Groups
   
DR…WHEN?
PhD SUPPORT GROUP
Are you floating-lost in time and space?
Feeling alone and isolated?
Struggling with numerous commitments, employment, work-life balance, and possibly feeling stuck?
Dealing with perfectionism and procrastination amongst other things?
The small groups will be facilitated by Counsellors from the University Counselling Service, aimed at giving PhD students the opportunity to share their frustrations, common concerns, strengths and solutions with others and provide the foundation for ongoing contact and support.
The support groups will run for 4 consecutive weekly sessions.
If you think you would be interested in joining a group or would like to find out more please email counselling@abdn.ac.uk
Courses
** Due to the demand for Counselling and our limited resources, we are unable to run any of our Stress & Relaxation and Assertiveness courses at present. If our situation changes, we will advertise courses on MOTD (Message of the Day) and our website, therefore please keep checking Message of the Day (MOTD) and our website for further information.**
The Counselling Service runs short courses for students on Stress & Relaxation and Assertiveness.
Course Details
 Stress & Relaxation
University life can be exciting and challenging. It can also be stressful. This short (3 sessions) course will give you the opportunity to....
- Find out more about stress and its effects on you
- Share common experiences and gain support from a group
- Learn relaxation skills and other strategies for coping more effectively with stress
- Achieve a better balance between study and leisure
Feedback from previous course participants -
"understanding & brainstorming where stress comes and where it goes"
"the practices we had of different relaxation types/modes"
"I thought there was a very good balance between theory and practice"
"I found the work on self esteem interesting and challenging and thus rewarding"
"the 2 hours went very quickly"
"I found it weird that we had to to relax the feet before the head!!"
Contact the Counselling Service for further details. -
Tel: (01224) 272139, or email:counselling@abdn.ac.uk
 Assertiveness Skills
- Do you feel unworthy, downtrodden or walked over?
- Do you suffer in silence and feel unable to speak up for yourself?
- Do you find it difficult to ask for what you need?
Assertiveness is about standing up for yourself and expressing views and feelings in a direct, honest and appropriate way. Assertive behaviour can help you get more out of university life, out of your relationships, and out of life in general.
On this course you will have the opportunity to discover:
- the differences between passive, aggressive and assertive behaviour
- techniques for basic assertiveness
- how your body language can help
- how to make clear requests
- the importance of feelings
What will the course be like?
The assertiveness course is facilitated by counsellors from the University Counselling Service. Their approach will be experiential and everyone is encouraged to participate and share their experiences. No-one, however, will be put on the spot. Each of the four 2 hourly sessions will be structured with workshop-style activities, with students working in pairs and small groups. There will be some teaching and space for discussion in the whole group too.
Who is the course for?
The course is open to students, both undergraduates and postgraduates. There is an expectation that participants will attend all 4 sessions of the course.
How do I book a place?
Presently, there is not a course scheduled.
Feedback from previous course participants -
"extremely useful"
"gave me great confidence"
"great fun!"
"learning to say No has had a positive effect on my life"
"overall very interesting,stimulating & useful"
"I'm more self aware of my actions..."
"will make dealing with people and certain situations much easier and make me feel better as a person in the way that I dealt with it!"
Contact the Counselling Service for further details. - Tel: (01224) 272139, or email:counselling@abdn.ac.uk
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