Trainer: Anoushka Farouk, Rapid Transformational Therapist, Aventurine Therapies
Format: 2 weekly 2-hour online sessions
Session Dates
- COURSE 1: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Monday, 13th and Tuesday, 14th May 2024
- COURSE 2: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Monday, 13th and Tuesday, 14th May 2024
- COURSE 3: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Monday, 20th and Tuesday 21st May 2024
- COURSE 4: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Monday, 20th and Tuesday 21st May 2024
- COURSE 5: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Monday, 17th and Tuesday 18th June 2024
- COURSE 6: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Monday, 17th and Tuesday 18th June, 2024
Key Features
- 4-hour online group therapy by a specialist Psychological Wellbeing Coach
- Delivered via 2 x 2-hour online sessions on consecutive days
- Up to 14 participants per course
- Simplified language for better comprehension and accessibility
- Interactive activities and group discussions to promote active participation
- Homework tasks for engagement and reflection
Note: Participants may be offered follow-up one-on-one sessions, subject to approval from their Care Provider (e.g. if significant challenges identified).
Course Description
This 4-hour online group therapy course is specifically designed for newly arrived care workers who have left their lives and families in their home countries. The course aims to support participants with the emotional challenges of adjusting to life and work in the South-East UK, settling into new communities, overcoming cultural differences, and adapting to the challenges of working in social care. Delivered by a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Coach, the course will provide a safe space for participants to explore their emotions, build resilience, and develop strategies for self-care.
Course Structure
Session 1
Introduction and Building Trust
Intro to Aventurine and the care or carers support system
- Setting expectations and defining the course goals and objectives.
Understanding Transitions and Loss
- Exploring the challenges and emotional impact of leaving one’s home country and family.
- Sharing personal stories and experiences of loss and adjustment.
- Identifying common emotions and validating participants’ experiences.
Managing Stress and Self-Care
Understanding the causes of stress and the emotional demands of working in social care.
- Reflections on stress and personal experiences: discussion and sharing
- Recognizing signs of stress and burnout.
- Introducing stress management techniques and self-care practices
- Breathing in the present, gratitude, open heart visualisation
- Developing personalized self-care plans for participants
Homework: Develop a self-care daily routine using the techniques explored in this session.
Session 2:
Recap and Review of Homework Task
Building Resilience and Emotional Strength
- Understanding WHY emotional strength is required in the role of a care worker.
- Identifying personal strengths and resources.
- Learning techniques for resilience-building and emotional regulation – Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping)
Coping with Homesickness and Emotional Exhaustion
- Addressing feelings of homesickness and strategies for coping.
- Sharing tips and techniques for managing emotional exhaustion – Reviewing Gratitude journalising, Open heart visualisation, EFT.
- Shopping list for self-care: The first aid kit
Supportive Relationships and Peer Support
- Encouraging peer support and building networks among participants
- Discussing the importance of supportive relationships.
- Sharing experiences and strategies for building positive relationships – LEAN ON ME – a game to increase connection within the group and facilitate openness and trust.
Wrap-Up and Reflections
- Reflections on what you have learned
- Feedback and continued learning – what will you take away and incorporate into your routine?
- Where to find support for PTSD, Grief and Depression: One-to-one courses offered by Aventurine Therapies.
- Online evaluation forms
Learning Outcomes:
- Increased self-awareness and emotional literacy
- Participants will be able to identify and articulate their emotions more effectively.
- Participants will gain a deeper understanding of their emotional responses in various situations.
- Enhanced coping skills and resilience-building
- Participants will develop practical coping strategies to manage stress, homesickness, and emotional exhaustion using a variety of highly effective wellbeing techniques
- Participants will demonstrate an increased ability to bounce back from adversity and adapt to new challenges.
- Improved self-care practices
- Participants will develop personalized self-care plans and implement them in their daily lives.
- Participants will prioritize their own well-being and engage in activities that promote self-care.
- Increased sense of community and peer support
- Participants will feel a sense of belonging and connection within the group.
- Participants will actively engage in peer support and contribute to a supportive learning environment.
- Enhanced cultural sensitivity and understanding
About the Trainer
Anoushka is the founder of Aventurine Therapies, a certified and licensed Rapid Transformational Therapy ® Practitioner, Certified Spiritual Life Coach, healer, intuitive, author and speaker, sharing on her own experience of trauma recovery to empower others to live happier and more fulfilled lives.
Anoushka’s first introduction to the care sector was witnessing her parent’s careers and developed a deep understanding of the stresses and burdens carried by care staff. Later, during her career as a Marketing Director for care technology companies she developed a passion and desire to support the workforce and launched the care badge campaign.
It was through this campaign to raise the profile of care, that Anoushka connected with her true purpose, and realised her passion for contributing to the empowerment and wellbeing of others.
Anoushka launched Aventurine Therapies in 2020 and now serves as an Emotional Wellbeing Coach for Social Care, with a mission to improve staff retention by supporting the health and wellbeing of the care workforce. Her course “Care for Carers” has been created specifically for the needs of care staff and is now available to purchase online.
Anoushka is also a speaker, author and 1:1 RTT® Therapist for the treatment of childhood wounds and PTSD.