boOsT Mental Health in Young People

An Intensive Solution-Focused Online Workshop for Parents of Young People experiencing Mental Health issues 

 

Transform your life with this boOsT online workshop hosted by Gwen Cantwell, Consultant Occupational Therapist of boOsT Occupational Therapy Ireland.

 

This “workshop” is NOT a webinar, it is a workshop in its true meaning of “a meeting at which a group of people engage in intensive discussion and activity on a particular subject” (Oxford Dictionary). This is an Occupational Therapy facilitated small group coaching to make real functional changes in your life and in parenting young people with mental health issues. This is a solution-focused, collaborative, interactive experience using the latest online tools/technology to enhance your learning, bring theory into practice in your daily life and boOsT real functional, practical change in your life.

 

The aim for this workshop is to help you realise solutions to your current daily challenges as a parent of a young person with metal health issues. It will be tailored specifically to your needs and identified goals. Numbers are limited on the workshop to make this an impactful experience. You will be an active participant and we will also work in smaller groups to personally connect our experiences and share our learning. This workshop aims to guide you to make small changes to make a real difference to you, for you to put what you learn into practice, and for a real, tangible, functional difference in your life, to boOsT your life!

 

You’ll walk away with:

• A change in your understanding of Mental Health and how it impacts your teen and your family.

• Practical tools that you CAN use, for boosting how you relate to loved ones with Mental Health issues.

• Topics and strategies covered may include executive functioning, emotional regulation, sensory, social, behavioural and parenting strategies and more. (These are dependent on the needs of the group.)

• Insights from an expert Occupational Therapist with over 20 years of experience.

• A new set of connections to people with a shared experience.  We use the latest online tools to make it easy for you to network in a safe space.

 

What you need to bring with you:

• A willingness to expand your understanding and perspective of Mental Health in young people.

• A readiness to make real changes to DO something different to make a change for you and your family.

• Happy to actively participate, contribute and share your voice and be in a small group where you talk, listen and guide each other, mentored by the workshop facilitator.

• Give the time to complete forms before-hand, attend fully for the course and continue after.

 

Also included -

• An induction session to go through all the various tools that we will be using in this intensive online workshop. Don’t worry, if you can get on zoom you will manage fine with the tools used.

• 2 sessions of 2 hours long of focused knowledge sharing, coaching and planning for change 

• Worksheets and resources you will actually use during our sessions and after

 

Please contact for more details 

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