Everyone’s mental well-being is important, no matter who you are. Mentoring within higher education involves support delivered in a practical and dynamic way. The aim of DSA mentoring is to help you to develop skills and confidence to attain your goals. Within a mentoring session, a mentor creates a safe space where a problem-solving relationship can develop. Your mentor establishes with you appropriate strategies through collaboration, to support you with anything from managing stress, building confidence and self esteem to time management. Ultimately, we aim to facilitate independence and positive well-being. Mentoring is not therapeutic counselling.
Our specialist mentors are qualified mental health professionals with a relevant professional qualification and have membership of an appropriate mental health professional body.
Specialist mentors provide highly specialist, specifically tailored, one-to-one support which helps students address the barriers to learning created by a particular mental-health condition. The support could address a range of issues, for example;
- coping with anxiety and stressful situations
- how to deal with concentration difficulties
- time management
- goal setting
- timetabling
- prioritising workload
- creating a suitable work-life balance