Promotion and Prevention

• All Católica students

• Acquiring psychological first aid strategies: self-help strategies and first aid skills.
  How to start? And how to maintain it? Do I need to be “good at psychology” to offer first aid?
• Identifying signs and symptoms of mental health problems as early as possible.
  Am I in need of help?
• Seeking help from a colleague, friend, family member, psychologist, family doctor, or psychiatrist as early as possible.
  Is what I’m feeling enough to seek psychological support?

• W1: From well-being to psychological distress
• W2: Anxiety + Academic Anxiety + Psychological First Aid
• W3: Panic attacks + Psychological First Aid
• W4: Depression + Psychological First Aid

When will it take place?

2nd semester 2024/2025

What can students expect? 

• These are not lectures.
• Each workshop provides concrete strategies.
• Participants receive certificates (attendance or training, depending on enrollment).

Soft Skills Development Curricular Unit

Who is it for?

• 1st-year undergraduate students (and 1st-year integrated master’s students).

Why participate?

• To develop essential soft skills for handling the challenges of this new life phase.
  How can I improve my ability to handle university life and my future professional career?
• Understand and identify emotions and thoughts for better emotional, cognitive, and behavioral management.
  Is it important to understand what I’m feeling? How can I manage my emotions more effectively in daily life?
• Build healthy relationships with others.
  How can I communicate more clearly and effectively? How can I improve conflict resolution with colleagues or professors?
• Make important life decisions thoughtfully and with awareness.
  How can I think and reflect critically? What strategies can I use to anticipate the consequences of my decisions?

What can students expect?

• This is not group psychotherapy!
• It is an opportunity to develop soft skills.
• It is a safe and respectful space for personal growth.

2nd semester 2024/2025

What can students expect? 

• These are not lectures.
• Each workshop provides concrete strategies.
• Participants receive certificates (attendance or training, depending on enrollment).

Soft Skills Development Curricular Unit

Who is it for?

• 1st-year undergraduate students (and 1st-year integrated master’s students).

Why participate?

• To develop essential soft skills for handling the challenges of this new life phase.
  How can I improve my ability to handle university life and my future professional career?
• Understand and identify emotions and thoughts for better emotional, cognitive, and behavioral management.
  Is it important to understand what I’m feeling? How can I manage my emotions more effectively in daily life?
• Build healthy relationships with others.
  How can I communicate more clearly and effectively? How can I improve conflict resolution with colleagues or professors?
• Make important life decisions thoughtfully and with awareness.
  How can I think and reflect critically? What strategies can I use to anticipate the consequences of my decisions?

What can students expect?

• This is not group psychotherapy!
• It is an opportunity to develop soft skills.
• It is a safe and respectful space for personal growth.

• These are not lectures.
• Each workshop provides concrete strategies.
• Participants receive certificates (attendance or training, depending on enrollment).

• 1st-year undergraduate students (and 1st-year integrated master’s students).

Why participate?

• To develop essential soft skills for handling the challenges of this new life phase.
  How can I improve my ability to handle university life and my future professional career?
• Understand and identify emotions and thoughts for better emotional, cognitive, and behavioral management.
  Is it important to understand what I’m feeling? How can I manage my emotions more effectively in daily life?
• Build healthy relationships with others.
  How can I communicate more clearly and effectively? How can I improve conflict resolution with colleagues or professors?
• Make important life decisions thoughtfully and with awareness.
  How can I think and reflect critically? What strategies can I use to anticipate the consequences of my decisions?

What can students expect?

• This is not group psychotherapy!
• It is an opportunity to develop soft skills.
• It is a safe and respectful space for personal growth.

• To develop essential soft skills for handling the challenges of this new life phase.

• How can I improve my ability to handle university life and my future professional career?
• Understand and identify emotions and thoughts for better emotional, cognitive, and behavioral management.
  Is it important to understand what I’m feeling? How can I manage my emotions more effectively in daily life?
• Build healthy relationships with others.
  How can I communicate more clearly and effectively? How can I improve conflict resolution with colleagues or professors?
• Make important life decisions thoughtfully and with awareness.
  How can I think and reflect critically? What strategies can I use to anticipate the consequences of my decisions?

• This is not group psychotherapy!

• It is an opportunity to develop soft skills.
• It is a safe and respectful space for personal growth.