Monday, March 2, 2020 — 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM EST
Learn about the habit loop, stages of change cycle, how to re-shape or change habits, strategies to increase motivation, overcome obstacles and increase chances for success; and relax using progressive muscle relaxation
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020 — 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
Understand the automatic feedback loop; identify three states of the mind; learn how to identify unhelpful thinking patterns; learn the 10 common errors in thinking, challenge and modify unhelpful thoughts; think in a more balanced way; and relax using mindfulness strategies.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 — 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Do you cycle into low mood and depression?
This skills-based group offers evidence-based therapy that helps sustain recovery from depression and decrease risk of relapse.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is an empirically validated group treatment program that is specifically designed to help individuals who have recovered from depression, to avoid future relapse.
The primary prevention skills are mindfulness-based practices and the focus of therapy is in prevention of relapses.
Thursday, March 5, 2020 — 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM EST
Learn and practice mind-body awareness skills designed to:
- Maximize personal, interpersonal, academic, and work coping skills
- Enhance concentration, focus, and creativity
- Cultivate inner resources for greater emotional balance, health, and well-being
Participants must be able to attend the first session. Please wear comfortable clothing. This workshop is available for students (and staff – space permitting).
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Thursday, March 5, 2020 — 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM EST
- This group offers a safe, confidential space in which to talk about the stressors in graduate school and life, emotions (including anxiety and depression), and relationships. This group can be attended on a drop-in basis - attendance at each session is not required.
- Understand how to navigate issues in your academic and personal life.
- Share your experience, obtain feedback, and explore new ways of coping with issues unique to graduate students in a safe and confidential context.
Monday, March 9, 2020 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
This training teaches students, staff, and faculty to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first-aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they invite help to stay alive. safeTALK-trained helpers learn to recognize these invitations and take action.
Monday, March 9, 2020 — 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Learn how to develop healthier self-care habits; understand the connections between sleep, exercise and nutrition; learn about the three pillars of resilience, learn how to re-frame failure and move forward, and relax using breathing techniques.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020 — 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Learn strategies to manage stress and anxiety
This CBT and mindfulness-based seminar is designed to help you better understand anxiety, its causes, and the factors that maintain it. Throughout this seminar, we will introduce you to a number of strategies designed to alleviate anxiety in the moment, challenge your anxious thoughts, and change behaviours that maintain your anxiety. You will receive an in-depth handout with various strategies for you to try over the coming weeks, some which we will practice during the seminar.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 — 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Learn the five core emotions and their functions; the importance of cultivating happiness and how to increase it; how to identify emotional triggers; how to regulate emotions with distress tolerance, self-soothing and improving the moment strategies; how to increase enjoyable activities; and how to relax using guided imagery visualization.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020 — 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Do you cycle into low mood and depression?
This skills-based group offers evidence-based therapy that helps sustain recovery from depression and decrease risk of relapse.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is an empirically validated group treatment program that is specifically designed to help individuals who have recovered from depression, to avoid future relapse.
The primary prevention skills are mindfulness-based practices and the focus of therapy is in prevention of relapses.
