tues before Thanksgiving Break)

December – National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month

Dec 1 – Adulting – Healthy Choices, Maronick Room

Dec 8 – Just Say NO, Maronick Room 
 

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