Registration link (Round3)
3 tips for freshman
-explore stress management skills
-adjustment tips in new learning Environment
-how to explore alternatives to new challenges
Medium of Instruction: Cantonese
Instructor: Ms. Cynthia Cheng (Counsellor)
Delivery mode: face-to-face
Date: 9/9/2021 (Thu)
Time: 14.30-17.30
Ways to tackle internet addiction: Joy of missing out (JOMO)
- What is the Internet Addiction?
- What is the fear of missing out (FOMO?)
- What is the joy of missing out (JOMO)?
- What are your own ways to embrace the JOMO in daily life?
Medium of Instruction: English
Instructor: Mr. Newman Cheung (Associate Counsellor)
Delivery mode: hybrid
Date: 13/9/2021 (Mon) and 20/9/2021 (Mon)
Time: 15.00-16.30
Managing your time for Effective Learning
1. Understand time management
2. Explore common time wasters
3. Review your present time management
4. Introduce classic principles of time control
5. Time-saving tips
Medium of Instruction: English
Instructor: Ms. Salina Chan (Senior Counsellor)
Delivery mode: hybrid
Date: 15/9/2021 (Wed)
Understanding Relationship - a guide for couples
1) Enriches love relationship;
2) Understand the importance of love relationship for emotional well-being
3) Resolve conflicts and power struggle from the relationship
Medium of Instruction: English
Instructor: Mr. Merv Mok (Associate Counsellor)
Delivery mode: hybrid
Date: 23/9/2021 (Thu) and 30/9/2021 (Thu)
Time: 16.30-18.00
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
-Overview of the Book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”
-Brief introduction on the 7 habits
-Examine how the 7 habits integrate to your daily life step-by-step
Medium of Instruction: English
Instructor: Ms. Nancy Chong (Counsellor)
Delivery mode: hybrid
Date: 27/9/2021 (Mon)
Time: 10.30-12.30
How to tolerate negative emotion?
- To learn about different negative emotion
- To enhance skills and strategies
- To cope with the negative emotion
Date: 5 October 2021 (Tuesday) Time: 10.00-12.00 Language: English Target: All students Instructor: Ms. Trista Chow, Associate Counsellor Join Zoom session: FULL (registration closed) Join F2f session: FULL (registration closed) |
How to Stress Less
- Understand the nature of Stress.
- Test your stress level.
- Learn different techniques to deal with stress in daily life.
Date: 6October 2021 (Wednesday) Time: 11.00-13.00 Language: English Target: All students Instructor: Ms. Temy Leung, Counsellor Join Zoom session: FULL (registration closed) Join F2f session: FULL (registration closed) |
How to recognise and avoid cognitive bias
- To define what cognitive biases are
- To identify types of cognitive bias
- To enhance your ability in dealing with cognitive bias by case illustration
Date: 8 October 2021 (Friday) Time: 15.00-17.00 Language: English Target: All students Instructor: Mr. Ben Wong, Associate Counsellor Join Zoom session: FULL (registration closed) Join F2f session: FULL (registration closed) |
Are You a Perfectionist?
- To introduce the definition of perfectionism
- To explore whether you have perfectionism tendency
- To understand the characteristics of perfectionism
- To build up a healthy intrapersonal relationship
Date: 22 October 2021 (Friday) Time: 14.30-16.30 Language: English Target: Undergraduate students Instructor: Dr Sharon Wong, Senior Counsellor |
Understanding Emotions
- Use A-B-C Model to construct more rational and self-constructive beliefs from ‘Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy
- Understand the core relationship between your cognitive, emotion and behaviour
Date: 4 November 2021, 11 November 2021 (Thursday) Time: 14.30-16.30 Language: English Target: Undergraduate students Instructor: Ms. Sharon To, Associate Counsellor |
Important notes:
- Counselling and Wellness Section (CWS) will review the event/activity from time to time in accordance with the development of the epidemic situation, and will make suitable adjustments taking into account all relevant factors.
- The enrolment of workshops will be closed 5 days before it starts.
- Students on the waiting list will be notified of successful enrolment when vacancies are available.
- If you have any special requests, please contact us at stud.counselling@polyu.edu.hk.
- For workshops and groups to be conducted on Zoom, please refer to the “Student Guide for Zoom Meeting” here. Please be encouraged to turn on your video camera and microphone during the Workshop/ Group session to facilitate interactions and communications.
- If you encounter any technical issues when entering the session, please call us at 2766-6800.
- For other “points to note”, please click this link.
3 tips for freshman
- Explore stress management skills
- Adjustment tips in new learning environment
- How to explore alternatives to new challenges
Date: 9 September 2021 (Thursday) Time: 14.30-17.30 Language: Cantonese Target: Students from bachelor's degree, sub-degree and SYA year 1 students Instructor: Ms. Cynthia Cheng, Counsellor Only F2f session is available: FULL (registration closed) |
Ways to tackle internet addiction: Joy of missing out (JOMO)
- What is the Internet Addiction?
- What is the fear of missing out (FOMO)?
- What is the joy of missing out (JOMO)
- What are your own ways to embrace the JOMO in daily life?
Date: 13 September 2021, 20 September 2021 (Monday) Time: 15.00-16.30 Language: English Target: All students Instructor: Mr. Newman Cheung, Associate Counsellor |
Managing your time for Effective Learning
- Understand time management
- Explore common time wasters
- Review your present time management
- Introduce classic principles of time control
- Time-saving tips
Date: 15 September 2021 (Wednesday) Time: 15.00-17.00 Language: English Target: Students from bachelor's degree and sub-degree Instructor: Ms. Salina Chan, Senior Counsellor Join Zoom session: FULL (registration closed) Join F2f session: FULL (registration closed) |
Understanding Relationship - a guide for couples
- Enriches love relationship
- Understand the importance of love relationship for emotional well-being
- Resolve conflicts and power struggle from the relationship
Date: 23 September 2021, 30 September 2021 (Thursday) Time: 16.30-18.00 Language: English Target: All students Instructor: Mr. Merv Mok, Associate Counsellor Join Zoom session: FULL (registration closed) Join F2f session: FULL (registration closed) |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Overview of the Book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”
- Brief introduction on the 7 habits
- Examine how the 7 habits integrate to your daily life step-by-step
Date: 27 September 2021 (Monday) Time: 10.30-12.30 Language: English Target: All students Instructor: Ms. Nancy Chong, Counsellor Join Zoom session: FULL (registration closed) Join F2f session: FULL (registration closed) |
Important notes:
- Counselling and Wellness Section (CWS) will review the event/activity from time to time in accordance with the development of the epidemic situation, and will make suitable adjustments taking into account all relevant factors.
- The enrolment of workshops will be closed 5 days before it starts.
- If you have any special requests, please contact us at stud.counselling@polyu.edu.hk.
- For workshops and groups to be conducted on Zoom, please refer to the “Student Guide for Zoom Meeting” here. Please be encouraged to turn on your video camera and microphone during the Workshop/ Group session to facilitate interactions and communications.
- If you encounter any technical issues when entering the session, please call us at 2766-6800.
- For other “points to note”, please click this link.
The series of psychoeducational e-materials aims to provide education and information about foundational mental health knowledge to the PolyU community. The e-materials cover topics of emotion management, stress management, interpersonal communication, positive thinking skills, and tips on enhancing psychological wellness. Each e-workshop video is narrated in English with an approximate duration of less than 20 minutes. Please give us some feedback by completing the questionnaire with the QR code below after going through the e-materials.
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Self-Care Tips

How to tolerate negative emotion?
The capability of handling negative emotions can help us return to a state of equilibrium quickly when new stressors arise. We can try to learn more about our emotion and skills to cope with it.
Medium of Instruction: English
Instructor: Ms. Trista Chow (Associate Counsellor)
Delivery mode: hybrid
Date: 5/10/2021 (Tue)
Time: 10.00-12.00
How to Stress Less
1. Understand the nature of Stress.
2. Test your stress level.
3. Learn different techniques to deal with stress in daily life.
Medium of Instruction: English
Instructor: Ms. Temy Leung (Counsellor)
Delivery mode: hybrid
Date: 6/10/2021 (Wed)
Time: 11.00-13.00
How to recognise and avoid cognitive bias
-To define what cognitive biases are
-To identify types of cognitive bias
-To enhance your ability in dealing with cognitive bias by case illustration"
Medium of Instruction: English
Instructor: Mr. Ben Wong (Associate Counsellor)
Delivery mode: hybrid
Date: 8/10/2021 (Fri)
Time: 15.00-17.00
Are You a Perfectionist?
-To introduce the definition of perfectionism
-To explore whether you have perfectionism tendency
-To understand the characteristics of perfectionism
-To build up a healthy intrapersonal relationship
Medium of Instruction: English
Instructor: Dr Sharon Wong (Senior Counsellor)
Delivery mode: hybrid
Date: 22/10/2021 (Fri)
Time: 14.30-16.30
Understanding Emotions
-Use A-B-C Model to construct more rational and self-constructive beliefs from ‘Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy’
-Understand the core relationship between your cognitive, emotion and behaviour
Medium of Instruction: English
Instructor: Ms. Sharon To (Associate Counsellor)
Delivery mode: hybrid
Date: 4/11/2021 (Thu) and 11/11/2021 (Thu)
Time: 14.30-16.30