Election Week Resources

The Simmons University community will be offering space and support for
individual students, staff, and faculty who might benefit from discussion
around the election. Our goals are to bring people together and promote
discussion around the many and varied feelings and responses to the
Presidential Election. Together we can support each other and the entire
Simmons community.

Post-Election Drops Ins

• Office of Residence Life Election Week Drop-Ins
• Finding Calm and Community Day After Election Drop-Ins Collaborative
  Department Drop-Ins

Counseling Services (Boston area)

Employee Assistance Program
AllOne Health, the Simmons Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider, provides 3 free counseling sessions to you and your family members. They also provide a host of other services such as legal referrals, budget tools and estate planning tools. AllOne Health can be reached at 800-451-1834 or via the AllOne Health website using the username: simmons and the password employee.

Trinity Boston Counseling Center
Trinity Boston Counseling Center (TBCC) improves the quality of care to Boston youth by improving the quality of care to youth workers

Thrive Boston
Skilled, caring counselors, therapists, coaches, and psychiatrists provide premium care to individuals, couples, and families in Cambridge and the greater Boston area. These professionals are dedicated to helping people find greater success and live happy, healthy lives.

Fenway Health
Offers individual, group, couple, and family therapy; psychiatric consultation; and addiction services. They can help deal with a range of personal issues and life events and provide high-quality care that is sensitive to LBGT concerns. Services include evaluation and referrals; counseling for myriad issues; therapy and support groups; psychiatric evaluation and treatment; and daily acupuncture for alcohol and drug addiction.

Cambridge Health Associates
Offers acupuncture, massage, structural bodywork, counseling and psychotherapy, coaching, movement education, herbal medicine, energy healing, zero balancing, astrology and authentic voicework

Meditations

• 10-Minute Meditation for Anxiety
• 10-Minute Meditation for Stress
• 10-Minute Meditation for Sleep
• 10-Minute Mindfulness Meditation|Be Present
• 10-Minute Meditation for Clarity, Stability, and Presence

Articles

• Talking Across Divides: 10 Ways to Encourage Civil Classroom Conversation on Difficult Issues
• After the Election: A To-Do List
• How to Emotionally Prepare for the 2020 Election
• Make Your Post Election Self-Care Plan Now
• 9 Emotional Regulation Tips for Anyone Who is Struggling Right Now
• 8 Grounding Techniques to Try When You’re Spiraling
• 9 Therapist-Approved Tips for Reframing Your Existential Anxiety
• 41 Mental Health Apps That Will Make Life a Little Easier
• 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country
• How to Be Hopeful, Even When It’s Really, Really Hard

Miscellaneous

• 10 Online Support Groups for Anyone Struggling to Get Through 2020

2020 Election Sanity Challenge

Presented by the Ten Percent Happier app. The 7-day Election Sanity Challenge, starting Tuesday, October 27th, is aimed at providing you with the skills to navigate this wild political season in a way that allows you to be both engaged and calm. We designed it specifically to help you lean into the commotion of the election, without getting burnt out.