Activities

Members of the JMU Counseling Program are actively volunteering in many different areas of the community. Here are a few brief descriptions of some of their activities.

Staunton National Guard Meetings

Once a month students from the JMU Department of Graduate Psychology volunteer to play with the kids at the Staunton meeting for families of service people in the National Guard. This provides parents with an opportunity to meet as a support group and deal with the stressors of having a family member in an overseas conflict.

Ashley Sutt (2005)

Nate Stoltzfus (2005)

Promoting Community Resilience after Catastrophes

We are collaborating on a variety of projects to help communities to prepare for, and respond to, the psychological impact of natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other catastrophes. We are developing training programs, procedures and materials to provide disaster preparedness, crisis intervention, community education, outreach, consultation, support, and follow-up interventions. These are components of a successful plan designed to promote community resilience and collective resolution.