Group Programs and Workshops - Semester One 2012

The below programs are only for current enrolled students at the ANU.
Please note that registration is necessary for all of these programs and that all workshops will be held at the Counselling Centre unless otherwise indicated.

REGISTRATION FORM: Click Here to download a registration form (35kb word doc) and email it to us at: counselling.centre@anu.edu.au 
We will email you back to confirm your registration within 3 days.

Contact us on: (02) 6125 2442 for any enquiries. 

Note: Maximum enrolment for all groups is 30 people unless otherwise stated.

Get Smart Series (at University)

Start Smart: Skills For Academic Success For Undergraduates
Thursday 8 March - 11am-1pm - Presented by Kylie Woodward
Academic success has a lot to do with managing our minds as well as our time and our resources. Developing skills for improved concentration, motivation and mood, among others, makes academic success all the more achievable. This lecture is an introduction to get you started straight away on using these ideas to reach your goals for academic success.

Speaking With Confidence For Undergraduates

Tuesday 20 March - 12pm-1pm - Presented by Carol Beynon

Speaking in tutorials, giving presentations and contributing to academic discussion is a corner stone of student life. This session will cover, enhancing confidence, managing anxiety, structuring talks and managing the audience in order to extend your skills. This will be done in a relaxed atmosphere through participation and sharing what works.

Speaking With Confidence For Postgraduates

Thursday 22 March - 12pm-1pm - Presented by Anna Molan
“Speaking With Confidence” covers three crucial skills for effective public speaking: managing self, structuring the talk, and managing the audience. The session will focus on dealing with anxious thoughts and feelings, pitching and pacing the talk well, and responding to questions and comments

Keeping On Track

Thursday 29 March - 11am-12.30pm - Presented by Kylie Woodward
This group program will help you to take stock of where you are placed with your studies at this stage of the semester, what you might need to do to get yourself ‘back on track’ and some problem solving skills that will assist you in getting your focus and concentration back.

Getting Ontop Of Procrastination For Undergraduates

Tuesday 1 May 11am-12.30pm - Presented by Josef Gorny

Ever found yourself putting off assignments or writing up your thesis?  Is your New Year’s resolution, “This year I’m going to start my assignments early and get then in a week ahead of time!”? Then this workshop may be for you! It looks at the psychology and brain science of how a procrastination habit develops and gets entrenched and, more importantly, how to address it. (Hint: will-power is not enough.) Don’t put off registering for a workshop that could turn things round for you!

Managing Exam Anxiety

Thursday 24 May – 11am-12.30pm - Presented by Rachel Tyson

This group will help you understand what starts and maintains anxiety and how it impacts on exam performance. You will learn helpful coping strategies for managing anxiety both in the lead up to exams and in the exam room.

Get Living Series

Connecting With Your New Community (For International Students)

Thursday 15 March – 11am-12.30pm - Presented by Rachel Tyson

This group is a welcome for International students who want to find out more about how to link in with supports and services at ANU and the broader Canberra community. It will give you an opportunity to meet people, ask questions and find out useful local information.

Get Connected: Making Friends And Allies

Tuesday 27 March – 11am-12.30pm – Presented by Kylie Woodward

Having a bit of a social life can be important for balance in a busy uni lifestyle.  Still, sometimes it can be hard to make connections when you’re new.   This informal and fun session aims to give you a range of ideas, from where to meet people, how to start conversations, and how to extend from acquaintance to friendship.

Managing Strong Emotions With Mindfulness

Tue 15 May 11am-12.30pm – Presented by Josef Gorny

Strong emotions like anger, fear, despair, craving can afflict our lives; and joy, love, excitement enrich them. However, we don’t have the level of control over these profound states that we would like. We can resort to practices like avoidance, over-eating, compulsions, even self-harm to manage the afflictive ones – or we just give up. The practice of Mindfulness, backed up by recent studies in neuroscience, may offer an effective and non-destructive alternative. It is increasingly becoming the heart of many therapeutic interventions. This workshop will introduce you to the practice and help you work out if Mindfulness is for you.