Coping with uncertainty, loss and change
This one-off workshop is scheduled for Lent Term and April. Please watch this page for further updates.
It will address common difficulties including feeling anxious, overwhelmed or isolated as a result of the pandemic, together with the challenges of coping with loss as well as future uncertainties.
The workshop will examine these issues, and offer practical support on how best to manage these challenges.
If you would like to join the workshop please sign up here.
Exam Stress Workshop
This one-off workshop will be repeated during Summer Term. It is run by a member of the team and is open to all LSE students.
The workshop will look at techniques for managing exam stress, covering both the run up to exams, as well as advice for how to manage on the day. It will look at common difficulties and offer a range of solutions to help with anxiety and stress about exams.
If you would like to join the workshop please sign up here. You’re welcome to sign up for as many of these sessions as you wish.
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Master’s Dissertation:
Address procrastination while doing your dissertation.
For .pdf of the Perfectionism PowerPoint presentation, click here.
Say Hello To Constructive Perfectionism - Top Tips
This workshop looks at common difficulties with excess perfectionism, and will cover a wide range of practical approaches to help you manage your studies. It will include a look at common myths and how to overcome self-defeating thinking errors.
Workshop Handout
Exams Workshop - Revise and De-Stress
This workshop has tips for revision and preparing for exams, as well as many stress management techniques.
Workshop PowerPoint Slides
How to manage your time effectively
This course will identify strategies for better time management. The course will also examine psychological issues and explore common difficulties with perfectionism and procrastination.
Workshop PowerPoint Slides
How to Present with Skill and Confidence
This workshop looks at a wide range of practical confidence-building measures to help students give presentations, including positive self talk, good vocal technique and tips for managing anxiety and stress.
Workshop PowerPoint Presentation
Interview Nerves
A joint presentation with LSE Careers Service, offering practical techniques to relieve our interview nerves. This workshop will include a focus on effective preparation, useful presentation techniques, and advice on non-verbal communication.
Workshop PowerPoint
Mindfulness and Stress Management
This workshop will look at the use of mindfulness as an excellent way of managing stress. Mindfulness is a type of relaxation exercise which can help reduce the amount of time you spend worrying about things. The workshop will look at how you can combine this with other practical techniques to reduce stress, and better manage the pressures of being a student.
Workshop PowerPoint Slides
Overcome perfectionism
This workshop looks at common difficulties with excess perfectionism, and will cover a wide range of practical approaches to help you manage your studies. It will include a look at common myths and how to overcome self-defeating thinking errors.
Workshop Handout
Overcome procrastination
This will look at the difficulties with procrastination, examining the negative thoughts and behaviours that inhibit students from being able to work. The workshop will examine a range of techniques and practical tips to help you.
Workshop PowerPoint Presentation
Questionaire
See also the iProcrastinate podcast series.
Public Speaking - managing your anxiety
Speaking in public can raise anxiety and for some, avoidance seems to be the only solution. However in this workshop with Mike Bryant from the Student Counselling Service, we will look at anxiety, helping us to understand its function and how to manage and use it to your advantage. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students are welcome to join this workshop.
Sleep Well
This workshop will look at a range of difficulties associated with sleep. It will increase your understanding of the process of sleep and explore strategies and ideas about how you might work towards achieving better sleep.
Time Management
Identify useful strategies for better time management. Examine psychological issues. Explore common difficulties with perfectionism and procrastination.
Workshop PowerPoint Slides