EQ & Mental Health Series

Emotionally intelligent people are generally happier, relate better with others, able to stand adversity, flexible and effective in solving problems, and thus enjoy a more successful and fulfilling life. The series of workshops provide opportunities for participants to explore the various components of emotional intelligence and learn ways to enhance their EQ.

Workshops

Dealing with Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal response to stress and may lead to distress when we are unable to cope with it. It is also maintained by cognitive misinterpretation and avoidance of the situations that provoke anxiety response. This workshop will introduce strategies that help you face anxiety efficiently.

Developing Resilience
University life is full of fun, excitement, hurdles, and challenges. Aiming to assist you in optimizing your potential and enhancing your ability to handle adversity, this workshop will show you how you can find constructive ways of dealing with your difficulties and develop skills for managing life challenges.

Draw your emotions
Art is one of the effective ways for us to touch our feelings. This workshop aims to facilitate you to understand the basic emotions through drawing and foster your awareness and acceptance of emotions.

EQ Basics
It is increasingly recognized that success in life is not merely a matter of IQ (Intelligence Quotient) but also of EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient). What is EQ? How to develop EQ? The workshop will help you to develop insights into how to manage your emotions.

Interpretation of Dream
According to guru psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, most of our behavior is subject to unconscious influence. Dream is the “Royal Road to the Unconscious” and thus studying dreams can help us understand our mental state. Come and learn the basic concepts of dream interpretation and explore ways of managing emotions.

No More Delay – Overcoming Procrastination
Do you have a habit of putting things off until the last moments, or beyond the last moments? Probably, most of us have tried to avoid some unpleasant tasks at some time – it is a natural human reaction! However, you may worry if this tendency will gradually develop into a habit and make you feel gloomy, helpless, and guilty. Are you ready to break this habit? If you do, then come and join this workshop. At the end of the workshop, you will have
• Identified the causes of this "habit"
• Understood how this tendency can affect self-perception
• Acquired skills to manage it

Psychodrama Workshop: Reading My Emotions
We are often busy at reading and sending messages in chat apps or social media. However, have you read the notifications from your own emotional self? Bypassing those signals may result in having disturbing thoughts, somatic complaints, or difficulties in sleep and concentration. This workshop will use psychodrama techniques to create a safe environment for you to connect with your inner world.

Ride the wave of emotions: a short-term Psychodrama Group Therapy
Our emotion is like an ocean. Sometimes it is peaceful, while sometimes it is wavy. Throughout the semester, you may experience ups and downs. Strong negative emotions may come with disturbing thoughts, somatic complaints or difficulties in sleep and concentration. Psychodrama is a group psychotherapy model integrating drama and action method. You will go through a self-discovery journey and make friends with your feelings in a private and safe environment.

In this 6-week action-oriented counselling group, we share our experiences so that you are not alone. We help each other to identify their repeating patterns in daily life and practice new responding ways. The activities include warm-up, psychodrama, sharing and reflection on the group dynamics. Participants are expected to be open to self-exploration and ready to participate but are NOT required to have acting experience.

Spark Self-Discovery through Drawing
Art is a powerful and effective tool for self-expression and exploration. Art connects the conscious and unconscious mind. In this workshop, participants will be guided to use projective drawing to tap into their unconscious to expand self-discovery.

Tear Stress Out from Body “身”走壓力
Finding you always have stomach discomfort, feeling nervous and easily annoyed by noise?

Trying very hard to calm yourself, but still in vain?

Do you want to try something new through getting in touch with your body? You will find your body wisdom to guide you through your difficulties. Come and try to tear stress out from your body!

Transforming Stress into Strength
Stress is our body’s response to external challenges. Mismanagement of stress drains our energy and damages our body while effective stress management boosts us to be productive and happy. This workshop helps you understand your stress and develop strategies to transform stress into strength.


For enrollment of the above workshops, please register through CRESDA