Confidence Chats

The Confidence Chats are an interactive and supportive group session held every week for one hour on Fridays. These sessions use the VIA Signature Strengths to support the development of confidence with practical skills provided. Each week will focus on two different strength areas.

Come along to learn about the strengths you have which will allow you to live your most confident life.

Express your interest here

What is involved?

Is this for me?

This program is free and open to all UQ students, of all genders, cultural backgrounds and ages. The workshop is confidential and is a safe space to explore and learn things together. This group is for anyone interested in personal growth and development, greater wellbeing, and finding strengths-based solutions.

So, if you have struggled with or currently struggle with:

Lowered personal confidence
Lowered belief in your ability to tackle new challenges or situations
Barriers to achieving your goals

This group is for you!

Facilitators

Keren and Zarinah

Keren Jones Zarinah Hienekamp
Student Counsellor and Student Counsellor
(she/her) UQ Ally (she/her) UQ Ally

We have worked together as Student Counsellors at Student Services St Lucia for over 10 years. We initially connected over our love of indie rock, being in nature and the capacity for change when we are given compassionate support. Our time together has allowed us to share our passion areas of psychology including self-compassion and self-acceptance, which have given us the opportunity to develop and facilitate the Freedom From Your Cage program, the Self-Compassion Chats, the annual UQ R U Ok Day event and to present at an international conference. We remain committed to challenging ourselves to do new things and be creative in how we can best support all the amazing students at UQ we are privileged to work with.