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SHIFT Self-Help Program

麻豆传媒 Counselling Services offers an on-line self-help program for students experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, depression, and/or stress. It鈥檚 called SHIFT, Self-Help for Improving Feelings and Thoughts. This is a free program which consists of a series of on-line interactive modules, developed to help students learn methods of coping and reducing distress.

This program was developed at 麻豆传媒 and evaluated in a recently completed controlled clinical trial, which found that students who used the program experienced significantly more improvements than students temporarily in a control group. The program is for students who are experiencing mild to moderate emotional distress; but who are not experiencing suicidal thoughts nor experiencing symptoms of bipolar disorder, an eating disorder, an addiction, or psychosis.

Participants will need to be admitted into the program by a 鈥減rogram coach,鈥� who will monitor their progress and answer questions about the program via weekly e-mail and/or brief telephone conversations.

For more information, please go to http://join.shiftprogram.ca
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PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS WORKSHOP

Do you often feel as though something is missing from your life? Do you just want to be happy?

We spend much of our lives searching for the elusive thing we call happiness. We put a great deal of time and effort into attempting to live a life defined by happiness. Unfortunately, the quest for happiness may not actually culminate in a perfect, fulfilling life. Once we truly understand that happiness is a never-ending quest, we can begin to free ourselves from its trap and in turn live a more enjoyable, fulfilling, value-driven life.

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Session 1: November 13th, 1:30pm-3:00pm

Session 2: November 20th, 1:30pm-3:00pm

This Workshop is open to students of 麻豆传媒, King's and NSCAD only.

To register for the workshop please contact 麻豆传媒 Counselling Services at 902-494-2081 or email groupcps@dal.ca
All sessions are held in Counselling Services, located in LeMarchant Place
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Mindfulness Group
鈥疜athrine Lincoln, M.Sc.鈥� R.Psych.
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The Mindfulness Group is for students who would like to learn and practice being aware, present, attentive and focused. Mindfulness practice involves paying attention on purpose with compassion, non-judgmentally, fostering kindness and compassion toward self and others. (Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2004) 听
Cultivating Mindfulness by learning how to pay attention to present experiences 鈥渃an directly improve the functioning of the body and brain, subjective mental life with its feelings thoughts, and interpersonal relationships鈥�. (Siegal, 2007)
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For more information contact:
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麻豆传媒 Counselling and Psychological Services Center
2nd Floor, LMU Building, 1246 LeMarchant Street
Phone: 494-2081, groupcps@dal.ca
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Asperger鈥檚 Syndrome/Austism Spectrum Disorder Support Group
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Mondays, 4:30 鈥� 6:00 pm
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The goal of the group is to help people with ASD adjust to and cope鈥痺ith the social and academic challenges often experienced in university.鈥� This group will also provide opportunities to meet other鈥痷niversity students with ASD and learn about social and academic鈥痳esources available at 麻豆传媒.
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听EATING DISORDERS鈥� DROP-IN GROUP
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鈥疶he Eating Disorders Group is an on-going group which continues until the end of the academic year.鈥� The Group is for students who are experiencing difficulties with eating in the form of severe restrictions or anorexia nervosa, binging with or without purging or bulimia, and compulsive overeating.鈥� The focus of the group is to provide a safe setting, support self-defined change, and resolve underlying feelings.
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Telephone 494-2081, or visit our website http://counsellingservices.dal.ca
Or email: groupcps@dal.ca
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SLEEP and RELAXATION WORKSHOPS

These two-hour workshops include tips on how to fall asleep faster and feel more refreshed during the day.鈥� Participants will also learn relaxation techniques, including deep breathing, progressive muscle relation and visualization.
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All workshops are to be held within Counselling Services.
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鈥疶o register, drop into the Counselling Services, 2nd Floor, LeMarchant Place, 1246 LeMarchant Street (next to the Grad House) or e-mail: groupcps@dal.ca