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QMUL Student Support

Planned and Unplanned absence

To report either a planned or unplanned absence from any teaching, please access the form online here or scan this QR code with your phone.

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IN CRISIS SUPPORT

IF YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER OR IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY (INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH) CALL 999

For further support information visit the QMUL Help in Crisis Page

Drop-In Sessions

The SSO holds student drop-in sessions every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30pm-1:30pm

Please either visit office 20, fourth floor of the Dental Hospital or email dental.sso@qmul.ac.uk at the time of the drop-in and a member of the SSO will call you on Teams within the drop-in hour.

Drop-ins are short initial meetings (about 10-15 minutes long) with the Student Support Officer.

The Student Support Drop-In sessions are for students who may not have booked an appointment but feel on the day that they could benefit from speaking to a member of the team.

They are run on a first come, first served basis and can fill up quickly, so please aim to arrive for the start of the session.

A few reasons you might attend drop in:

They can be a quick way to get an answer to a question or to get support
To get further information about our services
To be signposted to a different team
To make initial contact for a longer meeting.

If you cannot make any of the drop-in times, please get in touch as we can make other arrangements for you to speak to us (including phone and video call appointments) outside of these times.

Section outline

- Select activity A Course in CBT Techniques: A Free Online CBT Workbook
  
  A Course in CBT Techniques: A Free Online CBT Workbook URL
  
  Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT for short, is a treatment that helps people build skills to effectively handle the challenges that life throws at them.
  Overwhelming research over the past two decades has shown CBT to be the most effective therapy for a whole host of problems: anxiety, depression, OCD, anger, phobias, eating disorders, substance abuse, assertiveness, shame, avoidance, procrastination, and relationship problems, just to name a few. Because CBT teaches people to solve their own problems by learning and practicing new skills, CBT helps people stay well long after treatment is complete.
- Select activity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook
  
  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook URL
  
  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) involves many helpful thoughts, practices and alternative perspectives that can change how you see yourself and your world for the better.
  As well as aiding recognised conditions, CBT can help you to transform how you feel about yourself generally, and you can become more forward thinking and constructive with regards to past, present and future.
- Select activity Cognitive distortions
  
  Cognitive distortions File
  
  There are at least 10 common cognitive distortions that can contribute to negative emotions. They also fuel catastrophic thinking patterns that are particularly disabling.
  Read this short document and see if you can identify ones that are familiar to you.
  
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- Select activity Perfectionism
  
  Perfectionism File
  
  This short guide from The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust explores why striving for perfectionism can be unhealthy.
  
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- Select activity Local IAPT (talking therapy) service
  
  Local IAPT (talking therapy) service URL
  
  All areas of England have "Improving Access to Psychological Services" (IAPTS) programmes.
  
  Each council in London organises these and they are free.
  
  Use this site to find your local IAPT.
- Select activity Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies
  
  https://www.elft.nhs.uk/tower-hamlets-talking-therapies
- Select activity Self-compassion
  
  Self-compassion URL
  
  Instead of mercilessly judging and criticizing yourself for various inadequacies or shortcomings, self-compassion means you are kind and understanding when confronted with personal failings – after all, who ever said you were supposed to be perfect?