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University Counselling Service: helping you through your student journey
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Your first few weeks here will probably be…
• Exciting
• Busy
• Eventful
• Inspiring
• Full of new opportunities
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However, it may also feel
• Challenging
• Stressful
• Lonely
• Or even overwhelming…
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•At times of change it’s normal to feel stressed…but sometimes we respond to stress in unhelpful ways
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This is where the Counselling Service may be able to help
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Supporting New StudentsSpecifically aimed at new students, sessions are available daily:Monday 19th September – Friday 7th OctoberWeekdays, 2pm-3.30pm.• To discuss concerns, receive support, and to
find out about other sources of support. • Appointments are available on a first come
first served basis and last approximately 30 minutes.
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Who can use the service?
• The University Counselling Service is free and available to all registered students of the University, both Undergraduate & Postgraduate.
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What services does UCS offer?• Individual Counselling
• Supporting New Students sessions
• Skills for Life Programme
• Drop-in
• Self help – on-line and paper resources
Skills For Life Programme
• Develop academic skills
• Develop interpersonal and communication skills that promote good friendships/ relationships
• Learn healthy lifestyles that promote health and well-being
• Recognise negative, self defeating thoughts and behaviours.
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Skills For Life Programme includes:
• How to cope with stress
• Time management skills
• Public speaking for the terrified
• Overcoming writer’s block
• Coping with bereavement
• Overcoming procrastination
• Relaxation for all
• Oasis: relaxation space
• Therapy group
• Behavioural Activation for depression
• Assertiveness
• Confidence building
• Who am I and what am I doing here?
• How to get better sleep
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To keep in touch with all the latest news and events taking place in the counselling service…
@ Sheffield_UCS
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Our mission statement:
Learning to live, learning to learn, learning to be.
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