On October 31, 2025, as part of the implementation of the PROMENT project “Promoting professional education and active participation of students through the formation of a comprehensive system of mentoring and tutoring in higher education institutions”, a workshop “Keep the balance: techniques for psychological support of first-year students” was held for students of the 146th group of the Faculty of Philology of Petro Mohyla Chernivtsi National University.

The initiator and moderator of the event was Halyna Kosarieva, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Ukrainian Philology and Intercultural Communication, and implementer of the PROMENT project.

The event was conducted in a mixed format by five tutors from the Faculty of Philology: 3rd-year students of the Faculty of Philology Diana Kozub, Sofia Taran, and Siranush Antonyan in collaboration with Ulyana Kolycheva and Maria Tomashevska, 4th-year students.

The interactive event was designed to reveal to the students-tutors the importance of psychological balance in life through practical cases, and also aimed to familiarize them with practical self-support techniques in the face of academic workload and adaptation to a new environment.

At the beginning of the workshop, after a short introduction in the format of the exercise “Hello, I am…”, tutors Ulyana Kolycheva and Maria Tomashevska presented the theoretical basis for the subsequent practical part. In particular, the essence of psychological balance was revealed, its signs and methods of support were listed.

Later, the students of the Tyuty participated in a series of useful exercises together with Diana Kozub, Sofia Taran, and Siranush Antonyan. The Tyuty identified their “Sources of Energy,” created a “Wheel of Balance,” wrote a “Letter of Support to Yourself,” and measured their individual “Levels of Happiness.”

  So, for first-year students, this workshop was a great opportunity to develop self-reflection skills, get useful tips on overcoming stress during the session, learn to understand your own emotions, and effectively allocate mental resources in everyday life.

It should be noted that tutors’ activities with student tutors will continue within the second phase of the PROMENT project and will become an important component on the path to their personal and professional growth.

The materials were prepared by Antonyan Siranush, a student-mentee of the Faculty of Philology, group 341