UNSW COUNSELLING SERVICE

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Here at the Counselling Service COMPASS Programs we believe that students are resourceful people who are very capable of making changes when they know how to do so. Therefore, we have put together some self-help information for you on various interesting topics we are often asked about (see below). This information is meant to provide you with a good starting point rather than being comprehensive.

Go to list of Self Help Topics & Skills

Our resources cover a range of topics that can be organised around three themes: Academic enhancement, Life management skills, and Personal Development. These are the overall types of problems that students face on a daily basis.

Academic enhancement: These relate to skills for studying, and can include general study tips, how to utilise your memory to your advantage, how to think critically, writing assessments, and much more.

Life management: These include tips to help you achieve overall balance in life and can include time management, procrastination, problem solving, and goal setting.

Personal development: Sometimes personal issues can have a significant impact on our studies and affect out ability to achieve our personal best. Such issues may include anxiety, depression, relationship and communication difficulties, stress management, family difficulties, and drug and alcohol issues.

To make it easier for you to get resources, we have grouped them by topics/skills. Within each topic we have a range of resources, including information sheets, links to online self-paced learning modules, and self-help books that you may find helpful. Some of the self-help books are available in our lending library in our waiting area; you are free to browse through or borrow these for up to two weeks. Some of these are also in the UNSW library and we have a list of call numbers for these. If you know about other good self help books which you think students would find useful don't forget to tell us.

We also have monthly newsletters which you can find here.

We also have newsletters relating to Acceptance & Committment Therapy, which you can find here.

A list of books available for students to borrow can be found here

If you are after Academic Standing and Progress issues, check out our Phoenix Rising online workshop, the Academic Advising website and our Back on Track program to support academic progress and help you get back to good academic standing.

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