Need to improve your sleep? Good sleep is a skill that can be learned.  In this workshop, you will learn how to improve the quality of your sleep, making you clearer, more alet and more productive! <more>   Ever have trouble getting around to fixing your procrastination? This workshop aims to help you learn strategies to overcome procrastination. <more>   Workshop: Visualisation for exam success Explore the benefits of regularly incorporating relaxation and visualisation into your daily life. <more>   Workshop on meditation and staying calm Come along to our meditation workshop to discover how it can benefit not only your study, but your whole life! <more>   Need to relax or recharge? There are many forms and aspects of yoga. Our workshop focuses particularly on yoga as a path for deepening awareness of mind-body connections <more>

Workshops

All workshops are free and most are held in the Counselling Service office, Ground Floor, Horace Lamb Building, North Terrace Campus [Map Reference G9]. To book a place, please telephone (+61 8) 8303 5663. 

Student Workshops for Semester 2

• Yoga and Mind-Body Awareness
• Meditation Level 1: Concentration and Calm
• Honours
• Balance: Study & Life
• Getting Back On Track
• Overcoming Procrastination
• Yoga Breathing: An aid for study
• Managing Your Time
• Meditation Level 2: Mindfulness
• Managing stress and being a successful student
• Managing a PhD (for 1st year PhD students)
• Improve your sleep
• Stress Less Exams

Yoga and Mind-Body Awareness

There are many forms and aspects of yoga. These sessions will focus particularly on yoga as a path for deepening awareness of mind-body connections. Participants can expect to learn some simple routines they can practice at home, and to develop skills which can be used for relaxing, recharging and enhancing achievement of personal goals. The sessions will involve some physical exercise, stretching, breathing and meditation.

Sessions are free but bookings are essential.

Mondays, 27 July-14 Sept 2009, recommencing 12 Oct-26 Oct 2009
1.10pm-2.00pm

Meditation Level 1: Concentration and Calm

Meditation is an ancient skill that can be learnt in modern times. Traditionally meditation was used to overcome mental suffering, and is now being used to overcome stress, anxiety and depression. You will learn meditation methods that cultivate concentration and calm; you will also learn how to use meditation to cultivate healthy feelings and mind states. I invite you to come along and discover how meditation can benefit your life.

You may join this group at any time.

Wednesdays, 29 July-16 September 2009
1.10pm-2.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Service Meeting Room [Map Reference G9].

Visualisation to Reduce Stress and Enhance Exam Success

This workshop will explore the benefits of regularly incorporating relaxation and visualisation practices into your life.  Also you will experience a progressive relaxation and a gentle, guided visualisation.  Come and Enjoy.

Bookings required.

Thursday, 3 September 2009
12.10pm-1.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Service Meeting Room [Map Reference G9].

Balance: Study & Life

It is difficult to balance study & life (sleep, relationships, social life and work). If you spend too much time on study you may not study effectively because you have lost the chance to recharge yourself. If you spend too much time on non study activities you will not have enough time to study. Balance study & life well and you will achieve the best you can. This workshop will help you get the balance right.

Bookings required.

Monday, 24 August 2009     or       Monday, 14 September 2009
4.10pm-5.00pm                               12.10-1.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Service Meeting Room [Map Reference G9].

Getting Back On Track

Sometimes students find that the focus of their lives has shifted from study and then realise they have fallen behind and need to refocus. This workshop will provide 10 simple tips to help get back on track with study. They are tips that other students have found helpful.

Bookings required.

Monday, 10 August 2009
12.10pm-1.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Service Meeting Room [Map Reference G9]..

Overcoming Procrastination

This workshop aims to help you learn strategies to overcome procrastination in your study life. We will discuss the nature of procrastination, factors that contribute to procrastination and how you can try to reduce procrastination to achieve more efficient and satisfying study practices.

Bookings required.

Managing Your Time

‘Time’ is arguably our most precious resource. It’s important to use it wisely in order to effectively deal with the demands of University life. Research shows that good time management skills can contribute to academic success. Time Management skills can be learnt and developed to also promote greater satisfaction with your life in general. This workshop will explore ideas that can assist you to better manage your time.

Bookings essential.

Wednesday 26 August 2009
12.10pm-1.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Service Meeting Room [Map Reference G9]..

Meditation, Level 2: Mindfulness

In this Level 2 course, you will learn how to cultivate mindfulness (awareness of the body, the feelings and the mind), resulting in greater understanding of those aspects of yourself. Mindfulness is a more advanced meditation tactic. In ancient times, mindfulness was used to overcome anxiety, depression and stress. You are invited to come along and discover how mindfulness meditation can benefit your life.

You may join at any time.

Wednesdays, 7 October-28 October 2009
1.10pm-2.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Services Meeting Room [Map Reference G9].

Managing stress and being a successful student

A certain amount of stress and worry are an inevitable and necessary part of being a student. If stress and worry become too much, they interfere with study. If you manage stress and worry correctly you will become a more successful student. Stress and worry can be managed by developing a lifestyle that keeps them under control. This workshop will describe that lifestyle.

Bookings required.

Monday, 31 August 2009
12.10pm-1.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Service Meeting Room [Map Reference G9]..

Yoga Breathing: An aid for study

Although we all breathe everyday, the breath itself usually goes unnoticed.

This workshop draws on yoga and Western psychology to explore the ways that the breath can be used as a remarkably powerful mind-body link. It can be used to help feel calm, to energize and in particular to enhance states of mind to help study.

Bookings required.

Wednesday, 14 October 2009
12.10pm-1.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Service Meeting Room [Map Reference G9].

Managing a PhD (for 1st year PhD students)

Embarking on the PhD journey can be both exciting and daunting. This workshop will explore a particularly important aspect of this journey, namely self-management strategies (including work-life balance, supervision, maintaining motivation). It will also investigate what you can do to ensure that you are prepared to deal with the ’ups and downs’ of the PhD process.

Bookings required.

Thursday, 22 October 2009
1.10pm-2.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Services Meeting Room [Map Reference: G9].

Improve your sleep

Sleep is one of the main ways we rejuvenate and refresh ourselves, allowing us to be effective in our waking life. Good sleep is a skill that can be learnt. In this workshop you will learn how to organise your life so that you will improve the quality of your sleep, becoming clearer, more alert, and more productive as a student.

Bookings required.

Monday, 17 August 2009
12.10pm-1.00pm
To be held in the Counselling Service Meeting Room [Map Reference G9].

Stress Less Exams

A small amount of stress at exam time can help you be motivated and perform well, but too much stress can make life miserable and send results downhill. This workshop draws together some tried and true ideas to reduce the stress of exams so you can prepare more effectively and perform better on the day.

Bookings required.

Wednesday, 21 October 2009
12.10pm-1.00pm

 To be held in the Counselling Service Meeting Room [Map Reference G9].

Staff Workshops for 2009

• Assisting students in distress
• Introduction to the Counselling Service
• Meeting the demands of University life
• Study techniques

Assisting students in distress

A one-hour session that will provide staff with information about:

• How to talk with a distressed student
• How to quickly access support for a distressed student
• What to do if a student is at risk of suicide or threatening to harm others
• Practical resources for students on campus (eg Accommodation, Health Service)
• Flow chart that summarises the information provided in the session.

For more information on booking this session for your Faculty or School, please email the Counselling Service.

Introduction to the Counselling Service

A brief overview of the counselling support available at the University for students.  Ideal for orientation sessions.

For more information on booking this session for your Faculty or School, please email the Counselling Service.

Meeting the demands of University life

For more information on booking this session for your Faculty or School, please email the Counselling Service.

Study techniques

For more information on booking this session for your Faculty or School, please email the Counselling Service.