Resiliency in the Helping Professions

Course work in this 6 course, 18 credit program focuses on resiliency cultivation strategies for helping professionals and their clients, students, patients and consumers. Emotional regulation, realistic optimism, self-compassion, mindfulness, empathy and self-efficacy are some of the areas that are studied. Emotionally intelligent leadership is a focus as many effective helping professionals advance to leadership and supervisory roles. The Resiliency in the Helping Professions C.G.S. and C.A.G.S. is grounded in evidence-based approaches that are valuable for career longevity and the professionals’ investment in the “self”.

In addition, the Resiliency curriculum will assist helping professionals to teach these valuable strategies to their clients, patients, students and/or consumers. The Resiliency in the Helping Professions C.G.S. and C.A.G.S. has broad professional applicability and is targeted to increase professional effectiveness for professionals such as, Rehabilitation Counselors, School Counselors, Educators, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, and health and wellness advocates.