Challenges During the Doctorate

Your doctorate can be a challenging phase: Sooner or later, most doctoral candidates encounter writer's block, conflicts, or the feeling of simply not being able to do it. But sometimes there are also completely different challenges to overcome, such as balancing a career, care work, and the doctoral dissertation, or doing a doctorate with disabilities. Here you will find a list of the most important counselling and support services available to help you overcome such challenges.

Peer Coach­ings für die Pro­mo­tion­s­phase

Egal, ob Sie noch am Anfang der Promotion stehen oder schon am Ende: Jede Phase kommt mit ihren eigenen Herausforderungen daher. Da hilft es oft, sich mit Gleichgesinnten auszutauschen und kollegialen Rat einzuholen. Unsere Peer-Coaching-Formate bringen Sie mir anderen Promovierenden zusammen, denen es ganz ähnlich geht - gemeinsam können Sie sich zu Themen austauschen, die Ihnen aktuell unter den Nägeln brennen und sich gegenseitig unterstützen.

 

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Sup­port With Chal­lenges in the Writ­ing Pro­cess

Writing Challenges

How do I overcome the fear of the blank page? What do I do when I have writer's block? How do I finish? The Writing Centre "Kompetenzzentrum Schreiben" can help you with these and similar questions relating to challenges in the writing process.

Go to the Writing Centre

Procrastination

The doctoral period requires a high degree of self-organisation. Supposedly more urgent tasks sometimes take centre stage, while work on the doctoral dissertation is postponed. The ProLernen procrastination counselling service helps you to overcome procrastination.

Go to ProLernen

Conflict Situations

As in all interpersonal relationships, conflicts, disputes, and communication problems can also arise with colleagues, supervisors, or superiors. If these can no longer be resolved within the team, the conflict counselling service offered by the Staff Development provides support through individual or group discussions.

Conflict counselling

Sup­port With Per­son­al Chal­lenges

Doctorate & Care Responsibility

Doctoral students with responsibility for children and/or relatives in need of care can find support at the FamilyServiceOffice. The FamilyServiceOffice supports members of Paderborn University in reconciling work and family life.

Go to FamilyServiceOffice

Doctorate with Disability

Various contact points and contact persons help with questions and offer support for doctoral students with disabilities.

Contact Persons

Doctorate & Mental Health

Various offices at Paderborn University provide help when the doctoral phase becomes a psychological challenge (e.g. in the case of motivational crises, feelings of excessive demands and stress, but also mental illness, addiction and depression).

Go to Staff Development

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