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Counselling Workshops and Courses

Find out about the free courses and workshops we run to help you overcome your mental health problems and build your wellbeing.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - online summer course

This eight-week, evidence-based course teaches practical mindfulness skills to help you reduce stress, anxiety, depression and physical pain and deal with the challenges of everyday life.

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Establish a daily mindfulness practice that can help you:

  • cope better with challenges and stressors
  • feel calmer and more confident
  • make conscious choices about how you live your life, including how you relate to others.

Anxiety Aid course

Anxiety Aid is a four-week course that will equip you to understand and alleviate anxiety and start making positive changes in your life. It's based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and delivered online via Microsoft Teams.

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  • Identify what makes you feel anxious and what keeps the anxiety going.
  • Discover how your own strengths and capabilities can help you overcome anxiety.
  • Learn new ways to manage stress and reduce worry and anxiety.

Drop the Struggle course

Drop the Struggle is a six-week course for doctoral students feeling stuck, inadequate or disconnected. It's delivered online via the Microsoft Teams platform.

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The course seeks to help you deal better with psychological suffering and live a more fulfilling life. Specifically, it may help you to:

  • find some freedom from debilitating thoughts, feelings and habitual behaviours
  • respond more skilfully to the difficulties life throws at you
  • take effective action that moves you in the direction you want to go.

Questions?

Email us to ask about our courses and workshops for better mental health.