This Building Resilience online course will help learners with feeling more comfortable with themselves, more positive about their abilities, future and life. They will be more able to cope with setbacks and challenges. They will be able to alter their beliefs and values in situations where old habits are preventing them from achieving significant goals in their lives.
Session 1: Introduction to Building Resilience
Introduces resilience and wellbeing. Discusses why these are crucial for individuals in the modern world and how they can be increased.
Session 2: Self-care and Goal Setting
Self-care, goal setting and planning examines why setting goals is vital to good wellbeing; how to set goals simply and effectively, and enhance motivation and confidence in accomplishing them.
Session 3: Thinking Styles
Thinking styles – examines our habitual ways of thinking. Perfectionism and procrastination are also included, and we look at more useful ways of managing thoughts and emotions.
Session 4: Self-regulation
Focuses on self-regulation, self-control and building resilience. Will examine ineffective methods of regulating emotions and behaviour, and discusses ways these can be replaced with more useful and effective self-control techniques.
Session 5: Introduction to The Self
This session explores how people see themselves and the impact it has on their daily life. It will also examines personal values and beliefs, encouraging more flexible thinking and behaviour.
Session 6: The Social Self
The final session focusses on the social self, social interaction, and well-being. It will explore how we impact others, and how other people affect our thoughts, emotions and behaviour. It will also considers ways to build better relationships with others and reduce unnecessary conflict.