On the afternoon of November 7th, International Education School held a special lecture on mental health of international students at classroom 302 South Annex Building. With the theme of "A FRESH START，A BLISSFUL HEART：Enhancing Mental Fitness during Cross-Cultural Adaptation", the lecture focused on the key issues of culture shock, learning pressure, interpersonal communication, and life adaptation. Through vivid and real cases and scientific and practical psychological adjustment methods, the lecture helped international students to expand their theoretical knowledge of mental health and master effective identification methods and coping strategies. The lecture was hosted by international student counselor Zhu and delivered by teacher Du from ZUEL Mental Health Education Counseling Center. More than 100 international students participated actively in the lecture.
Starting from the actual needs of international students, the lecture started with the interaction of "I have been in China for a month and what I feel". Teacher Du guided students to actively understand the intercultural adaptation process of studying abroad, the objective existence of different emotions, and the methods and available resources to promote mental health. She focused on their true feelings, accepted the differences in cognitive styles, and explained the lectures gradually. The short videos and the interpretation of their own experiences enriched the interest of the lectures.
After the lecture, a special interactive session was set up, where international students talked about their new experience in China and what they did not adapt to. Teacher Du patiently answered them one by one, provided personalized suggestions and support, and let international students feel the warmth and care of learning in ZUEL.
International Education School attaches great importance to the mental health of international students, and this lecture is also a mental health education activity with strong pertinence and high applicability carried out by the mental health workstation to grasp the psychological pain period of international freshmen. In the future, ZUEL will continue to take measures according to local conditions, take advantage of the situation, seize specific time nodes, special events and other key points, take the law of students' growth and talent as the guidance, strengthen humanistic care and crisis investigation for international students, and promote the construction of international students' mental health service system with various forms of mental health care activities. Escort for international students to adapt to the environment and integrate into the group faster.
