Preventative Mental Health Skills for Auckland [Health] Students

Managing your mental health during University is hard enough as it is, even without worrying about changes to lectures, assessments, and labs or the social isolation created by a pandemic. Now that you've made it through the 1st semester of the year, you might have still be experiencing stress and anxiety anticipating the next semester to come.

Preventing mental health problems from arising or worsening is not only more effective and efficient than waiting until it has already become a significant problem, but it’s actually easier too!

NOTE: This workshop was previously run earlier in the year, so if you have attended that one, the content will run exactly the same. If you previously attended, you are still welcome to come along for a recap.

In this free workshop...

Learn to manage your mental health by the psychologist who has worked with specialist police squads and international war victims.

Join Rajna Bogdanovic, a clinical psychologist, in learning how you can manage anxiety, overcome stressors, support your friends, and take care of yourself like a professional.

'Rate' how your stress and anxiety management skills are
Identify common patterns and symptoms seen with people who struggle to manage stress and anxiety sustainably
Learn about the neuropsychology behind why and how we get anxious and stressed and how studying can trigger this
Learn and practice evidence-based techniques used by clinical psychologists to help overcome and manage this.

Location: Future Stables, Level B, 16 Anzac Avenue, Auckland CBD.

Who is it for?

Any currently enrolled FMHS student at the University of Auckland.

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About Rajna Bogdanovic

Rajna Bogdanovic is a Clinical Psychologist, holding registration in both Australia and New Zealand. She is passionate about helping people get ‘unstuck’, restore their sense of self and thrive in all areas of their life.

Rajna has worked with victims of war in international criminal tribunals in The Netherlands and NGO’s in Bosnia, as well as across age groups and various presenting problems in private practice in Sydney and intensive live-in family treatment programs.

More recently, Rajna has supported police members in specialist squads; supporting them through anxiety, depression, relationship issues and their trauma symptoms, as well as completed 100’s of hours of high-level training for psychological first aid, resilience, trauma, PTSD and critical incident and trauma response.

Rajna recognises the need for more preventative and sustainable mental health measures instead of waiting and reacting at the “bottom of cliff”. For this reason, Rajna has partnered with JTT to run three workshops throughout the year for premed students.

Fully subsidised by the JTT Clarity Fund

JTT is a social enterprise and registered NZ charity serving to provide equitable educational access to students aiming to become doctors.

Learn more about JTT's industry-leading academic support and consultation services at www.jttmed.com

Learn more about the Clarity Fund where you can apply for subsidised counselling sessions at www.jttmed.com/clarity-fund