Description
Pre-requisites: None
Pre-work: None
Overall aim of course
This online adapted workshop aims to help participants understand the
range of possible reactions a person may have in times of distress. It
will refer to the particular experiences people might find themselves
managing through the pandemic. The content will be helpful when dealing
with work colleagues, students or people one manages. It will look at
ways to support yourself in order to support a distressed person.
Intended outcomes and benefits from attending:
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
1. Have considered ways to understand the range of reactions of people
have in distress which may be exacerbated in the current working
climate.
2. Have a variety of alternative approaches in times of distress
3. Have an opportunity to consider how to support individuals and teams
in the short, mid
and long term, working on of off campus and in and out of lock down.
Indicative content: what the session will cover:
Understanding distress responses: theory of threat reactions and
emotional psychosocial biology.
Considering distress responses in the light of the pandemic.
Thinking about our reactions to the distress of others.
Exploring alternative approaches to responding.
Techniques for managing and supporting individuals and teams
Learning and teaching methods: An interactive online workshop.
Tutor: Nicola Neath; University of Leeds Staff Counsellor – Nicola is
also an MBACP Accredited Psychotherapist, member of the BACP Workplace
Exec; and is Chair of the Council for Work and Health Sub Group.
Related courses
Personal Resilience Adapted Programme for 2020 -2021
We have selected six workshops from our previous programme that are
particularly relevant to the stresses,
strains and uncertainty in our personal and professional lives
associated with the coronavirus pandemic. We have identified that one of
the consequences of increased working from home has been to impact
colleagues work-life balance. This impact may continue as work patterns
involving a combination of working from home and on campus evolve; and
as we learn to manage periodic and localised lock downs. You can obtain
more information and sign up to attend these online workshops by e-
mailing peopledev@leeds.ac.uk.
These workshops dovetail together and can be done in any order. They can
also be taken individually by participants who may have identified
specific areas where they would benefit from some guidance.
· Working with stress and emotion
· Mindfulness and attention skills to steady and focus your mind
· Active approaches to worry, meeting things head on
· Working with change and uncertainty
· Understanding and managing anxiety and panic
· Switching off: Sleep and Relaxation
Attendance at other workshops in the series may be beneficial
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