The Psychological Therapies Training and Research Clinic is running a four-part workshop series to support post graduate students with the mental and emotional demands of postgraduate study. If you are bothered by worry, uncertainty, or self-critical thoughts, or are managing setbacks in your studies, you are not alone. These workshops have been designed for you to help develop and practice skills to manage the emotional challenges common in postgraduate life. We would love to see you join us at a workshop!

The sessions involve four weekly 90 minute sessions and introduce evidence based strategies, which are based on cognitive behavioural therapy techniques, to support you in managing your stressors more effectively. The workshops are a great space to speak to other post-graduate students, learn skills and techniques that may relieve some of your anxieties and introduce new ways of approaching your problems.

To book your space on the next workshop series, please head to: Workshops (ncl.ac.uk)

Please note as part of the evaluation of these workshops you will be required to fill in an anonymised questionnaire about how you are feeling prior to the first workshop and following the last workshop, which usually takes about five minutes. We will also ask you fill this in again 4 weeks after the workshops to help us understand how our workshops are helping you. 

The number of students for each round of workshops is capped at 16. If you are unable to get a space on this series of workshops please look out for a future workshop series.

Before signing up we encourage you watch this short clip: https://youtu.be/MtqaCKZKId8 which provides a comprehensive summary of the workshop overview, to help you decide if these workshops are for you.

If you have any questions and would like to know more information before signing up to these workshops please contact laura.stevenson@newcastle.ac.uk

If you are not able to attend these workshops but would like to work through online support sessions you can find materials at

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/wellbeing/mentalwellbeing/online-cbt/

The next four-part workshop is due to commence on Thursday 12th January 2023 at 2pm. This will be a hyrbid workshop, so you can attend online, or in person at the Herschel Building (opposite the Haymarket) in room: HERB.6.015 Central. They will take place the same time on the following Thursdays for the four weeks.

Workshop 1 'noticing when we are stuck': Thursday 12th January 2023 2pm - 3.30pm

Workshop 2 'Dealing with unhelpful and self critical thoughts': Thursday19th January 2023 2pm - 3.30pm

Workshop 3 'Dealing with setbacks': Thursday 26th January 2023 2pm - 3.30pm

Workshop 4: 'Getting through Uncertainty' Thursday 2nd February 2023 2pm - 3.30pm

To book your space, please head to this link: Workshops (ncl.ac.uk)