Self esteem group - 3 week group starting Monday 27 February, 11.00 - 1.00. This group is for students who doubt and criticize themselves excessively, lack confidence or have low self-esteem. It will explore ways to raise self-esteem, think more positively, practice better self-care and be more assertive.
Stress management group – 3 week group starting Thursday 23 February, 11.00 - 1.00. This group will help students to develop new coping strategies, manage anxiety and stress, feel more in control, help to challenge negative thinking and look at good self-care.

Places on groups must be booked in advance- please contact the office to book a place. These small groups will have no more than twelve people in them. Participants need to be able to attend each session of the group and stay for the whole session.

Long-term therapy groups

MSc Therapy group - We will be running a weekly therapy group for MSc students. This small group is run by an experienced group therapist in a confidential setting, and will offer support and a reflective space over the year. The group meets on Wednesdays 3.15 - 4.45 (not 10.20 - 11.50 as previously advertised).
PhD students group - This offers a space in which students can look at a range of issues connected with the experience of doing doctoral research work, and also gain understanding of the impact of different personal, familial, institutional and cultural stressors on themselves and their work.

For information about longer term groups, please click here|.

If you are interested in taking up a place in any group, please visit us in KSW.507 or make contact via student counselling| or 020 7852 3627.

New workshops

Coming up - no need to book in advance.

Overcoming Procrastination workshop - Wednesday 8 February, 2.00 – 3.30, OLD.550 - For powerpoint click here. Handout here.
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 deal with this.
Sleep Well workshop - Monday 27 February, 1.00 - 2.00, KSW.1.04 - For handout click here.
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.

Click here| for the full list of workshops for Michaelmas term. For details of workshops in Lent term click here|.

Past workshops

Interview Nerves - For powerpoint click here.
Joint presentation with LSE Careers Service, offering practical techniques to relieve our interview nerves. This will include a focus on effective preparation, useful presentation techniques, and advice on non-verbal communication.
Tuesday 7 February
Managing Perfectionism workshop - For powerpoint click here. Handout here.
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.
Monday 23 January
Time Management - For powerpoint click here
Wednesday 18 January
Presentation Skills and Confidence - For powerpoint click here.
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.
Wednesday 18 January
End of term review for MSc students
An opportunity to review progress and anticipate future challenges. It will include discussion of practical skills to help with the challenges of the MSc programme, including stress management.
Wednesday 7 December
Managing PhD Thesis Anxiety
This workshop from the Teaching and Learning Centre will explore how various factors such as perfectionism, procrastination and self esteem can be blocks in the process of writing the thesis. It will be run by a student counsellor and the PhD student adviser, and explore useful strategies to help manage the stress of writing a thesis.
Tuesday 22 November
Managing PhD Stress - For powerpoint on Mindfulness click here.
This workshop from the Student Counselling Service will look at a range of practical techniques to reduce stress and better manage the pressures of being a PhD student. It will include a description of an easy to use Mindfulness exercise, which can help with relaxation and reduce the amount of time spent worrying about work.
Wednesday 16 November
Psychological challenges faced by MSc students - For powerpoint click here.
How are you managing with the changes involved in being an MSc student? This workshop will include a focus on how can you cope with the difficulties and stresses of this intense programme.
Friday 11 November
Good writing psychology - For powerpoint click here
This presentation looks at ways of overcoming psychological issues involved in the task of writing, with advice and tips to help manage blocks and unhelpful fears. It will include a range of management techniques for dealing with common writing difficulties, such as procrastination and perfectionism.
Friday 4 November
International students' workshop - For powerpoint click here.
Studying in another country (and often in a different language) presents a variety of challenges. This session offers an opportunity to explore cultural and academic styles in the UK, and will include advice and tips for making the most of your time at LSE.
Wednesday 2 November
Black & Minority Ethnic Student at LSE?
This meeting provides a safe setting in which BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) students can explore and look at a range of issues. It is a supportive and therapeutic space for students to share experiences of being a BME individual in London and LSE.
Tuesday 25^th October 2011
Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender?
This is an opportunity to share experiences and reactions within in a safe space. Living and studying in London raises many concerns and sexuality may be one of them. Why not come along to this workshop and hear how others are doing. It will include time to share tips and ideas about how to get the most out of your time here at LSE.
Thursday 20 October 2011
Studying and surviving at LSE - For powerpoint click here.
This presentation looks at the experience of being a student at LSE, putting into context the challenges that lie ahead. It will include tips for coping and a review of stress management skills. .
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Academic Job Applications Workshop - For powerpoint click here -
Applying for academic jobs can be a relentless business especially when there seem to be fewer and fewer jobs to go round. The process of making numerous job applications takes both practical and emotional energy. This interactive workshop explores how to make an effective application for academic jobsand develop the emotional resilience required to keep going. It is aimed at PhD students and will be delivered by the Careers and CounsellingService.
9 June 2011
Exams workshop - revise and de-stress - For powerpoint click here
This workshop has tips for revision and preparing for exams, as well as many stress management techniques.
Wednesday 4 May
End of Term Review - For Powerpoint click here.
This workshop will provide an opportunity to look back over the last two terms, reviewing progress made and anticipating future challenges. It will also examine the tasks that lie ahead, particularly revision and exams. The workshop will include advice on revision techniques, and a review of stress management skills.
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Communicating Assertively - For powerpoint click here
Wednesday 16 February 2011
End of term review for MSc students For powerpoint click here
An opportunity to review progress and anticipate future challenges. It will include discussion of practical skills to help with the challenges of the MSc programme, including stress management.
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Prisoners of our own defence: stopping and starting the MSc dissertation:
A workshop for MSc students exploring how perfectionism and procrastination are often unwittingly used to mitigate many of the psychological hurdles that can arise in the dissertation writing process. Whilst such defences are intended to impede and inhibit unwanted feelings and thoughts, they can end up being mechanisms that stop the writing process itself.
Thursday 22 July 2010

Quick links

Project Management for PhD students - powerpoint available here
Group therapy programme
Workshops programme

Please also look in moodle| for details of study skills events, including videos and handouts from a range of past presentations.

Please see here| for more information about longer term groups.

Longer term group psychotherapy is available through the institute of group analysis| and the women's therapy centre|. Both organisations offer this with a sliding scale £5 - £45.