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Fall 2025 Grief Support Group
If you’ve experienced loss, join the virtual Employee Assistance Program Grief Support Group on Thursdays, 3:30–4:30pm, starting October 23. Led by Gina Cook (LMSW EAP Counselor), the group meets online weekly until December 18 (no meeting on November 27). You’ll find a safe, supportive space to process your grief and heal after a loss. For more info, email EAPadmin@som.umaryland.edu.
You don’t have to navigate grief alone. Register now.
Spring 2025 Grief Support Group
EAP GRIEF GROUP
(Virtual via Zoom)
Thursdays at 12:00pm from May 1 to June 26, 2025 (9 weeks).
If you have any questions, please call (667) 214-1555, or email Amy Johnson at Amjohnso@som.umaryland.edu.
Grief Support Group Fall ’19
Find comfort, validation and the knowledge that you are not alone in your time of grief. This 10-week support group will assist those who’ve experienced a loss move through grief with education and support.
This group will meet Tuesdays from 12-1 PM from 10/15/19 to 12/17/19 at the EAP office located at 419 W. Redwood St. Suite 560
Please call 667-214-1555 or email amjohnso@som.umaryland.edu with questions or for further information.
NEW GROUP
Living Life with a Loved One with a Alcohol or Drug Problem
This group will provide support, education and coping skills for employees who have family or friends who drink or use drugs. If you have struggled to understand why your loved one continues to drink or use drugs despite consequences or if you are concerned that your own behaviors are enabling them, this is a group that you want to attend.
This group will meet September 25, 2019- November 20, 2019 on Wednesdays from 12 pm-1 pm. It will take place at the Professional Building which is located at 419 West Redwood Street, Suite 560.
The groups are open ended and there are 15 slots, so please sign up as soon as possible to reserve your seat. Please call 667-214-1555 or email msnella@som.umaryland.edu to sign up or get further information.
For a list of seminars that we provide, please visit the Supervisors page.
Grief Support Group Spring 2019
Experience a loss? Struggling to cope?
Join a Grief Support Group at EAP
TUESDAYS, 12:00-1:00 PM
April 9 – June 11 2019
Please call 667-214-1555 to register.
Support and Educational Groups for Fall
New Groups Forming for Fall
In the past, the EAP has hosted a Grief Support Group that has been very well received. Thus, we are in the process of forming one which will begin in the next few weeks. The group will be held at lunch time (noon-1:00) in the EAP office conference room at 419 West Redwood Street, Suite 560.
EAP counselors are determined to continually try and meet ever changing needs of the employees on campus. Thus, 2 new groups have been suggested:
Sleep Hygiene (which will include information about how to get better sleep. Better sleep has been connected with better mental and physical health. Come and meet with us to find ways to fall asleep faster, stay asleep through the night and awaken refreshed! Zzzzzz…)
Menopause Support (If you are experiencing symptoms related to menopause, please join us for this informative and supportive group!)
If you are interested in being part of the above listed groups, please contact Maureen McCarren at mmccarre@psych.umaryland.edu to express your interest. You can also call her at 667.214.1560 for more information.
If you have other ideas for groups you would like to see hosted in the EAP, please let us know. We are here to serve you!
Mediation for Employees
Did you know the EAP provides mediation services?
If two employees are having trouble working together, the EAP might be able to help. Both employees can be referred (or refer themselves) to the EAP for Mediation Services. Different counselors would meet one-on-one with each employee. Then, the employees and the counselors will all meet to talk about problems and solutions. Often, these meetings are only needed one time, but can span a period of time to monitor progress and use the meetings as a forum to talk about other issues that might arise. Many times, misunderstandings have been resolved, new relationships have been formed and productivity has risen. Work doesn’t have to be something you dread. It can be a place you look forward to going to and feel accomplished as you and your team work together toward a common goal.
Mediation between Employees
Did you know the EAP provides mediation services?
If two employees are having trouble working together, the EAP might be able to help. Both employees can be referred (or refer themselves) to the EAP for Mediation Services. Different counselors would meet one-on-one with each employee. Then, the employees and the counselors will all meet to talk about problems and solutions. Often, these meetings are only needed one time, but can span a period of time to monitor progress and use the meetings as a forum to talk about other issues that might arise. Many times, misunderstandings have been resolved, new relationships have been formed and productivity has risen. Work doesn’t have to be something you dread. It can be a place you look forward to going to and feel accomplished as you and your team work together toward a common goal.
Grief Support Group, Fall 2014
Many employees have had someone close to them die. Sometimes it is difficult to move through the grief process alone. The EAP would like to offer extra support to those who find they need that. The EAP will be holding a new Grief Support Group on Mondays during lunchtime. The group meetings will begin October 27 and end on December 29th, 2014. They will be held noon-1:00 in suite 580 of the Professional Building, 419 West Redwood Street. Please call our new EAP number to sign up-667.214.1555, or to ask any questions.
Grief Support Group, Fall 2014
Many employees have had someone close to them die. Sometimes it is difficult to move through the grief process alone. The EAP would like to offer extra support to those who find they need that. The EAP will be holding a new Grief Support Group on Mondays during lunchtime. The group meetings will begin October 27 and end on December 29th, 2014. They will be held noon-1:00 in suite 580 of the Professional Building, 419 West Redwood Street. Please call our new EAP number to sign up-667.214.1555, or to ask any questions.