are a joint initiative of Leipzig University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, yDiv/iDiv and HIGRADE/UFZ. Organized by its graduate academies and occupational health management units, we want to support you as researchers at our universities and research institutions.

Our main aim is to inform and sensibilize you on how to cope with demanding or stressful situations during your research. Ideally, the presented topics will help you to smoothen stressful situations and even prevent too heavy mental load. During these three days, you will find various online offers (most of them in English), e.g. relaxation exercises in the mornings as well as, a number of short workshops on topics such as resilience, concentration, positive psychology, the risk of addictive behavior and mindfulness. In addition, there will be information on how to become a mental health first aider and you will be introduced to the method of peer coaching.

are a joint initiative of Leipzig University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, yDiv/iDiv and HIGRADE/UFZ. Organized by its graduate academies and occupational health management units, we want to support you as researchers at our universities and research institutions.

Our main aim is to inform and sensibilize you on how to cope with demanding or stressful situations during your research. Ideally, the presented topics will help you to smoothen stressful situations and even prevent too heavy mental load. During these three days, you will find various online offers (most of them in English), e.g. relaxation exercises in the mornings as well as, a number of short workshops on topics such as resilience, concentration, positive psychology, the risk of addictive behavior and mindfulness. In addition, there will be information on how to become a mental health first aider and you will be introduced to the method of peer coaching.

This workshop is part of the Mental Health Awareness Days 2023 a joint initiative of Leipzig University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, yDiv/iDiv and HIGRADE/UFZ. Organized by its graduate academies and occupational health management units, we want to support you as researchers at our universities and research institutions.

Experience the effective power of collegial counselling: Develop solution strategies together for your challenges. Practical, interactive and supported by moderators.

Erleben Sie die effektive Kraft der Kollegialen Beratung: Gemeinsam Lösungsstrategien entwickeln für Ihre Herausforderungen. Praktisch, interaktiv und unterstützt von Moderatorinnen. 

We give a short introduction to the method of collegial counselling, a structured form of counselling for result-oriented, practical and self-regulated handling of problems in a group.  During the course, you will have the opportunity to work out solutions to your individual concerns with the help of this method and the other course participants.

Wir geben eine kurze Einführung zur Methode der Kollegialen Beratung, eine strukturierte Beratungsform zur ergebnisorientierten, praxisnahen und selbstgesteuerten Bearbeitung von Fragestellungen in einer Gruppe. Sie haben im Kurs die Möglichkeit, zu Ihrem individuellen Anliegen Lösungen mithilfe dieser Methode und den anderen Kursteilnehmenden gemeinsam zu erarbeiten.