Information for Counsellors:
The unit is able to run our standard programs on-site in schools. The HSC Stress lecture and programs are as follows:
1. LECTURES ON MANAGING HSC STRESS
- For a maximum of 200 Year 11 or 12 students
- Run for 50 minutes
- Students are required to complete a 5-minute questionnaire before and after the lecture
- Psychoeducation about stress and basic cognitive behavioural skills training
2. TAKING CHARGE FOR TEENAGERS GROUP PROGRAMS
- The Taking Charge program looks at the management of depression, anxiety and low self-esteem (8 weeks)
- Preselected students need to meet with the school counsellor to provide summary clinical information about their current difficulties
- Group size: 8 – 10 students
- Students aged 15 -18 years
- A regular weekly time needs to be allocated
- Session lengths: 90 minutes per week
- Students are required to complete pre and post-intervention questionnaires
Overview of the Program Content:
Ø A cognitive-behavioural treatment program
Ø Psychoeducation: Understanding the main aspects of anxiety, depression and low self-esteem
Ø Cognitive strategies: identifying and challenging unhelpful patterns of thinking
Ø Behavioural strategies:
- graded exposure
- breathing re-training
Communication skills - students are taught to identify assertive communication and begin to practice an assertive style through role-playing and graded exposure.
3. MANAGING HSC STRESS WORKSHOPS
• The Managng of HSC Stress program (4 weeks) looks at the management of stress during the student's senior years
• Preselected students need to meet with the school counsellor to provide summary clinical information about their current difficulties
- Group size: 8 – 10 students
- Students in Year 11 or 12
- A regular weekly time needs to be allocated
- Session lengths: 90 minutes per week
- Students are required to complete pre and post-intervention questionnaires
Overview of the Program Content:
Ø Psychoeducation: Understanding the stress reaction, e.g. the “fight or flight” response
Ø Identification of Stressors: Each student is asked to reflect on their own personal stressors
Ø Cognitive strategies: basic identification and challenging of unhelpful stress-provoking self-talk
Ø Behavioural strategies:
- dealing with procrastination
- breathing re-training
- goal setting
- structuring a study and leisure time plan
- rewards for achievement of study goals
- good sleep habits
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