ACU Department of Marriage and Family Therapy

Enjoy Spring Break, Wildcats! 🌸💜

The ACU Marriage and Family Therapy department wishes you a restful and refreshing break. Take time to recharge and enjoy your break.

✨ The Cozy Reset ✨
A virtual wellness gathering for the ACU community ☕️🧘🏽‍♀️

Join us Saturday, January 24th at 10:00am

The Cozy Reset
A relaxed, cozy online gathering focused on grounding your body, calming your mind, and connecting as a community.

💻 Virtual via Zoom

🎓 Open to all Abilene Christian University students, faculty, and alumni

♥️ Hosted by the Department of Marriage & Family Therapy Students

What to expect:
• Guided breathing
• Gentle, chair-based movement
• A fun interactive game
• Prayer
• Cozy, community vibes

This is not therapy and not class-related, just a welcoming, feel-good space to unwind and connect.

👉 If you’d like to attend, comment “COZY” below or DM your email to receive the Zoom details.

📣 All ACU community invited, please spread the word!

✨ See you online tomorrow!

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Thoughtful Thursday 🧠❄️

As winter weather approaches, we want to gently remind our ACU and Abilene community that preparation doesn’t have to mean panic.

Thoughtful planning helps regulate stress, supports safety, and protects our nervous systems, especially during uncertainty.

✔️ Stay informed
✔️ Prepare what you reasonably need
✔️ Avoid unnecessary travel
✔️ Check on your people

We’re thinking about you. Stay grounded, stay safe, and take care of one another.

Thoughtful Thursday 🧠❄️

As winter weather approaches, we want to gently remind our ACU and Abilene community that preparation doesn’t have to mean panic.

Thoughtful planning helps regulate stress, supports safety, and protects our nervous systems,especially during uncertainty.

✔️ Stay informed
✔️ Prepare what you reasonably need
✔️ Avoid unnecessary travel
✔️ Check on your people

We’re thinking about you. Stay grounded, stay safe, and take care of one another.

Hello Friday, we made it. 💜

As we close out the week, we invite you to take a moment for a mental health check-in. Life can be full of stressors,academic pressure, work demands, relationship challenges, family transitions, and everything in between. You don’t have to navigate it alone.

The Marriage & Family Institute at Abilene Christian University is committed to providing affordable, accessible counseling services to the community. Our clinic offers support for concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflict, and major life transitions.

✨ Today’s reminder:
It’s okay to ask for support. Caring for your mental and emotional well-being is an important part of overall health.

If you or someone you know may benefit from counseling services in Abilene,TX,we’re here to help.

📞 Call (325) 674-3724 to learn more or to schedule an appointment.

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Brought to you by the Department of Marriage & Family Therapy
Marriage & Family Institute | Abilene Christian University

📣 Participants Wanted for Research Study!
Were your parents divorced before you turned 16? You're invited to take part in a brief, anonymous research study exploring how the age at which parental divorce occurs might relate to spiritual beliefs and practices in young adulthood.

🧠✨ Your experiences can help contribute to a better understanding of how family transitions impact spiritual development.

📋 Who can participate?

Ages 18–35

Experienced parental divorce before age 16

Comfortable completing a short online survey (~10 minutes)

🔗This link routes you to the consent form, which must be filled out before the survey!

https://abilenechristian.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9AhD6v5AUe7Uc9U

Your input is valuable, and all responses will remain anonymous.
Thank you for considering being part of this important research!

Feel free to share or tag someone who might be eligible. 🙏

❓Questions? Please reach out to the lead researcher, MFT Student Andrew North, at [email protected].

New semester, same purpose. 🏫 💜 📚

We’re back in class, continuing the journey of becoming thoughtful, ethical, and compassionate Marriage & Family Therapists. 💜

Will we see you there? :) 💜