by Bill Sheate
Exam performance is not the only - and may not be the best - measure of success
Rob Rinder - in his recent comment piece (17 August 2018) for the London Evening Standard "Failing to get the exam results you want could be the best thing that happens to you — just look at me" - hit the nail on the head. As he said:
"I am convinced that the more pressure we place on the single moment of exam results, the more we detract from nurturing the intellectual and emotional range that turns young people into successful adults and good citizens…….”
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by Bill Sheate
Workshops now booking
Two complementary workshops are now booking: Self-Hypnosis (half-day) (15 September 2018) and Practical Mindfulness for Everyday Living (evening) (15 October 2018)……..
by Bill Sheate
Can I afford private therapy?
If you are considering seeking private therapy of any kind an immediate consideration is likely to be cost - can I afford it? Unlike some forms of therapy cognitive behavioural hypnotherapy (CBH) is typically a short-term programme of treatment, because it is focused on specific issues and on helping you help yourself through developing skills and using techniques for greater self-efficacy. A short-term programme is likely to be around 4 - 6 sessions; ………..
by Bill Sheate
Stress is rife throughout universities
Rightly, student mental health is often now making headline news, with the need for better provision for students' well-being as they move from home to university settings, and throughout their time at university and in response to the demands and expectations upon them. Sometimes forgotten in all this is the fact that university staff - academic, research and administrative staff - also suffer from stress, anxiety, depression and a host of other mental health issues………
by Bill Sheate
Universities UK publish Minding Our Future report on student mental health
Universities UK - the umbrella group for universities - have just published (11 May 2018) a new report Minding Our Future: starting a conversation about the support of student mental health which sets out proposals for creating 'place-based' local partnerships among universities, local authorities, local NHS providers. and third sector services. This is a worthy ambition to create more joined-up mental health services for students at university and to try to prevent people slipping through the net………….
by Bill Sheate
Mindful learning is fun......
As Holly Bradshaw prepared to compete in the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Australia she revealed why what might seem to be failure can be the catalyst for a whole different way of looking at life. In an article in the London Evening Standard yesterday (12 April 2018) she revealed how important crashing out of the World Championships in London in 2017 had been in rediscovering a love of her sport and the process of competing...........
by Bill Sheate
Imagination Therapy now readily accessible to academics and students across Central London
I'm delighted to announce that from April 2018 I will be running a weekly clinic on Friday mornings (between 8.30am - 2.00pm) in Bloomsbury. Located right next to the British Museum, Museum Street is right in the heart of London academia, surrounded by the University of London, UCL, and Birkbeck among others.........
by Bill Sheate
Shift your whole approach......
Most university students’ approach to exams is shaped by their experience of exams at school, but this means that most are often poorly prepared for the different style of learning at university and the way in which exams are used, from undergraduate through to postgraduate level. Other forms of assessment are also increasingly utilised at university to assess the attainment of learning outcomes intended by the curriculum. But exams still have a role .............
by Bill Sheate
A cry for help.....
A recent IPPR study reported in The Guardian has found suicides among UK university students at record levels (The Guardian, 2 September 2017 - Suicide is at record level among students at UK universities, study finds).
We have known for a long time about rising demand for university counselling services and a common assumption is that it is a response to rising student debt due to tuition fees and that universities need to invest more in those services. Well, yes, they do, but the issue is far more fundamental than that on at least two different levels..........
A half-day practical Self-Hypnosis Workshop
Saturday, 23 September 2017 from 13:30 to 17:30 (BST) - London
A half-day (4 hours) practical Self-Hypnosis Workshop that takes you a step beyond mindfulness and relaxation. No previous experience necessary, however, as this is a standalone workshop equally suitable for complete beginners and those experienced in other forms of relaxation/mindfulness. The workshop uses a cognitive behavioural, fully evidence-based (non-state) model of hypnosis...........
by Bill Sheate
Mental Health Awareness Week 8-14 May 2017 – Resilience Skills are Transferable Skills
This week - in Mental Health Awareness Week - I’ve concluded the last of six core sessions of what is now an annual programme of resilience skills training for our one-year MSc course in Environmental Technology at Imperial College London. I see the programme as an integral part of transferable skills training – those skills and attributes now seen as at least as important by employers as the qualifications our students leave with. Indeed, by seeing mental health resilience skills as part of transferable skills we can begin to break down the reluctance of some to even consider going to a mindfulness or relaxation class..........
by Bill Sheate
Mastering mindfulness is key to reducing anxiety
Mastering mindfulness is a key technique in helping to reduce anxiety, but is surprisingly simple to do, if you understand some basic principles. It should never be a chore. Here are 12 simple steps to mindfulness: .........
by Bill Sheate
I was awake half the night......
Insomnia is often linked with stress, anxiety or low mood/depression, but not always. It can exist as an ongoing chronic problem which can seem quite unresolvable, going on for many years despite numerous attempts to find a solution. A defining feature of insomnia is the sense of having slept badly and of suffering as a result.......
