Description

Transform Your Stress into Strength and Thrive in Any Situation!

When your role involves working with clients and service users who have experienced trauma or have special needs, you are expected to be resilient despite the relentless emotional and psychological impact on your well-being. This course focuses on your personal development in navigating the emotional challenges associated with your work.

Together, we will explore a range of emotion skills, practical tools, and resources that extend beyond mindfulness, gratitude, and positive thinking. We will delve into trauma-responsive processing and communication techniques that are vital for supporting your clients while also nurturing your own emotional well-being.

Prepared for the Emotional Impact of Your Role

Research from the University of Central Lancashire in 2020 revealed that approximately 60% of emergency services personnel felt unprepared for the psychological impact of their job duties, especially when handling traumatic incidents. Additionally, a 2021 study by the Law Society found that many solicitors experience high levels of stress and burnout, with 70% of respondents reporting that the pressures of their profession significantly affect their mental health.

Based on the evidence-based method of Emotional Logic, this course will introduce you to a healthy adjustment process that avoids unhelpful coping strategies. Instead, it offers practical methods that align with your emotions and personality. You will learn to use an activity pack filled with tools and resources that will help you understand your emotional triggers and patterns, as well as discover the healthy reasons behind them. You will also learn how to prepare yourself for traumatic incidents to lessen their psychological impact. These tools are also effective for processing secondary trauma.

Research-backed impact of Emotional Logic

The Emotional Logic approach is underpinned by robust research, including a significant 2020 study in the European Journal of Integrative Medicine (Turton et al., 2020).

Key findings include:

Strong Impact on Mental Health: Emotional Logic significantly improved resilience and mental health, with large effect sizes among people with anxiety, depression, and personality disorders (Cohen’s d = 1.13 for anxiety/depression; 0.91 for personality disorders)

Strengthening Relationships: Approximately 38% of Emotional Logic Development Profile (ELDP) statements pertain directly to building relationship skills

Ripple Effects: 85% of respondents shared what they learned with others, creating a broader impact

Long-Term Benefits: 55% self-reported lasting positive changes 4–6 years after engaging with the approach

Safety and Accessibility: The Emotional Logic method was shown to be safe, with no negative outcomes, and is compatible with schools, families, and workplace

A Tool for Life: Emotional Logic is psychoeducational rather than therapy, empowering people with lifelong self-care and values-based decision-making skills

Transformative Psychological Insights

The following insights show how Emotional Logic doesn’t just improve mental health; it also reshapes how we relate to our emotions and each other:

Validating All Emotions: Emotional Logic reframes so-called “negative” emotions as valuable signals, helping people clarify their values and enact constructive change

Transdiagnostic Application: It targets emotional and relational skills in broad populations, not just those with specific diagnoses

Prevention Focus: Practical tools help people manage emotions and relationships before challenges escalate, reducing the need for professional intervention

Building Emotional Intelligence: Directly supports social connection and mental health

Emotional Logic challenges the notion that unpleasant emotions are purely negative. Instead, it teaches us to view these emotions as signposts, guiding values-based decisions and constructive change. The method is broad, practical, and, most importantly, prevents issues before they demand professional intervention.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

Develop practical skills for effectively managing stress.

Learn techniques to build and nurture emotional resilience.

Gain tools to enhance their communication skills and boost their confidence.

Create personalised strategies for maintaining resilience over time.

Course Structure

Session 1: Emotions and their Purpose

Introduction to a healthy adjustment process.

Discovering and understanding emotional patterns.

Exploring the useful purpose of grief emotions.

Identifying emotionally safe spaces and people.

Session 2: Emotions lead your values

Techniques to discover the values behind unpleasant emotions.

Strategies to turn traumatic stories into value-filled narratives.

Experience the power of small steps with a big impact.

Tools to uncover unhelpful communication patterns.

Session 3: Resilience Strategies and Skills

Techniques to communicate boundaries and needs assertively and confidently.

Developing a personalised action plan for ongoing resilience.

Practice the power of peer support (discover how you can help each other)

Session 4: Nurturing personal resilience and social resilience

Practice all you've learned in peer groups.

Build your resilience network.

Who is this course for

This course is designed for professionals who must be resilient under relentless stress. This includes:

First responders

Health professionals

Legal professionals

Victim Services employees

Specialist care providers

HR professionals

Testimonials

The technique has made me more aware of my own emotions, the patterns and how to talk about them more effectively. – Jo

He gave us a whole new language with which to communicate. – Marleen

Even now, his session really helped me overcome the shame of feeling more ‘negative’ emotions, and I have been able to work on looking inward and identifying why I’m feeling a certain way rather than blaming others. – Georgia

Sessions with Sven have been refreshing, challenging and reassuring. As it turns out, there are very good reasons why I react the way I do, and instead of wondering what I can do to change, I see the answers have been there all along. – Michael

Format and Delivery

4 live 2-hour Zoom sessions.

A format that mixes workshop, lecturing and facilitating.

Participants can ask questions at any time.

You will receive a hard copy of the Activity Pack (designed for various learning styles.)

There will be no recordings to keep everyone emotionally and psychologically safe. (However, we can schedule a short recap session if you cannot attend a meeting because you are unwell.)

Weekly follow-up email with additional resources not yet included in the Activity Pack.

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