Building Strength and Resilience Day Program
About Building Strength and Resilience Day Program
This 8-session program is for people experiencing mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, addiction and adjustment issues. Participants will be taught a range of practical skills to help ‘bounce back’ from stressful and difficult life experiences and get back to meeting the demands of day-to-day living. The principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Positive Psychology, Mindfulness, and Emotional Regulation used throughout.
This program may be suitable for you if:
- You are having difficulties adjusting to change.
- You are experiencing difficulties and stressors in everyday life which are becoming overwhelming.
- You are having a hard time using strategies and skills to manage your emotional wellbeing.
- You are ready and willing to build new skills to change the way you feel.
Program content
- What Is Resilience?
- Facing Your Feelings
- Better Understanding Your Symptoms
- Awareness, Acceptance and Tolerance
- Challenging Unhelpful Thoughts
- Compassionate Self-Support
- Promoting Happiness & Wellbeing
- Establishing a Healthy Life
- Maintenance and Relapse Prevention
What you will experience
Throughout this program you will participate in group sessions lead by a qualified Allied Health Professional. By using a range of evidence-based strategies, participants will aim to build personal resilience and develop emotional physical health. You will learn new skills and will practice applying them in your own day-to-day before the next session. Then, bring what you have learnt and experienced to each group for feedback and input.
Treatment objectives
Objective 1
Understanding Resilience – Learn factors contributing to resilience and how the program will assist you to learn strategies to build personal resilience.
Objective 2
Facing Your Feelings – Learn to understand emotions and the role they play in your life. Learn how to accept and tolerate emotions in order to view them in a different, more helpful way.
Objective 3
Challenge Unhelpful Thoughts – Learn to identify how your emotions can influence your thoughts and behaviours and use new skills to develop a more balanced and rational thinking style.
Objective 4
Promote Happiness & Wellbeing – Learn to provide yourself compassionate self-support and use positive psychology to improve your wellbeing.
Objective 5
Understand the importance of physical health on mental health, and learn how to establish a healthy lifestyle.
What's included
Education
To develop or refine new skills and strategies.
Workbooks
To guide you though education, reflection and exercises designed to tackle your symptoms.
Action Plans
Step-by-step activities to help you put new skills into practice.
Progress Tracking
Questionnaires to help you monitor your symptoms and/or progress.
Check-ins
Support between treatments to help keep things on track.
Extra Resources
Tools to help you overcome common challenges.
How to get started
For you to access this program, we need a valid referral from a medical practitioner to a psychiatrist with admission rights to Robina Private Hospital. Referrals can be sent via our website, www.robinaprivate.com.au, or directly to the private practice. General enquiries about this program can be made by calling 07 5665 5100.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much dose it cost?
Participants are admitted as a day patient and as such, can claim their attendance via their health fund. Privately paying is also an option. We ask that patients confirm any applicable out-of-pocket excess or gap costs directly with Robina Private Hospital by calling 07 5665 5100.
Who will find this program helpful?
People who are experiencing stress and difficulties with adjusting to current changes or stressors in their lives.
When does this treatment start, and how long does it take?
This treatment is designed to be completed within 8-weeks. Participants will attend one session per week from 9:00am to 2:30pm. Morning tea and lunch is provided. The treatment can be started any week of the year and is for admitted patients only.
