Building Resilience & Social Support Through Compassion

Culturally, we learn that independence is a coveted trait to be celebrated. As a result, our clients find themselves in a cyclical state of isolation and distress without the social support or resilience they need for long-term behavioral change. In addition to an inability and/or unwillingness to seek out healthful connection, self-affirming patterns of self-criticism often emerge. This inner critic can interrupt the client’s belief in self as a resilient and resourceful agent of change in their life, which can further halt positive emotions such as self-acceptance and compassion.  

Studies have shown that the practice of compassion can increase a sense of belonging and support, overall motivation, and reduce the fear of failure (while increasing resilience after a failure). With the help of compassion-based practices, clients are more apt to both identify social supports and take personal responsibility for their behavior. Building Resilience & Social Support Through Compassion offers coaches structured lessons, relevant research, guided practice, and demonstrations on how these tools can improve client outcomes when applied in individual and group coaching sessions.  

This 4 module course is offered asynchronously.   

Curriculum Outcomes  

Through lecture and guided practice participants will: 

• understand the research behind compassion-based practices for increasing motivation, social connection, and resiliency
• improve coach/client partnership through the development of a compassionate presence 
• develop an understanding of common humanity and how it can be used to re-pattern habits of self-isolation and self-criticism.
• cultivate awareness of the client’s inner critic and effectively integrate compassion practices to improve the client’s intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships
• be able to better support clients experiencing poor social support and inner-criticism that inhibits behavior change through self-awareness and guided practice(s)

Delivery 

• Asynchronous on-demand through a third-party platform
• English speaking

Teaching Methods

• Instructor-led lessons 
• Guided practices to provide a first-hand understanding of these tools
• Recorded demos to model integration of these methods within the coach/client context

Target Audience

Coaches who have an interest in mindfulness and compassion-based practices and/or developing tools to build resilience among their client base. This course is also open to coaches working with clients with a history of low social-support, inability to bounce-back from failure and/or a strong inner-critic.  

Evaluation Method

Participants will pass a 4 question post-test after each module demonstrating knowledge with a score of 75% or higher.

Offers: 6 CEs