Kerry James Therapy
Counselling, Supervision & Creative Wellbeing Services
Exam Stress and Wellbeing
Exam time can be an incredibly stressful time for people. The pressure to perform from school, work, others and ourselves can be overwhelming and combined with having to make decisions about our future, friendships, social media, identity and becoming independent amongst many other things can push us further into difficulties which we can find hard to manage without the right support beside us.
As well as being a qualified counsellor with additional qualifications in working with children and young people, I have also worked as an exams officer in the past and understand the difficulties & pressures young people face in todays busy world.
I run six week exam stress and wellbeing courses to try and help young people feel more in control of what they are going through, give them the skills to manage this moving forward and provide a listening & supportive ear so they can feel supported in what they are feeling.
Each course runs for six 50 minute sessions, usually weekly, and covers a different topic each week including things such as coping with stress & anxiety and understanding this, study skills, time-tabling, revision, self-care, coping strategies, goals and looking towards the future.
These courses can be adapted individually to the specific young person's needs if required and shortened or lengthened depending on that need. We will arrange an initial meeting to discuss this and meet each other, just as I would if I was starting a counselling relationship and we can then work out what is needed and would help the young person best.
The cost of this course is £270, which I run at a discount to my normal counselling session rate as I feel passionately about helping young people through this difficult time, and I plan over the next few months to also provide some resources here for young people and their parents/carers to help prepare for exam time, both free and to purchase.
If you have any questions then do pop me an email and I will be happy to answer any queries or book in an initial meeting. Please also, be aware that these course are often requested for my after school/work time slots and that these generally have limited availability so I would suggest if you are interested to get in touch as early as possible in case you need to join a waiting list for the next available time.