Skills Seminars
Five modules across ten weeks; a skills-based course to help you manage your mental health and wellbeing.
Weekly Seminar Times
Wednesday
6pm-7pm
Thursdays
6:00pm-7:00pm
The seminars are for anyone who wants to:
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Understand themselves better.
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Build psychological resilience and mental flexibility.
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Manage distressing feelings and behaviours.
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Learn skills to improve their psychological health.
The skills you will learn are based in the science of cognitive-behavioural therapy and will help you master strategies to manage your mental health.
Seminars run for ten weeks with one 60-minute seminar every week. There are five different topics and you can come to as many as you can. You can skip sessions when study gets busy.
The 10-week group-based course is run through Zoom. The interactive seminars are offered on several different times and days.
Module Topics
The seminars are for anyone who wants to:
* understand themselves better.
* build psychological resilience and mental flexibility.
* manage distressing feelings and behaviours.
* learn skills to improve their psychological health.
Module A: You Feel the Way You Think
A1: Emotional Triggers and Automatic Thoughts
How to identify activating events (emotional triggers) and recognise how automatic thoughts contribute to the way you feel
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A2: Challenging Automatic Thoughts and Core Beliefs
How to identify and challenge unhelpful core beliefs and automatic thoughts.
Module B: Building Mastery
B1: Behaviour Activation
How to identify and increase activities that promote feelings of wellbeing and reduce stress
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B2: Behaviours That Matter
How to identify unhealthy habits and develop health-promoting behaviours.
Module C: Hacks to Boost Your Mood
C1: Avoiding thinking traps
How to identify and modify maladaptive or counterproductive patterns of thinking
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C2: Overcoming rumination and guilt
How to use strategies to overcome rumination and guilt
Module D: Planning to Succeed
D1: Getting on top of problems before they get you down
How to recognise stressors and use strategies to solve interpersonal and emotional problems
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D2: Goal Setting and Planning
How to set goals and plan for behaviour change.
Module E: Avoiding Meltdowns
E1: Understanding the Body's Stress Response
Understanding the body's stress response and how to use strategies to regulate physiological arousal to stressors.
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E2: Managing Stress and Overcoming Avoidance
How to manage stress and Overcome Avoidance.
Meet our facilitators
The seminars are for anyone who wants to:
* understand themselves better.
* build psychological resilience and mental flexibility.
* manage distressing feelings and behaviours.
* learn skills to improve their psychological health.
Tom Corlet
Tom studies clinical psychology at the University of Otago and also does PhD research looking at child development.
Jess Ryan
Jess studies clinical psychology at the University of Otago. Her Honours research looked at whether parenting stress contributes to children's ADHD symptoms.
Isabel Mooney
Isabel (she/her) is a PhD and Clinical Psychology student at the University of Otago. She is currently completing her thesis in psychology, which aims to understand pathways to mental health care.
Sam Fennessy
Sam (she/they) is studying clinical psychology at the University of Canterbury and is completing her PhD at the University of Otago. Their research surrounds rainbow mental health and experiences of community, as well as how to better support our LGBTQIA+ communities.