Student Wellbeing
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This book acknowledges the huge emotional shift that occurs when a student goes to college and offers advice and strategies to help them to deal with a new set of situations that may be academically and / or personally stressful and challenging.
The book outlines some of the reasons why it is particularly difficult for 18 to 24-year-olds to deal with the upheaval of starting college, but goes on to offer evidence-based approaches to help manage the transition.
With insightful material from students who describe the unique pressures they experienced at college - and how they dealt with them - this is a very practical book in which readers will learn ways to develop life strategies and grow as a result of their experiences.
Written by the award-winning student mental health specialist, Dr Dominique Thompson, this easy-to-read guide will ensure that readers have all the tools they need to build on their resourcefulness, equipping them for life at college and beyond.
This illustrated pocket book offers advice, practical tips and useful exercises for students who want to safely navigate the unique pressures and pleasures that life at college brings. Written by the award-winning student mental health specialist, Dr Dominique Thompson, this easy-to-read guide will ensure that readers have all the tools they need to combat issues around leaving home, exam stress, socializing, safety, sex, and substances, so that they can truly make the most of their time as a student.
The book follows the timeline of a student preparing for university, finding their way through fresher's week, the first term, and the interruption of holidays and returning to families. The material is easy to dip in and out of, and addresses all of the major issues they'll experience as a new student. It is written from a non-judgemental perspective, and features extensive contributions form students talking about their own experiences, the things they learned, and the things they'd wished they'd known. This is the book that everyone wishes they'd had when they started university!
This illustrated pocket book offers advice, practical tips, and useful exercises for students to recognise and manage anxiety at university.
Written by the award-winning student mental health specialist, Dr Dominique Thompson, this easy-to-read guide will help readers understand where their anxiety comes from, and why it exists. Whatever the source of individuals' worries or phobias, this book will help readers understand their anxiety and help them develop the tools they need to handle it.With lots of real-life examples, Dominique shows how anxiety affects people differently – helping readers develop strategies that will be truly meaningful for their individual experience. Just as importantly, readers will learn about the kinds of unhelpful things that people try to do to deal with anxiety, which actually cause more harm than good.Above all, this book will help students navigate their life at university, without feeling like their anxieties are in charge of them.