Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings

The nature of humanitarian and development work is physically, emotionally and mentally demanding. In today's frantic world, mental wellbeing is more important than ever and if you’re working in challenging situations, protecting your wellbeing and resilience must be a necessity.

This unique course is designed to enhance your understanding of mental health in crisis settings, build a self-care practice, as well as personal and collective resilience. From mastering the fundamentals of providing psychosocial first aid and support to ways to deal with stress, trauma, loss and grief, this course ensures you have the skills to take care of yourself and others.

The course includes 6 key modules:

• Module 1: An introduction to wellbeing and mental health in the humanitarian sector
• Module 2: Picking up the pieces: dealing with critical incidents, stress and trauma
• Module 3: Caring for others: psychosocial first aid
• Module 4: Managing loss and grief with self-compassion in crisis settings
• Module 5: An introduction to mindfulness and compassion
• Module 6: Supporting ourselves, supporting each other: strategies for personal and collective resilience