Anxiety and Stress Management

The Anxiety and Stress program is part of the mental health promotion and prevention programs of the DAE's Directorate of Student Health and Welfare. Currently, the team is made up of an outstanding group of psychologists.

Under the slogan “A parenthesis in your life”, in 2014 a team of psychologists from Student Health gave life to the program for the Management of Anxiety, Since then, the program has grown and has incorporated both the approach to stress and sleep, understanding that they are problems that are usually linked to anxiety. With this addition, the Anxiety, Stress and Sleep Program is consolidated with the three themes.

The objective of this team is to intervene in the levels of anxiety, stress and sleep quality of UC students from the promotion and prevention of mental health.

All services offered by the Anxiety, Stress and Sleep Program are open and free to regular undergraduate and graduate students at UC. If you would like to do something specific just for your Academic Unit and if you want to know more about the dates and times of the services listed below, you can contact us at ansiedad@uc.cl.

Services

Individual counseling

Individual intervention of a maximum of 6 sessions, each lasting 45 minutes, by a specialist. The objective of the counseling is to focus the work on the development of concrete strategies for a healthy management of anxiety, stress and/or quality of sleep.

Psychological First Aid Training

The objective of this training is to provide basic tools on the ABCDE model of Psychological First Aid.
It is not a certified training, but an initial approach to the tool.
Dates are open to the student community (ask the email ansiedad@uc.cl) and we also work with academic units in a closed way.

Psychoeducational workshops

Group interventions of 2 to 3 sessions, depending on the workshop, of 1 hour each. The objective of the psychoeducational workshops is to provide information on the subject and its management strategies through personal and group work.

Some of the workshops offered are:

• Learning to sleep better.
• Working on my anxiety before oral presentations.
• Managing my anxiety and stress.
• Compassion for self-demanding and self-critical anxiety.

Training Groups

Group intervention of 8 sessions, lasting 1 hour each and weekly. It requires commitment and dedication of time between each session, of 30min. approximate diaries, to carry out the suggested practices. The aim of these groups is to train skills through intensive and accompanied follow-up.

– Compassionate Mind Training Group for Stress Reduction.
– Anxiety regulation training group.

Lecture series on different topics

Anxiety, Stress, and Sleep Talks
Psychoeducational talks that aim to learn more about anxiety, stress and sleep, along with healthy coping strategies.

Wellness with Footprints

Animal-assisted activity for stress reduction that takes place mainly in libraries during demanding academic seasons.

Playground Activities

Generally, there are community playground activities open to the entire community. Some examples:

• Meditate on your own: an open space without prior registration to participate in contemplative practices.
• Naps: cabins to take a nap of up to 30 minutes.
• “Take a Break” Weeks: aimed at promoting a healthy relationship with anxiety and stress.
• “Take Care of Your Sleep” Week: commemoration of World Sleep Day.