Resilience Retreats 

As part of the ongoing development of the Resilience assessment and counselling program Denis Flores Psychologists are offering regular Resilience Retreats.

 

Resilience 

Psychological resilience is an individual's ability to successfully adapt to life tasks in the face of social disadvantage or highly adverse conditions. Adversity and stress can come in the shape of family or relationship problems, health problems, or workplace and financial worries, among others.

 

The Retreats will begin with a Learning Contract to ensure that they cover the overall needs of the participants. In general , they will based on the following learning objectives :

• Increase awareness of what is meant by resilience and the various models of resilience

• Understand what setbacks you have experienced and how to learn from them

• Learn about the methods for improving individual resilience and develop strategies that can be used to build your resilience

 

Who should attend?

You should consider attending if:

• You have had a setback in your life and seek to understand how to deal with it through increased awareness of your Resilience

• You seek to understand how you can develop your Resilience to improve your coping capacity

 

Assessment Phase

The Resilience Retreats will cover

• Pre Retreat on line Resilience assessment

• Individual report

• 2 day workshop, Fri evening to Sunday afternoon (TBC)

• Maximum eight (8) participants per workshop ensuring quality facilitation

• Individual feedback

• Warranted Psychologist facilitator

• Quality hotel accommodation with meals, e.g.Friday evening supper, Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast and a light lunch.

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Counselling/Consolidation Phase

This will provide the opportunity for participants to receive a period of one to one face to face counselling with the aim of improving resilience in the ARS dimensions as assessed.

 

Enrolment

• Detailed program and venue will be listed on the website

• Enrolment will be done online, after which we will contact you for a personal introduction.

 

What is included?

The retreats provide 2 nights accommodation and meals, the full program of events, activities, speakers and facilitators, a welcome showbag on arrival, assessment using the Adult Resilience Scale, an individual report and professional feedback and discussion.

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