Psychosocial Resources for personal wellbeing and professional competence: Working with Stress and Emotion

Course Code
50181017

Course has already taken place

Provider
OD&PL

Tutor(s):
Nicola Neath,Marcus Hill

Suitability
All staff.

If this date is full, then please register on our waiting list by
emailing your details to peopledev@leeds.ac.uk.

Date(s)
Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 14:00 to 16:00

Max Places:
24

Description
Pre-requisites: None

Pre-work requirements: None

Overall aim of course:
This session will be delivered face-to-face on campus

Recent and ongoing changes to our work and personal lives caused by the
pandemic are destabilising. This workshop provides a chance to explore
your personal and professional experiences across our Workable Ranges
Model of stress and emotion regulation. This workshop is an opportunity
to apply this model to better understand your experience of stress and
emotions, to develop self-awareness to identify your warning signs of
stress and emotional imbalance; and consider a number of approaches to
managing yourself and improving your well-being and effectiveness.

Intended outcomes and benefits from attending:
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
1. Have been introduced to models for healthy effective ranges of
stress and emotional balance.
2. Understand the importance and value of managing their own stress
levels and emotional balance, and the potential risks of not doing so.
3. Be able to recognise signs of stress and emotional imbalance in
themselves and others.
4. Consider ways to improve well-being, confidence, achievement,
engagement and effectiveness.
5. Considered a range of ideas for restoring and maintaining balance
and working within a healthy sustainable range.

Indicative content: what the session will cover:
Participants will be given a chance to explore the personal and
professional benefits of a workable range of stress, and of emotional
balance for creativity and competent self-regulation. An opportunity to
apply the models to better understand your experience of stress and
emotions, to develop self-awareness to identify your warning signs of
stress and emotional imbalance, and consider a number of approaches to
managing yourself and improving your well-being, confidence, achievement
and effectiveness. This workshop will help you develop your competence
for engaging with your colleagues.

Learning and teaching methods: Mixture of presented material and group
interaction.

Tutor: Nicola Neath; University of Leeds Staff Counsellor – Nicola is
also an MBACP Accredited Psychotherapist.

Related courses:
Attendance at other workshops in the series may be beneficial.