Resiliency

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Key Concepts:

Self-Efficacy Resiliency

The Tools: Communication Spirituality Behavior Change Grief and Loss

Self-Efficacy

Perceived self-efficacy entails “judgments of how well one can execute courses of action required to deal with prospective situations”.

Resilience centers on “people’s sense of personal efficacy to produce and to regulate events in their lives”.

Self-Efficacy cont, Judgments of self-efficacy determine effort

people will expend and how long they will persist in the face of obstacles or aversive experiences.

People with a strong sense of efficacy focus their attention on handling the task.

People who doubt their efficacy tend to be consumed by their inadequacies and have little energy to deal with the task at hand.

Resiliency

A person’s resiliency is based on their capacity and skill to overcome stressors.

Factors that promote resiliency: a sense of autonomy or self-reliance; a sense of basic self-worth; good physical health; and good physical appearance.

Resilience cont,

roles and relationships can range from close and intimate relationships to those with the broader societal system.

problem solving ability, the ability to evaluate situations and responses, and the capacity to take action in response to a situation.

Resilience cont,

Belief that positive meaning can be found in all experiences.

The belief that self-development is important.

The belief that life is purposeful.

ConceptualizationSelf-Efficacy

&Resiliency

Behavior Change Communication Spirituality

ABC’s/3 Emotional Killers

Grief & Loss

Communication

Goals of Communication: What is communication? Exchange of information Expression of thoughts and feelings

Spirituality What’s the difference between spirituality and

religion? 

Religion: How we worship or acknowledge our Higher Power; structured; doctrine

  Spirituality: an inner path enabling a person to

discover the essence of his or her being; or the deepest values and meanings by which people

live…meditation, prayer, contemplation.

Behavior Change Behavior is learned in relationships

Intimate  relationships Family relationships Workplace relationships How to act in certain company

Behavior makes sense at the time we do it  

Behavior is subject to criticism

ABC/3 Emotional Killers A=AFFECT      B=Behavior     C=Cognitive Emotions   Action    ThoughtsFeelings   What you do   Belief system 

3 Emotional Killers Anger : frustration, resentment, guilt, hostility,

defiance Anxiety: fear, nervous, anxious, uncertain; not

knowing the turnout Depression: helpless, feeling useless, hopeless

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Grief and Loss

Why are people not prepared to deal with grief and loss?

They have  been taught to acquire things not lose them

They have been taught that acquiring things will help them feel complete or whole

They have been taught that replacing loss will make it easier

Motivation Sometimes advocates may tend to judge a

person to be motivated based on a number of behaviors, such as the following: Agreeing with the advocate Expressing a desire or need for help Appearing to be distressed about his/her

condition Following the advocates advice

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Motivation Conversely, advocates may also tend to

judge a person to be unmotivated based on behaviors such as the following: Disagreeing with the advocate Refusing to accept the advocates

recommendations Expressing no desire or need for help Not appearing to be distressed about his/her

condition

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Communication Skills AWESOME

PRACTICAL

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AWESOME

Agree to disagree

PRACTICAL

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AWESOMEPractically Awesome (listened to everything)

PRACTICAL

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Resources:

NAMI - (National Alliance on Mental Illness)http://www.nami.org/

211 - A program of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission

https://www.211texas.org/

Evidence Based Treatments for PTSD & Resiliency

Jo Clancy, LCSWHouston V.A. Medical Center

Trauma Recovery Program (MHCL-116A)2002 Holcombe Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77030713-791-1414 ext. 6636

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Contact Information:

Rhonda DouglasCertified Peer SpecialistMental Health Advocate(512) 743-0603

Larry Alexander Jr., LCDCTraining Specialist(512) 850-1694lalexanderjr@gmail.com