Renewal in a Culture of Stress
In this multi-day workshop series we will explore and work on the four cornerstones of our well-being: focus, positive self-talk, connection, and meaning. Our approach includes an infusion of Ignatian spirituality.
Workshop Series
Individual Workshops
Take a (Deep) Breath: Stress Neuro & Mindfulness (in Christian Tradition)
Format: Online Workshop
Presenter: Mookie Manalili
“Take a breath, deeply… inhale, pause, exhale…” What skills can we develop in order to better serve others as clinicians, therapists, teachers, and professionals? How does stress, be it physical or psychological, affect our embodiment? What does the wisdom from the depth of traditions, both scientific and spiritual, have to say about mindfulness skills?
As care-giving and education-oriented professionals, we must be mindful in the ways we carry burdens, in order to be proper change agents to those we serve. During this “Care for the Whole Professional” brief workshop, we invite you take a pause before the holiday season and amidst the chaos of our current world.
Burnout And Rejuvenation: Inner Balance For Mental Health Clinicians
Format: Online Workshop Series
Presenters: Erika Prijatelj and Tone Stevelj
Mental health care professionals (psychologists, counsellors, social workers, and many others) often work in an environment that leads to “burnout.” This includes high-level intensity, time constraints, competing demands, lack of control over the work process, and sometimes conflicting roles and relationships with leadership. The recent pandemic has additionally increased the intensity of helplessness, sense of inefficiency, and inability to shut off the therapeutic role. Focusing on other people’s problems can lead mental health providers to lose track of their own personal well-being and that of their families.
Facilitators
Dr. Erika Prijatelj
Dr. Erika Prijatelj is a professor and coach who focuses her work on integration of psychology and theology, the combination of which she studied, taught and practiced in the USA, Canada and in various European countries. She wrote numerous scientific and professional articles as well as three books on topics such as self-identities, scapegoating, actualization of human vital strengths and the impact of high stress on relationships.
Dr. Tone Svetelj
As a Professor of Philosophy and Religious studies at Hellenic College and currently an Adjunct Professor at Boston College, as a Psychosynthesis coach and Yoga instructor, Dr. Tone Svetelj looks for positive aspects in our world, both in his teaching and coaching. His professional research focuses on the rediscovery of intellectual and spiritual treasures of the past and non-Western traditions, evaluating them from the latest discoveries in the human sciences.