What is the Body Project, and why should I be a part of it?
Body Project applications being accepted now for fall 2018
Unit: Student Counseling Services
Where are they now? Doug Lamb
In 1970 as a young Ph.D. graduate, Doug Lamb’s hope was to have a university faculty position in psychology that also offered the opportunity to do clinical work.
Video: Combatting mental health stigmas through personal stories
Illinois State University students are sharing their personal mental health stories through a new video that aims to provide avenues to help.
Are depression or anxiety getting in your way?
Don’t let depression or anxiety stand in your way. Student Counseling Services offers quick, effective 1-hour workshops on how to manage depression or anxiety.
Not sick enough?
The media usually portrays what an eating disorder looks like by one image: an overly skinny girl. There are countless examples of this, like To the Bone, a Netflix movie that displays an underweight woman going through an eating disorder, and Starving in Suburbia, a movie about a dancer that obsesses about being thin. When television, movies, and the media portray an eating disorder as this, people may assume that to have an eating disorder, you must look a certain way—underweight. Women who are average weight or overweight might not get the help they need if others do not believe they are “sick enough.”
Sign up for Voices of Discovery
Voices of Discovery is a program to promote awareness of diversity and expand the opportunity for cross-cultural and inter-group interaction on campus.
Men also struggle with body image
check out the Male Body Image Workshop on Wednesday, February 28th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in SSB 376. This one-hour workshop, co-sponsored by Student Counseling Services and Health Promotion and Wellness, is designed to help men learn how to combat the unrealistic, ultra-muscular ideal portrayed by the media. Participants will learn about male body image and eating disorder myths while also exploring ways to combat unrealistic ideals.
One-click perfection and what it does to body image
While editing a photo in two minutes with a free app doesn’t seem like it’s doing much harm, the image of perfection, the message of image perfection may make someone else feel as if they’re not doing enough to manage their image or to look good.
The feared ‘freshman 15’
The problem with the term freshman 15 is that it comes with added pressures to ensure the weight gain doesn’t happen.
Student Counseling Services offers a group specifically for students of color
Students of color on predominantly White college campuses often face unique difficulties and challenges while navigating a university setting. The Student of Color process group (SOCPG) at Illinois State University provides a safe and supportive space for students of color to make sense of and give voice to the wide range of concerns.
