Self Help Resources

WLU Counselling Services has produced several Performance Coaching presentations available here on-line:

• Speak with Confidence: Performance Enhancement for Class Participation and Presentations 
• FOCUS: Maintaining Concentration and Overcoming Memory Blocks
• Managing Your Inner and Outer Critics
• The University Athlete’s Guide to Performing to Potential
• Optimize Your Musical Performance:  Enhancing Your Student-Teacher Relationships
• Self-Talk for Motivation:  In School, Sports, Music, Life
• Unlock your Power to be Stress Resilient
• Conquering Procrastination

Other On-Line Resources 

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Counselling Center at the University of Illinois has produced a series of brochures on a variety of topics of interest to students. These brochures include general information as well as helpful tips on dealing with the issue addressed.

Academic Difficulties:

• Coping With Race-Related Stress
• Dissertation Success Strategies
• Overcoming Procrastination
• Perfectionism
• Test Anxiety
• Time Management
• A Student’s Guide to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Adjustment to College Life:

• Adjusting to College
• Sleep Hygiene
• Committed Relationships and School
• First-Generation College Students
• Cross-Cultural Journey for International Students 

Alcohol/Drug Abuse and Addictions:

• Growing Up with Drinking or Substance Abuse
• Gambling and College Students

Depression:

• Recovering From Shame
• Understanding and Treating Depression
• Suicide Prevention

Diversity and Cultural Differences:

• Coping With Race-Related Stress
• Asian American Psychological Wellness
• First-Generation College Students
• Coming Out
• Cross-Cultural Journey for International Students

Eating and Body Image Concerns:

• Body Size Diversity and Acceptance
• Maybe I Have an Eating Problem
• Maybe I Have a Friend with an Eating Disorder

Family Difficulties:

• Recovering From Shame
• Growing Up with Drinking or Other Substance Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Understanding Dysfunctional Relationship Patterns in Your Family
• Coping With Mental Illness in the Family
• Your Parents’ Divorce

Grief and Loss:

• Grief and Loss
• Surviving Psychological Trauma

LGBT Concerns:

• Coming Out
• Committed Relationships and School

Recovering from Trauma:

• Recovering From Shame
• Emotional Abuse
• For Loved Ones Of Sexual Assault/Abuse Survivors
• Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Surviving Psychological Trauma

Relationship Problems:

• Emotional Abuse
• Addictive Relationships
• Being Assertive in a Diverse World
• Loneliness

Self-Awareness/Self-Care:

• Recovering From Shame
• Experiencing and Expressing Emotions
• Self-Confidence
• Sleep Hygiene

Stress and Anxiety:

• Stress Management
• Understanding and Treating Anxiety