Emotional Resiliance Programme

At Working Minds, we are very excited to be in collaboration with Staffordshire University to deliver our Emotional Resilience programme. Providing a delivery of high-quality training, practice and supervision, the aim of the course is:

• To understand the relevance of emotional resilience in personal, professional, and organisational contexts ·
• To understand factors that influence emotional resilience and identify adaptive and non-adaptive responses to adversity ·
• Utilise evidence-based approaches to develop emotional resilience

The distinctiveness of this programme is that it has emerged from a ground swell of demand from employers recognising the increasing impact of sickness, absence and presenteeism, on output within their work force. This programme reflects a pro-active approach to promoting mental health and well –being, rather than a reactive approach. The course focus and content has emerged through the experience of practitioners working with large corporations and in light of the growing evidence base and policy drivers.

The module will introduce students to the background, context, and relevance of resilience in contemporary society, including current definitions and models of resilience and its impact on current policies. The key functions of resiliency in the management of current adversity will be examined, along with the management of the potential detriment to emotional and physical well-being as a consequence of past adversity.

Students will be made aware of the function of resiliency as a protective factor for both emotional and physical well-being, utilising research-based evidence to examine the approaches to the assessment of resilience.

The module will utilise cognitive behavioural models to inform the understanding and formulation of normal emotional processing and emotional responses to threat (fear and anxiety), loss (depression and grieving) and perceived injustice (anger and embitterment), in the context of adversity.

Students will gain knowledge and skills in assessment, formulation, and appropriate interventions, including; the early recognition of early warning signs of a reduction in well-being, as well as the development of more resilient coping.

Tools to assist in the development of strategies to provide on-going self-awareness and management of individual well-being, through the process of resilience, will also be included.

For more information go visit https://www.staffs.ac.uk/