Help with stress, anxiety and work related problems

The information on the links below has been put together by Penny Henderson for the College, to provide some guidelines on how to approach problems which to a greater or lesser extent affect everyone. More information on how to deal with these issues can be found on the University Counselling Service (UCS) web site (http://www.counselling.cam.ac.uk ) . The Counselling service run workshops and courses as well as provide one on one counselling and it may be helpful to attend one or more of the courses they offer. These are all free of charge.

Many problems can be dealt with by talking to your Tutor or Director of Studies, but if you feel that you have problems that might be best addressed by a series of sessions with a professional Counsellor then you are able to make an appointment with the service ( Guidelines are given here: http://www.counselling.cam.ac.uk/students.html ) or consult your Tutor. The UCS is completely confidential and the College is not informed as to who is using the service. The College also retains the services of a professional counsellor who is available at short notice to speak to you or meet with you. Her phone number can be obtained from your tutor or from the Tutorial office and again these consultations are completely confidential.

Study Skills

• How do you deal with deadlines
• Self Review
• Too perfectionist
• When things don't go according to plan

Stress management

• Stress (PDF)

Exams

• Understanding examinations
• What are my issues about exams
• Thinking like an examiner
• Revision for exams
• Practising for your exam
• Managing time in the examination
• Answering essay questions in exams
• Designing exam questions

Links

• http://www.studentdepression.org