Training/workshops - psychological help

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In addition to individual consultations, the psychological help service also provides training/workshops.

• Fear of failure training
  This group is meant for students who are stressed or nervous or have feelings of panic before or during examinations or in group situations. This training is meant for students who want to learn to cope with fear of failure, so that they will obtain better study results and life will be easier.
  Costs: €25,- 
  Duration: 6 meetings
  Please, click here to see some opinions of participants.
  
  
• Study efficacy increase group
  This group is meant for students who lack the power to study, students who postpone studying, students with discipline problems. The group aims at putting the study back on track. Every week your study behavior will be evaluated. During the meetings you get general study advice which is not related to a specific faculty or a specific course.
  Costs: € 25,-
  Duration: 6 meetings
  Please, click here to see some opinions of participants.
  
  The workshop Timemanagement and the study efficacy increase group show some overlap.
  If you think it’s enough for you to get tips and pointers once, than the best  you can do is following the workshop Timemanagement. If you think you need  more help, you can better register for the study efficacy increase group. After following the workshop Timemanagement it’s always possible to still register for the study efficacy increase group, but vice versa isn’t recommended.
  
  New: Digital study efficacy increase group
  This group is almost equal to the normal study efficacy increase group. The difference is that you don’t join a group but that you’ve mail contact with the trainer every week. During this contact your study behavior will be evaluated and you will get an assignment you have to work on.
  It’s necessary to make an appointment for an intake in advance. 
  You can register for this digital group by making an appointment via the callcenter (043-3885388) or via e-mail studentenpsychologen@maastrichtuniversity.nl
  Explicit you have to mention that it’s an intake for the digital study efficacy increase group!
  If you are more motivated by other students, you can better subscribe for the normal study efficacy increase group.
  Costs: € 25,- (your fee should be paid in advance at the front desk of the UM Visitors' Centre)
  Duration: 1 intake, 6 e-mail consults

• Study efficacy increase group (thesis)
  This group looks like the normal study efficacy increase group but it is especially for students who writing their thesis or paper.
  This group offers you guidance for 6 weeks. Every week you make a concrete plan about your tasks for that week. Your week plan is related to your long term plan. By a system of mutual control, you will monitor each others progress and you will develop your own rhythm of work (again). You will get advice about how you can handle your procrastination. However you won’t get substantive advice about how to write your thesis/paper.
  Costs: € 25,-
  Duration: 6 meetings
  
  
• Assertiveness training
  This training is meant for students who want to develop assertive behavior and more self confidence.
  Costs: € 25,- 
  Duration: 4 meetings
  Please, click here to see some opinions of participants. 
  
  
• Group Loss and Mourning
  This group is meant for students who lost somebody whom they loved, a parent, brother/sister, friend. It isn’t important of the experience happened recently or many years ago. The group is especially meant to get things clear or be able to handle things better.
  Costs: Free
  Duration: 4 meetings
  Please, click here to see some opinions of participants. 
  
  
• Workshop Stressmanagement
  This workshop gives you assistance to reduce existing stress and tension and to keep this tension on a low level.
  Costs: € 15,- 
  Duration: 1 daily period 
  
  
• Workshop Timemanagement
  This workshop is meant for students who think it’s hard to make a good division between study- and free time, to start studying on time and study regularly.
  The workshop Timemanagement and the study efficacy increase group show some overlap. Following first the workshop Timemanagement and afterwards possibly the study efficacy increase group is recommended (but not compulsory), but not vice versa or both groups in the same period.
  Costs: € 15,- 
  Duration: 1 daily period
  Please, click here to see some opinions of participants.
  
  
• Workshop Get a smooth start!
  This workshop is meant for both inland students and students from a foreign country who want to have a smooth start when studying in a new city.
  You will get tips on the following themes: What does it mean to be a student in Maastricht? How can I have a nice time here? Family and autonomy, The Dutch culture, time management, sports, social contacts, flexibility, pitfalls, looking in the mirror: who am I, what do I like?
  Costs: € 15,- 
  Duration: 1 daily period 
  
  
• Workshop Mindfulness
  This workshop teaches you to live more consciously in the present, with the help of several meditation techniques and other exercises. It has been successfully applied to a great diversity of physical and psychological complaints. You don’t need to have complaints by the way to experience the positive impact of this technique! Unfortunately this workshop will only be given in Dutch!
  Costs: € 15,-
  Duration: 1 daily period