Hi guys, my name's Humeara
and I have just graduated with a degree in
English with Creative Writing and throughout my degree,
I've used the counselling service quite a bit.
It was super helpful
and I always had one-on-one sessions.
So today I'm actually really excited to be
trying a group session based on
resilience and how to cope with different things
and I'm going to vlog it for you so that you can see what it's like,
whether or not it's daunting,
or a supportive environment.
I'm sure it will be
you just don't know what to expect with these things
So I'm going to take you along and show you what it's like.
I'm in Portland Building, which is where the new
Welfare Hub is. This session is in the Welfare Hub itself.
And I think that is C13.
Okay, I just checked and it's C19.
That's where we're going now.
You can see where I am - I am just by the Media Zone.
So I think I need to go down this corridor. I'll show you.
Okay, so you see this - you have to just go straight through
and then through the red doors
that take you through to the stairs
and instead of going up or down the stairs
you just go straight into here.
This is the new Welfare corridor.
So yeah, it's just at the end of this corridor here.
Ta'da!
Such a comfy space.
I was just going to say I didn't really know what to expect from today
But I like that fact that it has been quite theoretical in some ways.
Because that's kind of the way that I learn.
You don't get that with a lot of workshops so that's been really nice.
But on the flipside of that it's also been quite interactive
So the balance of the two has been really good for me today.
I've seen these workshops advertised so much.
I've always thought I'd love to take myself to one of those
but I didn't because I thought
I thought because it's in a group situation, I thought
I might feel really judged
Or I felt like I might just
Sit in the corner and not say anything
But the past two hours have been
so eye-opening for me
For so many reasons.
Because what you're talking about,
It encourages you to self-reflect and it's offered me
So much clarification on things that're going on in my life right now.
And even though I've not directly shared those problems
it's helped me come to terms with a lot of things
and I'm walking away from it
feeling like I've got
the tools to deal with it.
Yeah, I've really enjoyed this session
and I like the informal atmosphere
and everybody's been really welcoming with other people's ideas.
It's allowed people to open up and be themselves
I think I saw most of the counselling sessions
as like, "Oh, this is pity time."
And we're going to be like "Oh, I can't believe that happened to you!"
So it's nice that the whole focus was on courage and
more practical aspects of dealing situations.
And yeah, I like that it was self-reflection without the corny side.
it was practical, like "This is what you can do."
"This is what you can change."
Thank you very much!
Thank you!
See you! Take care - byebye.
So that is it, the workshop has just finished.
I think it was really good.
Everyone seemed to take way
something that was really important for them.
And it was weird because it helped every single person
in a way that was personal to them.
While it was a group workshops that were like
really pragmatic approaches to how to deal
with different stresses and things like that in your life.
And it was super helpful even if you think like, "Oh,
I don't need to do any go to
anything to do the Counselling Service, I don't have any
problems," it's not like that.
It's a helpful workshop.
Basically, it gives you skills to be able to
deal with things, like things that everyone goes through like exams,
stress, or financial difficulties or anything like that.
So yeah, it was really good and I am super
excited to have a look at what other things
the Counselling Service has to offer
because one-to-one sessions... I don't feel like I need them,
but these sessions are super helpful and
really informative and really informal at the same time.
And it's just a nice atmosphere and really helpful too.
So, yeah! I'm excited. And thanks for watching.
I'll see you next time. Bye!