Workshops and webinars

Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers free webinars on demand, workshops, and group programs on a range of personal development, mental health, and wellbeing issues. Mental health training, including Mental Health First Aid, is also available.

Webinars on demand

Browse our full catalogue of recorded Zoom webinars here.

Past webinar recordings can be viewed after logging in with your student (or staff) login details.

  • WebinarDescription
    Better sleep This webinar aims to help you understand the factors that impact on sleep and strategies to get a better night's sleep.
    Boundaries and effective communication Understand what healthy relationships look like, the importance of boundaries and how to set them, and effective negotiation and communication skills to resolve conflicts.
    Building connections: Overcoming loneliness and isolation Feeling connected and having a sense of belonging is a natural human desire. This webinar will explore the challenging feeling of loneliness we all experience sometimes, and ways to connect when we feel disconnected.
    Changing negative thinking Identify common unhelpful thinking patterns that can contribute to increased stress, anxiety, and other difficult feelings. Learn and practise how to reframe and balance your thoughts.
    Forming a healthy body image within diet culture This webinar aims to help you understand diet culture and how it influences your attitudes toward food, weight, and shape. Learn more about how diets fail you (and not the other way around) as well as practical strategies for a helpful relationship with body image.
    Growing through change and uncertainty Change is inevitable, but can leave us uncertain and overwhelmed. This webinar can help you learn common reactions, adaptive strategies, and new perspectives and opportunities that change can bring.
    How to be kind to yourself Understand what self-compassion is (and is not!), and how this approach can enhance motivation and resilience. Learn practical ways you can show yourself a little kindness when you need it most.
    Let it go: unhooking from unhelpful thoughts and worry In stressful or uncertain times, worries or persistent negative thoughts are often not useful. Learn and practise ways to unhook from unhelpful thoughts so they have less power over your life.
    Life after loss: Strategies to cope with grief Have you lost a loved one or experienced a relationship breakdown? Have you ever failed a subject, lost a job, or had to go through a big life change? If you have, you've likely experienced grief and loss. This webinar can help you explore grief in response to different losses, what to expect in the grieving process, and practical ways to cope in the journey.
    Managing difficult emotions Learn more about your emotions and why attempts to control them can sometimes leave you feeling worse. Develop practical skills to better respond to strong emotions while living the life you want.
    Managing stress and how to relax Learn how our bodies and minds respond to stress, how knowledge can help you build relaxation skills, and a range of evidence-based relaxation strategies.
    Staying mentally healthy while using social media Learn about the risks and rewards of social media use, how to recognise if your social media patterns are negatively affecting your mental health, and tips for how to use social media in a healthier way.
    Respond, reset, recharge - Coping with stress and burnout Feeling overwhelmed? Discover practical strategies for managing stress and burnout prevention and recovery. Learn to identify your personal warning signs and triggers, develop effective coping mechanisms, and cultivate resilience – empowering you to thrive and achieve excellence sustainably in your academic and personal life.
    Strengthening motivation How do we motivate ourselves to get things done when we don't feel like it? Learn how to identify your values and use them to plan and carry out effective actions, so that you can do what matters most even when difficult feelings arise.

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    Optimising focus and attention This webinar aims to help you better understand what attention is and how it works. You'll be able to identify the factors that affect focus, and learn about a range of strategies to build your concentration.
    Overcoming procrastination: Managing your thinking Do you put off doing study until the last minute even though you know it’s going to cause you stress? This webinar aims to help you identify unhelpful thoughts that lead to procrastination and learn strategies to challenge them so that you can study more efficiently.
    Overcoming procrastination: Practical tips and strategies This webinar guides you through a range of practical strategies to help you study more effectively, feel more competent, and reduce the likelihood of leaving your study to the last minute.
    Dealing with exam anxiety It's normal to feel tense and worried in the face of exams. This webinar will help you understand what causes exam anxiety, and cover our top tips to manage it so you can be at your best for your exams.
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  • WebinarDescription
    Understanding autism Learn about autism and some of the issues, strengths and challenges that autistic people have. Explore masking, meltdowns, burnout and some of the myths associated with autism, plus pathways to diagnosis and support.
    Tips and strategies for autistic students Tailored strategies to manage your capacity and sensory environment, with CAPS Counsellors exploring stress, burnout and other issues that autistic students may face.
    Understanding ADHD Learn how ADHD can appear in different people, along with its possible myths, strengths and challenges, plus pathways to diagnosis and support.
    Tips and strategies for ADHDers Tailored strategies to manage ADHD, with CAPS Counsellors exploring procrastination, motivation, sleep and routine, plus a range of services and ways to enlist support.
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  • We strongly recommend completing Part 1: Understanding social anxiety before Part 2: Strategies for overcoming social anxiety.

    WebinarDescription
    Understanding social anxiety - Part 1 Explore what social anxiety is and what keeps it going. This webinar also introduces important psychological frameworks that inform therapeutic approaches to breaking the cycle of social anxiety in your life.
    Strategies for overcoming social anxiety - Part 2 Learn practical tools and strategies for overcoming social anxiety and more effectively coping with its impact on your everyday life.
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  • WebinarDescription
    How to make challenging (or tough) decisions (CAPS x UMSUi Collaboration) We make decisions everyday; however, some choices are not easy to make. "Do I stay in Melbourne, or move back to my home country?", "Do I stay in this relationship, or leave?", "Do I stay in this job - or quit?" Join this webinar to hear from UMSU International students, CAPS counsellors, and your peers about their experiences, and workshop how to make sound decisions in difficult situations.
    How to manage family and societal expectations (CAPS x UMSUi Collaboration) "My family spent quite a fortune to support my studies, so I have to make them proud." "Should I become a ... like everyone else, or pursue a career I'm truly passionate about?" Sound familiar? We carry expectations from family, society, and ourselves. Although expectations can motivate us, they can also sometimes overwhelm us. Join this webinar to share your experiences, hear from UMSU International students and CAPS counsellors, and explore ways to effectively manage expectations.
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Mindfulness programsDate/time Location / registration

Midday mindfulness

Mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment with an attitude of openness, curiosity, and acceptance. Regular practice can help us better manage stress and anxiety, improve focus, engage more fully in life, and take effective action.

These weekly drop-in meditation sessions are an opportunity to pause and offer yourself 30 minutes to connect inwards. Led by a CAPS counsellor, these guided sessions invite you to practise increasing your awareness of your experience in the present moment, in a supportive online community.

Join regularly or for a one-off session. No prior mindfulness meditation experience needed. All students and staff are welcome.

Wednesdays,
12–12.30pm

Running from Wed 4 Mar - Wed 24 Jun 2026*

*Except 8 Apr 2026

Online

Register here

For enquiries related to our webinar, workshop, group, and training programs, please email caps-workshops@unimelb.edu.au.

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