STRATEGIES FOR CHANGING MODULE - REINICIAL METHODOLOGY file• For our happiness and wellness, there...

Project num. 2013-1-ES1-LEO05-66387

Leonardo Da Vinci Programe Transfer of REINICIAL project.

STRATEGIES FOR CHANGING MODULE - REINICIAL METHODOLOGY

N4- PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE MATERIALS


1ST SESSION


A) PRESENTATION OF OBJECTIVES


OBJECTIVES

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

• To acquire strategies, tools and resources to manage professional change and improve quality of life.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES • To acquire tools for self-knowledge, and the constructive analysis of one’s

own realty (consciousness)

• To acquire strategies of coherence, self-control and adaptation when faced with situations of difficulty and change.

• To develop skills and resources for a positive interaction with others.

• To acquire techniques to create a positive future scenario and to make it a realty.


MAIN ASPECTS

• Resilience

• Relaxation techniques

• Continuous change

• Facing change

• Understanding and managing emotions.

• Relationship between beliefs and reality

• Abilities and resilient attitudes

• Daily Schedule

• Positive Thinking

• Coherence and inner positive dialogue

• Creating synergies, sharing experiences

• Stepping back and amplifying perspective

• Personal Action Plan


SESSIONS

1st session

5h

Full group

2nd session

2h

Small group

3rd session

2h

Small group

4th Session

3,5h

Full Group


WHY THIS COURSE? • Change is a constant in life and history, but nowadays society

changes a lot and very fast.

• For our labour career, it is important to know how and when to change; a whole life in the same company is not any more usual. A whole life in the same profession is neither.

• For our happiness and wellness, there are strategies that could help to get over hard periods reinforced and with new abilities.

• Companies have to adapt constantly to the changes in markets and society; they need thus employees able to adapt to change.

• Labour market increasingly appreciates transversal abilities.


B) PRESENTATION OF PARTICIPANTS


C) THEORY ABOUT CHANGE AND RESILIENCE WITH PRACTICAL EXERCISES


1. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS


INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS

Is people’s capacity to overcome periods of emotional pain and trauma. When a person is able to do so, it is said that he or she has adequate resilience and, therefore, can overcome bad times and get over them reinforced.

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY : Focus on what makes people happy, not what makes them unhappy.

ORIGIN: Multiple intelligences an Emotional Intelligence.

Resilience



Multiple intelligences (Gardner 1983). Intelligence: Capacity to deal with and solve everyday problems or produce relevant outputs in a particular social context.

Logical

Spatial

Verbal

Musical

Intrapersonal

Interpersonal

Corporal-kinetic

…



Emotional Intelligence (Goleman 1994) Based on INTRA personal intelligence and INTER personal intelligence:

• Identifying and labelling feelings: ours and those of other people.

• Expressing and controlling emotions in an appropriate way.

• Empathizing with others



To overcome bad moments you’d need to act on what you:

DO

FEEL

And it will be necessary some

TRAINING.


PILLARS OF RESILIENCE

Main points:

Affective connections.

Centre of control

Self-esteem

Positive thinking


AFFECTIVE CONNECTIONS


AFFECTIVE CONNECTIONS

Explain your situation and feelings to your beloved ones

Dedicate time and efforts to care, maintain and grow affective connections

If you can’t count on family, look for emotional support in other spaces :

• old or new friends,

• group therapy

• people in a similar situation

• People with whom you share common interest

or activities (sport, volunteering, artistic activities…)


CENTER OF CONTROL Are you driven, or you drive?


CENTER OF CONTROL

What DO you can actually control?


PILLARS OF RESILIENCE

Altruism Capacity of

Analysis Openness to the

unknown Interpretation of

suffering. Sharing

experiences Sense of Humour “Start afresh”

Protective factors

Panic Bewilderment Stagnation Depression

Weakening emotional states


PHASES OF RESILIENCE

1.Being aware

2.Projecting the future

3.Transforming image

4. Acting “as if..”

5.Transformation

REALISM OF HOPE


RELAXATION TECHNIQUES


2. CONTINUOUS CHANGE


THE CHANGING PROCESS

• Shock. Feelings linked to this state are : Fear, confusion, immobility.

• Rejection. Negation, rejection of the situation.

• Frustration. Anger. Sense of loss.

• Acceptation. Realistic response to change.

• Experimentation. Searching for new alternatives.

• Understanding. Becoming conscious of the produced change.

• Integration: positive feelings about the new situation, enjoyment of it.


HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CHANGE?

Do you recognize in yourself or in others these states and feelings when faced with a situation of change?

How do you feel about it?

How have you faced them in previous changes in your lives?


CATALYSTS AND OBSTACLES FOR CHANGING

• OBSTACLES

• CATALYSTS


HOW TO FACE CHANGE?

CHANGE

Willingness Awareness

Know how


D) FACING CHANGE: CINE FORUM


2nd SESSION


A) SHARING CONCLUSIONS OF INDIVIDUAL WORK


INSPIRING STORIES


ADVICES AND LETTERS OF ENCOURAGEMENT


B) THEORY ABOUT CHANGE AND RESILIENCE WITH PRACTICAL EXERCISES II


1. BEING CONSCIOUS


UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS

• BASIC/COMPLEX – Joy: happiness, gladness, pride, enjoyment…

– Sadness: sorrow, despair, depression…

– Fear: anxiety, restlessness, preoccupation, concern…

– Anger: irritation, resentfulness, fury…


UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS

Emotions are a type of natural reaction to events that happen to us or the situations we face every day.

EMOTION

This is important, REACT!


MANAGING EMOTIONS

ACTION

TO

ASSUME…

“What am I feeling”

SELF CONTROL

“What am I thinking”

CHANNELING EMOTIONS

“What I do”


2.RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BELIEFS AND REALITY


EMPOWERING AND LIMITING BELIEFS

• LIMITING

• EMPOWERING


EMPOWERING AND LIMITING BELIEFS

• LIMITING

“I can’t trust anyone”

“Everybody is more fortunate than me”

“I can’t learn English”

“That’s impossible for me”

“I don’t deserve success”

“To be happy, you need money”

• EMPOWERING

“If you’d like to improve yourself, you’d act”

“If what you are doing doesn’t work, change it”

“Failure means learning”

“Look to others for learning”

“We have the resources”


3.STRATEGIES FOR CHANGING: ABILITIES AND RESILIENT ATTITUDES


OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM

“Optimism is an attitude based on the way of perceiving and evaluating a situation and its

possible results. Pessimism is the same thing.”


PESSIMIST

• External locus of control

• Sees bad circumstances as permanent and inevitable.

• Focus intensely on the problem, not on solutions.

• Mistrusts possibilities and own capacities.


OPTIMIST

• Internal locus of control.

• Looks for the positive circumstances in the unfortunate events.

• Recognizes bad circumstances as temporary

• Looks for options, solutions. Takes orientation.

• Trusts on possibilities and abilities


INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL Helping attributions:

When it doesn’t work… • I should have

dedicated more time to it

• I should have bought better materials.

• I should learn how to do it

• I can ask for help from my sister, she is an expert .

• Maybe is more practical to just buy a full furniture

When it works…. • Yeah! It is because I’ve

paid attention when my sister taught me.

• These are the fruits of practicing for years.

• I do this kind of work with passion.

• I’ve chosen the materials carefully.


INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL Neutral and Unhelping attributions:

When it doesn’t work… (unhelping) I’m a disaster. I haven’t got the skills I’m always so slow

learning. …

When it works…. (neutral) • I’m the best. • I’ve got the skills by

nature • I always learn fast • …


EXTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL Neutral and Unhelping attributions:

When it doesn’t work… (unhelping) • What a bad luck! • I’ve got an awful

horoscope forecast for today.

• It’s my sister’s fault, she didn’t want tot teach me!

• These stupid materials doesn’t want to work…

• Why my friends asked me to do that instead of buying a full furniture??

When it works…. (neutral) • That’s good luck! • My horoscope

said I’ll have success today.

• My sister taught me well!

• I’ve got these really good materials by chance.


RESILIENT ATTITUDES

Affective connections

Internal centre of control

Self-esteem Positive thinking

Skills (Executive functions)

Reasons for living


3rd SESSION


B) SHARING CONCLUSIONS OF INDIVIDUAL WORK (HOMEWORK)


OUR OWN FEELINGS

• What am I feeling?

• What am I thinking?

• How can I act about that?

• How can I canalize this emotion?


ADVISEMENT AND ENCOURAGEMENTS


B) APPLYING STRATEGIES AND PERSONAL EXERCISES IN CLASS


1. STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE WORKING: DAILY SCHEDULE


MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

FULFILMENT

RECOGNITION

LOVE AND BELONGING

NEED OF SECURITY

BASIC OR PHYSIOLOGICAL


NEEDS FULFILLED BY A JOB POSITION

ECONOMICAL SECURITY

SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

SOCIAL RECOGNITION

SELF- FULFILMENT

BELONGING

OTHER…

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FULFIL THESE NEEDS?


EFFECTIVE WORKING HABITS

1. Constructing your Daily Schedule

2. Personal Effectiveness Diary (happiness)


CONSTRUCTING YOUR DAILY SCHEDULE

Take into account…:

• House work and care responsibilities…

• A limited time for looking for a job (f.i.4 hours)

• Sport activities, such as jogging, going for a walk…

• Visiting friends and family.

• Training activities

• Cultural activities…

• Creative and/or artistic activities.

• Volunteering or group activities…


PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS DIARY

• Something that has made you happy

• Something that you are proud of

• Something that has made you learning something (What have you learnt?)

• Something that happened that is very valuable to you.

• Nice time enjoyed with your loved ones.

• Something you have achieved

• Progress you have made in your professional skills, in your job searching process, or in your personal life.

• Something you did that led you closer to your goals in life.

• …


STRATEGIES FOR POSITIVE THINKING

Do your effectiveness / happiness diary

Avoid comparisons

Express gratitude

Look for a positive situation.

Surround yourself with positive people

Be conscious about your reasons for living

Give you rewards


STRATEGIES FOR POSITIVE THINKING

Look for connections

Visualize your success

Focus on the present moment

Stimulate your senses

Trick your mind


DEFINING OBJECTIVES

Positive

SMART

Visualize

Action Plan

Assessing progress

Changing


3. COHERENCE AND INNER DIALOGUE


INNER DIALOGUE

The inner dialogue or internal

monologue is the conversation

maintained with ourselves as

we are thinking.

It orientates ourselves, and

defines what we want, what

we think, what we feel, or what

we do.


YOUR INNER DIALOGUE

• POSITIVE INNER DIALOGUE

• NEGATIVE INNER DIALOGUE


YOUR INNER DIALOGUE

MESSAGES FOR A HELPING INNER DIALOGUE SHOULD BE… • Personalized • True • Brief • Few • Positive


4th SESSION


A) SHARING CONCLUSIONS OF INDIVIDUAL WORK (HOMEWORK)


CONCLUSIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS


B) CREATING SYNERGIES, SHARING EXPERIENCES


1. BENEFITS OF EXPRESSING NEEDS AND FEELINGS, THE POWER OF WORDS.


SHARING EXPERIENCES

To share experiences ….

Helps to express worries in words

Helps to systemize and clarify thoughts

Reduces intensity

Makes Emotional intensity more manageable

Reduces anxiety, relax the heart, diminish arterial pressure

And… let others help you!!!


2. BENEFITS OF PERFORMING ALTRUISTIC ACTIONS.


HELPING OTHERS

How…

Helping friends, family, neighbours…

Volunteering

…


HELPING OTHERS Why…

Increases self-esteem

Strengthen relationships

Prevent to become isolated

Forces activity and learning, avoiding “stagnation”

Helps to maintain an optimist perspective

Helps diversifying areas of interest and expertise.

Volunteering can allow you improving professional skills.

Volunteering could help you to increase your network of contacts.


3. NETWORKING


REINFORCING OUR SOCIAL NETWORK

ME

Circle 1

Circle 2

Circle 3

Circle N…


NETWORKING


C) HOW TO STEP BACK AND AMPLIFY PERSPECTIVE


THIRD POSITION

1- To look for the situation

2- Associated position.

3- Breaking

4- Dissociated position


AMPLIFYING PERSPECTIVE


SENSE OF HUMOUR

• Emotional distance

• Discharging tension

• Resistance to stress

• Face illness

• Endorphins: pleasure

• “here and now”

• De-dramatizing

• Communication


D) CREATING THE PERSONAL ACTION PLAN


PERSONAL ACTION PLAN


Interesting books

Learn to be an Optimist Lucy McDonald Chronicle Books

Living with Change Ursula Markham Vega

International books (in English)


Spanish authors

Interesting books

La Brújula interior Àlex Rovira

Empresa Activa-Urano

Reinventarse Mario Alonso de Puig

Plataforma editorial

Superar la Adversidad Luis Rojas Macos Espasa Editorial


Interesting books

Educarsi Alla Resilienza Elena Malaguti (It) Centro Studi Erickson

Il vantaggio della resilienza Al Siebert (EUA) Ed. Amrita

Italian authors and/or best-sellers in Italy


Interesting books

14 essential life coaching lessons George Profetis Profeti

The golden rules of success George Profetis Profeti

Greek authors

Better? It can be done! – 50 advices for a better life Nancy Mallerou Fereniki


Interesting books

Como conquistar um emprego Manuel Poirier Braz Presença

A arte de FAZER ACONTECER David Allen Editora Campus

Portuguese authors and/or best-sellers in Portugal

Motivação 3.0 Daniel Pink Editora Campus.


Thank you!

These materials are part of the “Transfer of REINICIAL” project

For further information:

www.reinicial.eu

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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