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    Resilience through Self Care and Compassion
    Provider   Wellbeing

    A fantastic new course looking at resilience through self-care and compassion. A 4 week series of sessions led by a qualified counsellor and therapist.

Duration 4 sessions

Course Type Series

Booking Status Now Booking

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Target Audience: All Staff

This is a new course to Strathclyde to help staff identify and develop resilience coping techniques. A series of 4 workshops led by Juliet Gracey, a fully qualified holistic practitioner and counsellor, all done through a lens of self-care and compassion.

 

Dates: 13/11/2024 & 20/11/2024 & 27/11/2024 & 04/12/2024 - (13:00 - 14:30)

 

The course will examine and explore the theory around resilience but will also incorporate practical techniques and therapies such as mindfulness and meditation so that you can develop the knowledge and the skills needed to boost resilience in yourself and others.

 

  • Week 1: Introduction to resilience, looking at goal setting and exploring the use of meditation.

 

  • Week 2: Awareness of feelings and a look at stress. Explore the use and benefits of mindfulness.

 

  • Week 3: Emotional regulation – learn techniques to manage emotions in an effective way. Turning negative thoughts into positive.

 

  • Week 4: Identifying support networks, setting healthy boundaries and introduction to the power of gratitude and journaling.

 

This is an experiential training series where your involvement and participation are key to its success. There is also an expectation that you attend all four sessions as much as practicably possible.

 

About the facilitator . . .

 

Juliet Gracey is a fully qualified holistic practitioner with over 12 years’ experience in counselling, wellbeing, and nutrition. She is a qualified Reiki and Reflexology therapist.

 

Juliet said: “My main professional passion lies in supporting individuals on their unique journey toward better physical and mental health. I am genuinely excited to start working with staff at Strathclyde and supporting colleagues’ resilience and growth.

 

And finally . . .

 

Please note: This course is new and being done as a pilot. If you sign up and the initial places are gone – please join the waiting list so when we roll the course out wider you will be guaranteed a place.

 

For further information, please contact the University Workplace Wellbeing Manager:  kevin.donovan@strath.ac.uk

 

  



Delivered By: Kevin Donovan - Workplace Wellbeing

Prerequisites

Commitment to attend all 4 session where practicably possible. Date/ Time 13/11/2024 & 20/11/2024 & 27/11/2024 & 04/12/2024 - (13:00 - 14:30) Location Student Disability and Wellbeing (Training Room – Rm 467) Mary Dunn Wing, Learning & Teaching Building, 55 Richmond Street. (If you head for the main Student Disability and Wellbeing office at the end of the long corridor – their training room is on the right just before you come to the main office).