Personal growth and professional growth are closely linked. For those who want to grow in one or both domains, below please find a selection of workshops aiming at improving feeling, thinking and acting across two vital and overlapping competence spheres: mental health and cultural/diversity intelligence.
These quality characteristics distinguish my workshops:
- An appreciative and inspiring learning atmosphere
- Evidence-based Inputs informed by research and best practices
- An interactive format that encourages active participation
- Good mix of theory and practice, up-to-date materials, resources, and hand-outs
- Room for participants to network with each other
- Opportunities for feedback and follow-up
All workshops can be conducted online as well as offline and adapted to the needs of participants and/or organizations.
Daily rates in EURO: 0.5 = 800.00 │ 1.0 = 1400.00 │ 1.5 = 2000.00 │ 2.0 = 2500.00 │ 2.5 = 2900.00
Non-profit organizations can receive a discount of up to 30% depending on location and desired format. Otherwise, daily rates for digital and analog offerings are identical. If travel and accommodation costs are incurred, these will be agreed in advance and billed separately.
Frame Switch: Enhancing diversity sensitivity and cultural intelligence
Groups and organizations are faced with ever more diversity of cultures, identities, orientations, and world views among their members. That is a challenge. And an enormous chance. To minimize potential difficulties caused by real or perceived differences and to unleash the potential of diversity, you need tools for generating synergies and using cultural intelligence to curb misunderstandings and prevent conflicts.
The training aims at developing cultural competence and focusses on the following topics:
- Developing intercultural/diversity competence based on helpful knowledge, attitudes, and skills
- Understanding cultural dimensions and their impact on communication, negotiation, emotion regulation and decision making
- Understanding the impact of differences on team dynamics and leadership.
- Learning how to deal with perceived/actual discrimination and stereotype threat
- Providing strategies and tools for effectively and appropriately dealing with acculturative stress and relating and working across cultures.
- Providing practical examples and case studies, interactive exercises, and role-playing activities.
- Room for self-reflection and building a personal development plan.
- Addressing the challenges of virtual and remote relations in a globalized world.
- Providing support for long-term development and integration of diversity competences
- Incorporation of technology and online resources and the offer to include follow-up sessions and coaching.
Why does the psychological lens help navigate culture stress?
An understanding of human behavior and mental processes can be useful in several ways, such as:
- Understanding cultural differences: A psychological perspective can help to understand and explain cultural differences in behavior, communication, and values, which can be helpful in intercultural trainings.
- Recognizing and managing emotions: Intercultural interactions can be emotionally charged, and a psychological background can help trainers to recognize and manage emotions in themselves and in participants.
- Adapting to different learning styles: Different cultures may have different learning styles and preferences, and a psychological knowledge can help adapt teaching methods to different learners.
- Developing empathy: A psychological lens can help develop empathy for individuals from different cultures, which can improve communication and understanding.
- Designing effective training programs: A psychological background can help trainers to design effective training programs that take into account the unique needs and perspectives of different cultures.
Equilibrium: Mastering Stress and Maintaining Inner Balance
In our private and professional lives, we are exposed to situations that demand a lot from us. Those who manage to remain calm under pressure, embrace uncertainty and to deal with their own psychological resources in a sustainable way, live more contentedly and are more successful in what they do.
My evidence-based stress management workshop is characterized by:
- Scientifically sound techniques and strategies for managing stress
- A combination of different stress management techniques such as mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and relaxation techniques
- Information on identifying and changing negative thought patterns, setting realistic goals, and effective time management
- Interactive activities, group discussions and homework assignments
- Support for long-term practice of stress management skills and strategies
- Tailored to the specific needs of the participants, it may also be done in an online format, and may include follow-up sessions and resources.
Corporate Mental Health Training
Tailored to the needs of organizations, who genuinely care about the mental wellbeing of their staff, this “first aid training for the soul” teaches individuals how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of psychological distress and mental illnesses.
The program aims to improve mental health literacy and provide the skills and knowledge needed to help individuals in crisis or experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges.
The awareness-enhancing and skill-building training typically covers topics such as depression, anxiety, psychosis, and addiction, as well as techniques for providing initial help and connecting individuals with professional services.
This training is suitable for all members of organizations including members of teams, service staff, heads of departments, executives, corporate health officers, works council members, equal opportunity representatives, ombudspersons, etc.
Participants will discuss, learn, and practice skills and attitudes that enable appropriate responses and ways of reaching-out to colleagues, subordinates or help-seekers, who may reach out to you as trusted person:
- Listening: Letting the other know that you are there to listen and help them. Trying to understand their thoughts and feelings rather than thinking how to respond.
- Avoiding Judgments: Avoid judging, labelling and overstepping boundaries. Trying to stand by and helping make own decisions.
- Being informed: Finding out about the mental health issues the affected person is struggling with so you can better help them.
- Supporting treatment: Supporting someone in seeking professional help and adhering to treatments.
- Encouraging self-care: Encouraging a distressed other to take care of themselves by taking care of one’s own physical and mental health.