CBT Foundation
Foundational CBT awareness for graduates, interns and doctors. CPD, not a licence to practise.
View programmeEquip yourself to guide students through their most demanding season
An interactive workshop for anyone who wants to understand academic stress & exam anxiety in themselves and the people around them. Bring real situations, ask questions and practise useful ways to respond at home, work and in relevant support roles.

HOW THE MIND WORKS
When an exam or result feels like a threat, the body’s stress response can narrow attention and occupy working memory. Some arousal can support effort, but intense or prolonged anxiety can disrupt sleep, recall and flexible thinking. The goal is to recognise threat signals and use habits that make performance more possible.
This is guided learning, not a lecture and not therapy.
WHAT YOU WILL DO DIFFERENTLY
This workshop makes the underlying pattern clearer, then gives you guided opportunities to discuss it and practise a more useful response.
The cramming, the breakdowns, the dread, treated as a failure of effort.
Focus harder, work more diligently, which only intensifies the anxiety.
A capable student undone by stress that no one equipped them to manage.
Tell the difference between ordinary pressure and anxiety disrupting sleep, focus or performance.
Practise ways to settle attention before, during and after demanding study or exams.
Speak to a student in ways that build confidence, planning and realistic help-seeking.
THE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP JOURNEY
Across eight interactive weekend sessions, participants bring real situations, ask questions and practise guided tools together.
Explore the pattern through everyday examples and participant questions.
Bring real situations to identify triggers, needs and the choices available.
Practise guided tools and communication in discussion and realistic scenarios.
Build a practical next-step plan and know when further help is needed.
Eight interactive weekend sessions with guided discussion and practice. This is guided learning, not a lecture and not therapy.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Open to ordinary people, parents and individuals living with this issue, alongside relevant professional roles.
Understand your own patterns and practise a more useful response in everyday life.
Make sense of what a loved one may be experiencing and respond with more care.
Guide your students through examination season at their best, not their most overwhelmed.
Develop effective tools for the most prevalent pressure your students face.
Replace pressure and panic with calm, effective support.
Learn to manage your own examination anxiety and perform with confidence.
WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH
A clearer way to notice patterns, ask better questions and respond more usefully in real situations.
Guided discussion and practice you can carry into everyday life and relevant support roles.
A workshop certificate is issued on completion and may support relevant professional development (CPD).

RESERVE YOUR PLACE
Admissions open. Complete this short form and our team will confirm your place and the fee on WhatsApp.
No online payment required. We confirm your place and the fee with you personally first.
No online payment required. We confirm your place and the fee with you personally first.
CLARIFICATIONS
No. It is open entry, designed for teachers, counsellors, parents and students alike.
PKR 12,000 for the full workshop — one-time, no hidden costs.
No. It builds understanding and practical support skills for academic stress; it is not a clinical treatment qualification. Recognising when a student requires professional help is part of what you learn.
Because it is grounded in real psychology from a clinical institute, so the techniques are sound.
Reserve your place with the form above. Our team confirms your seat, fee and admissions status on WhatsApp.
Still considering? Message our team and we will help you decide.
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