Take a class where your homework is to re-train your brain.
PITT0130: Wellness and Resilience will teach undergraduate students skills for having resilience in the face of commonly experienced stressors and difficulties.
- Learn advanced psychotherapy techniques to ease your mind and improve your life.
- Learn positive habits like mindfulness, strategies for reducing stress and other uncomfortable emotions, coping skills, and relationship skills.
- Break down the psychology behind why these skills work and learn to apply them to your life.
- Practice using these skills and positive habits through homework and in-class practice.
This course will provide you with a personalized set of strategies and skills for self-care and optimize your academic and social experiences while at Pitt and beyond.
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What Are Students Saying?
Other past participants have said:
"Best class I've taken. Thank you."
"Thank you for creating this class! I really had a blast and I'm sad it's going to be over. This was an amazing experience that I'm never going to forget... I think this class is going to benefit a lot of people."
"This was the best class! You created such an amazing resource for students, and I can confidently say my mental health is better as a result of this class."
"I am so grateful for this class and this has been one of my favorite classes that I've taken at Pitt."
"I enjoyed this class so much, and it was a safe space. I learned so much and enjoyed each class."
"This course definitely helped me a lot... you guys really struck gold with this course idea. Looking back, I'm shocked this wasn't taught to me as a freshman. A ton of the skills I learned would have been VERY useful in the transition to college."