Mental Health and Wellness Practitioner (Certificate Course)

In what ways do humans perceive the world and themselves? Life experiences are mostly observable from the outside. As we navigate our surroundings, interact with others, and act, we align our actions with our goals. Despite our beliefs, we can unlearn anything we've learned. This lesson discusses how our mindset influences and shapes our lives.

If you start exploring negative emotions a little bit more, you can begin to understand what might trigger them and why we have them in the first place. People experience various emotional effects to varying degrees. Referring to emotion as illness is misleading. Your lifetime will be filled with an array of emotions triggered by rapidly changing circumstances.

Many are guilty of having a fixed attitude in certain situations, even though the benefits of a growth mindset seem obvious. The problem is that a fixed mindset often prevents skills from developing, which in turn can sabotage our health and happiness. In this video, we discuss two contrasting mindsets and the effects of both on our mental and emotional wellbeing.

People with growth mindsets believe their talents can be developed (with hard work, right strategies, and input from others). Fixed mindsets (which believe their talents are innate) tend to achieve less. Growth mindsets seek to understand others and expand their perspectives. A growth mindset is the key to emotional stability and happiness.

Many years ago, some experts incorrectly believed that people had either a fixed or a growth mindset. Our current understanding is that we all contain elements of both. There are times when we believe we have enormous potential and we overcome setbacks and see failure as a necessary part of getting better. Here, we continue our discussion on mindset.

While many adults do not think of developing themselves cognitively, self-development is key to our growth and improvement. We grow in our cognitive capacity as we learn to consider perspectives that differ from our own. In this video, we discuss questions you can ask to assess how cognitively flexible you might be.

Self awareness is important because when we have a better understanding of ourselves, we are able to experience ourselves as unique and separate individuals. Understanding the CBT communication framework can leave people empowered to make changes and build on their strengths as well as identify areas where they can make improvements.

How do humans experience the world and, in the process, experience themselves? There is, of course, an external, observable dimension to many of our life experiences. In this teaching, we discuss how we can grow to understand the various aspects of our cognitive experience, and in turn, use this knowledge to heighten our productivity and effectiveness.

During a lifetime, we tend to develop unhelpful thinking habits such as those described in this video. Once you can identify your unhelpful thinking styles, you can start to notice them as they arise. Once you can catch them, then that can help you to challenge or distance yourself from those thoughts, and view a situation differently and more constructively.

In this video, we discuss the cost of not managing unhelpful thinking patterns. They share their own experiences of learning to self-regulate and discuss the boundaries that they've built into their lives to better manage the people in their lives who are not mature in this area.

When emotionally charged, it isn't easy to see what is real. You may be misled by subjectivity. That's why it's crucial to look at the facts! In this video, Kain proposes a range of questions that we can use with ourselves (and with other people) to assess and evaluate the quality (and accuracy) of our thoughts at a given moment in time.

Critical thinking questions inspire thinking beyond our assumptions and opinions. They take us deep into exploration, inquiry, and imagining big. They're all about asking "Why" and "How" and "What if ..." In critical thinking, we use questions to reinforce viewpoints, provide discussion prompts, and help us see things from a new perspective.

What you focus on at any given point in time (be this the past or the future) will influence your emotional state. We can time travel inside of our minds by looking back to the past and then forward to the future. Whatever we allow into our minds, that will control our thinking. In this video, we discuss ‘how’ and ‘why’ we experience certain emotions.

The most complex organism in the universe is our human mind. The mind is more complex than most people imagine. When the spirit of human life operates collaboratively with cognition, it produces thoughts and ideas. Both of these processes are too complex to describe, but the ideas that we think up dominate our lives.

Many of us fail to recognize questioning as a skill. And yet, whether in education or coaching, vague, purposeless questions have a rather aimless quality, wasting time, and failing to elicit valuable information. The Socratic method solves this inadequacy by asking a series of focused, open-ended questions that encourage reflection.

Socratic questioning (sometimes referred to as the Socratic method) involves a disciplined and thoughtful dialogue between two or more people. In this video, Kain leads Karen in the Socratic Questioning framework; inviting her to consider a negative pattern of thinking that is present in her life to demonstrate how Socratic questions can be used with others.

Many people put pressure and time restrictions on themselves, which sometimes prevents us from recognizing (and appreciating) the extent of the opportunities we have in life. In this video, we discuss a simple method we can use to re-evaluate life experiences, which helps break unhelpful thinking habits and replace them with new ones.

Cause and effect is the principle of causality, assuming an event as the direct result of another. People will not change until they take responsibility for the role they've played in generating their life outcomes. The earlier we own our problems and take responsibility for the part that we're playing, we can begin working towards more of what we want in life.

In this video, Kain invites Karen for another discussion to illustrate how uncomplicated it is to lead another person through the ‘cause and effect’ questioning framework.

To foster a growth mindset, we must foster a relationship with 'truth'. Making peace with what's true allows us to make peace with the part we're playing in creating our life outcomes. In this teaching, we discuss truth statements to help us identify how OK we are about being honest for the REAL reasons we don't currently have all the outcomes we want in life.

In this video, we present self-reflection questions that you can ask yourself to consider the main ideas and lessons you've learned throughout this section (and also from section one).

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. In this opening video of section three, we discuss the Psychology of Positive Mental Health and highlight six aspects of life and ten theories that we’ll explore in greater detail throughout this section.

"Labels are for tin cans, not for human beings!" It is common for people to use restricting terminologies to express themselves on a personality or identity level. People tend to behave in response to how they define themselves. In this thought-provoking video, we discuss a model for understanding personality and self-identification.

So what are fully functioning people really like? What characteristics might these individuals express? It is not about achieving a particular status and then being 'done' with our growth. Instead, the fully-functioning person depicts a journey that continues throughout life as people continue to strive toward self-actualization and further personal development.

The fully functioning person is a central term in Carl Rogers's person-centered theory of personality, developed to describe the essence of a good life. In this video, Kain and Karen discuss what it means to become a fully functioning person; they both discuss their own experiences and the areas of their lives where they have room for improvement.

The hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory by Abraham Maslow, which puts forward that people are motivated by five basic categories of needs: physiological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization. In this teaching, we discuss the goal in Maslow's hierarchy is to attain the fifth level of the hierarchy: self-actualization.

Abraham Maslow made self-fulfilment a focal part of his life's work. He wanted to understand what motivated people and understand what humans are capable of as their ‘best’ self. He viewed emotional illnesses as "falling away from humanness" and not a biological affliction. In this teaching, we discuss the key ideas from Maslow's Book, 'Motivation And Personality'.

In psychology, self-actualization is achieved when you're able to reach your full potential. Being self-actualized is viewed as the exception rather than the rule since most people are working to meet more pressing needs. In this video, Kain outlines a series of self-reflection questions to help you consider how self-actualized you are (or aren't).

An individual who is self-actualized is one who is fulfilled and achieving their full potential. Self-fulfillment refers to a person's desire to become what he or she is actually capable of, namely, to become what he or she is. Kain and Karen followup on the questions introduced in the last video clip. This video is part 2 of 3.

Self-actualized people are those who are fulfilled and doing all they are capable of. It refers to the person's wish for self-fulfilment, namely, to the tendency for him/her to become actualized in what he/she is potentially.

In this video, Kain and Karen ask each other the questions introduced in the last clip. They both get honest and self-disclose the areas of their own lives where there is room for growth.

This video is part 2 of 3.

An individual who is self-actualized is one who is fulfilled and achieving their full potential. Self-fulfillment refers to a person's desire to become what he or she is actually capable of, namely, to become what he or she is. Kain and Karen followup on the questions introduced in the last video clip. This video is part 3 of 3.

As Freud explained, the mind can be visualized like an iceberg. In Freud's view, the conscious mind is merely the tip of the iceberg (which is all our aware mental processes). The Iceberg Theory is the topic of this teaching. Our attitudes and beliefs are so much like the mass of ice beneath the surface - the driving force behind everything we say and do.

In this teaching, we discuss moving the conscious, unconscious mind and the critical factor. A famous hypnotherapist, Milton Erickson, believed that this critical factor undermined people's goals for success in life. Those who are able to manoeuvre easily past the guardian without being noticed can cross into the realm of the unconscious.

Defence mechanisms are unconscious strategies people use to avoid uncomfortable feelings or thoughts. Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna developed the concept in the 1920s. In this video, we'll examine some common and lesser-known defense mechanisms a person might deploy, as well as ways the mind might use them. This video is part 1 of 2.

Defence mechanisms are unconscious strategies people use to avoid uncomfortable feelings or thoughts. Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna developed the concept in the 1920s. In this video, we'll examine some common and lesser-known defense mechanisms a person might deploy, as well as ways the mind might use them. This video is part 2 of 2.

Defence mechanisms aren’t intrinsically bad - they can allow people to navigate difficult experiences and channel their energy more productively. They only become problematic, when used too often or for too long! In this video, we highlight self-reflection questions to help you consider how many defence mechanisms might be present and at play in your life.

Defence mechanisms are just irrational (and completely unconscious) 'self-defence' strategies that people use to guard themselves against the common stresses that arise from undesired thoughts or experiences. In this video, Kain and Karen (openly and VERY honestly) discuss the defence mechanisms at play in their lives. This video is part 1 of 3.

Defence mechanisms are just irrational (and completely unconscious) 'self-defence' strategies that people use to guard themselves against the common stresses that arise from undesired thoughts or experiences. In this video, Kain and Karen (openly and VERY honestly) discuss the defence mechanisms at play in their lives. This video is part 2 of 3.

Defence mechanisms are just irrational (and completely unconscious) 'self-defence' strategies that people use to guard themselves against the common stresses that arise from undesired thoughts or experiences. In this video, Kain and Karen (openly and VERY honestly) discuss the defence mechanisms at play in their lives. This video is part 3 of 3.

Choice Theory is based on the assumption that everyone has the power to control themselves and has limited power to control others. Applying Choice Theory allows us to take responsibility for our own lives and at the same time, withdraw from attempting to direct other people's. In this teaching, we discuss how Wiliam Glasser defined human choice.

Beliefs are commonly cultivated in two different ways: by our experiences, inferences and deductions, or by accepting what others tell us to be true. Most of our core beliefs are developed when we are children. In this teaching, we explore where ideas come from, and discuss one of John Locke's most critical cognitive concepts.

Perception acts as a lens through which we view reality. Our perceptions influence how we focus on, interpret, understand and act on reality. In this video, Kain distinguishes between experience, reality, perception, focus and perspective and shares a story that helps to depict the impact that our perception can have on our day to day experiences.

Assumptions aren't facts, and basing decisions on what you 'think' is going on rather than what 'is' going on - you might find yourself in trouble. An assumption is what we assume to be true without proof. In this video, we discuss the dynamics of human interaction and the role that interpretation plays in our everyday communications.

Most people's default thinking style is negative; people tend to naturally assume the worst of others and experiences. Self-discipline includes how we treat our bodies, minds, how we approach our emotional lives, and how we choose to structure our days. In this teaching, we discuss the value of becoming 'elevated' in our thinking.

Albert Ellis, in his Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), identified a number of dysfunctional beliefs that people hold. Ellis identified that people need to change their mind about the limiting and disempowering beliefs they've bought into earlier in life. In this teaching, we discuss the disempowering beliefs people buy into. This video is part 1 of 2.

Albert Ellis, in his Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), identified a number of dysfunctional beliefs that people hold. Ellis identified that people need to change their mind about the limiting and disempowering beliefs they've bought into earlier in life. In this teaching, we discuss the disempowering beliefs people buy into. This video is part 2 of 2.

Your life purpose consists of the main motivating aims of your life (the reason you get up each morning). Purpose can guide our decision making, impact behaviour, form goals and offer us a sense of meaningful direction. In this teaching, we discuss Viktor Frankl's story, and how he used the experience to ultimately serve other people.

In this video, Kain outlines a series of self-reflection questions that you can ask yourself to consider the main ideas and lessons you've learned throughout this section (and also from sections one and two).

People who achieve great things are usually those who believe in their potential. Nothing new can be achieved when people let their current ability determine what they can or cannot do. In this video, Kain shares a story to open up this section four of the course.

Self-concept is the image that we have of ourselves that develops in a number of ways and is influenced by our interactions with important people in our lives. Self-concept tends to be more malleable when people are going through the process of self-discovery. In this video, we discuss a framework that anyone can use to accurately define their identity.

Being "at peace" is viewed by many as a state where our mind performs at an optimal level with a positive outcome. We make peace with ourselves and our own imperfections when we accept who we authentically are. In this teaching, we discuss a few thought provoking concepts, and leave you with some self-reflection questions to ponder over.

If you’re genuinely passionate about something, it will likely feel like such an inherent component of your life that you will have to be reminded by people that it’s 'not normal', that other people aren’t necessarily like that. In this video, Kain tells the story of one of Britain's most famous dancers; and the man who encouraged her to pursue her passion.

Virtues are recognized by all cultures as basic qualities of well-being. When we practice virtues and start to develop character, we tend to attract healthy relationships and fulfil our major life goals. In this video, we discuss what it means to identify in virtue and how doing so formulates a set of foundations that a mentally healthy lifestyle can be built on.

Virtuous people are attractive people to be around. People want to be around virtuous people as they tend to be naturally inspiring. In this video, prepare to be challenged as we discuss the process of dying to labels, and increasing in virtue. This video is part 1 of 2.

Virtuous people are attractive people to be around. People want to be around virtuous people as they tend to be naturally inspiring. In this video, prepare to be challenged as we discuss the process of dying to labels, and increasing in virtue. This video is part 2 of 2.

For an emotionally healthy life, a strong sense of self is essential. This lesson discusses Hans Eysenck's Personality Model and how all behavior is fluid. Identifying ourselves based on how we perform or feel is not a good foundation for building our lives. He then leads you into the Core Identity Model for helping you define your personal virtue and character.

Self-reflection questions help you learn more about yourself. Additionally, they help you to identify where you are struggling the most in order to direct your efforts or energies to areas where they can be most helpful. During this teaching, we discuss a range of self-reflection questions to help you reflect on your main 'takeaways' from the course so far.

It’s true. Some people don't want you to be healthy. Some people want you to be ill for a variety of insidious reasons. Many public, private and third sector organizations rely on a spectrum of people being mentally and emotionally 'unwell' in society. Kain gives examples of the types of people and organizations that fall into this category in this video.

Most people never make peace with themselves, comparing themselves to perfection, always judging themselves as insufficient. What is success? Some define success as achieving goals and visions. In the dictionary, success is defined as "achieving wealth, prosperity, and fame". This video offers Kain's unconventional take on the subject.

Most people are unaware, and thus, live their lives at the mercy of external circumstances. We can make wise decisions that are based on our long-term objectives in life, or we can make decisions that are more about receiving instant gratification today. In this video, we discuss seven examples of choices of maturity and character that we each can make.

If we choose to live our lives according to these choices of maturity and character, we naturally and positively end up leading others in the same way. It's time to unpack these choices of maturity and character by answering the questions discussed in this video.

We learn by watching and imitating others as children. The first thing we learn is how to walk and talk. Then we learn social skills from imitating our peers. We also learn to adapt to our culture in our late childhood by observing social norms and conforming to a behavior that is accepted by our society. This teaching discusses the four stages of life and development.

This video outlines a sequence of self-reflection questions that you can ask yourself to think about the central ideas and teachings you've learned in this section (and the rest of the course).

It is common for people to point out flaws in others before evaluating themselves. The purpose of this section of the course is to help you assess how healthy your relationships are and how you contribute to them. In this teaching, we will discuss a few principles we can use to evaluate the health of our relationships. This video is part 1 of 2.

It is common for people to point out flaws in others before evaluating themselves. The purpose of this section of the course is to help you assess how healthy your relationships are and how you contribute to them. In this teaching, we will discuss a few principles we can use to evaluate the health of our relationships. This video is part 2 of 2.

In this video, we discuss the stages of communication, the damaging nature of assumptions. and what it means to build conflict-resistant connections. When we're committed to the process of understanding people, this leaves no room for assumption. If we want to build wholesome and trust-based relationships, we must prioritise understanding one another.

Relationships form a robust network in life. The quality of your relationships determines the quality of your life, but the quality of your communications determines the quality of your relationships.

This ebook is not perfect; it will not cover everything that there is to know about communications. However, it is a menu that will help you become more comfortable communicating with more transparency, honesty and humility.

In his book, 'On Becoming a Person', Carl Rogers proposed that people grow when exposed to certain conditions. In this video, we discuss how to create an environment that people feel comfortable to open up and trust us. If we want to bring out the best in people, we've got to generate an environment that cultivates congruence, empathy and unconditional regard.

Even the best of relationships can be undermined by a number of factors. We discuss a series of statements for your further self-reflection in this teaching. As you think about each statement, consider how it might relate to how 'you' might be for the people in your life and also how it might relate to how 'others' might be for you sometimes. Part 1 of 2.

Even the best of relationships can be undermined by a number of factors. We discuss a series of statements for your further self-reflection in this teaching. As you think about each statement, consider how it might relate to how 'you' might be for the people in your life and also how it might relate to how 'others' might be for you sometimes. Part 2 of 2.

We've all been guilty of undermining and discriminating upon others who we perceive as 'different' from us. Rather than focus on differences in others, we can learn to strive to find some kind of commonality instead. In this video, we offer you a series of questions to help you recognise your prejudices and relational 'blind spots'.

How we communicate will define how well we are received by others. How well we are understood usually depends on a few key factors: healthy communication, honour and respectful boundaries. In this video, we offer a fresh interpretation of Plato's Cave, emphasizing that some people may never open up to views that differ from their own.

The drama triangle (first named by Stephen Karpman in 1961) is used in psychology to describe the treacherous way in which we present ourselves as "victims," "persecutors" and "rescuers." Although all three are 'roles' we can sometimes succumb to in our relationships

In this video, Kain unpacks Stephen Karpman's 'drama triangle' and looks at the unhealthy dynamic that can sometimes play out in our relationships if we are not fully self-aware.

Some people lose years of their life immersed in hurtful events that happened many years ago. In this video we offer a series of questions to help you evaluate how ‘present’ your past might be; this is about considering how the experiences of your past have influenced the way you live your life today.

The Empowerment Dynamic is the antidote to the Drama Triangle and its three toxic roles of Victim, Persecutor and Rescuer. This teaching addresses the Empowerment Dynamic, a shift from the Drama Triangle to the more resourceful roles of Creator, Challenger, and Coach in a healthy relationship setting.

It is important to recognize that not all people wish to change, grow, and mature. In many cases, people are content to remain in their present conditions in the hopes that their lives will 'somehow' turn out for the better in the future. This video illustrates the four distinct attitudes that people take towards personal growth and development.

Since time is the most precious resource we have, it is our duty to discern to whom we should give our time and to whom we shouldn't. Someone who is not ready to grow should not be given more time. To determine a person's readiness to grow, we can consider a number of factors discussed throughout this teaching.

This lecture discusses Virginia Satir's working assumptions and philosophy. It was Satir's belief that every human being is capable of continuing to acquire knowledge and grow throughout their lives. Even when external changes are limited, internal changes are always possible. Although we can't change the past, we can always change how it affects us.

In this teaching, we discuss some of Virginia's most influential contributions to NLP. Four categories of attitudes can exist in one's life that can create family conflict, and one philosophy can be used to resolve conflict. This video is part 1 of 2.

In this teaching, we discuss some of Virginia's most influential contributions to NLP. Four categories of attitudes can exist in one's life that can create family conflict, and one philosophy can be used to resolve conflict. This video is part 2 of 2.

It is vital to be able to communicate at a person's level in situations where tension exists, when information needs to be disclosed, or when problems need to be addressed. Virginia Satir's 'leveller' response is the subject of this video. Levellers are a type of person who seeks to level the playing field by understanding and applying their main character attributes.

The most meaningful human experiences are relationships. What constitutes a healthy relationship? If you don’t know, you might not know whether you are influencing your relationships in a positive way, or a negative one. In this teaching, we discuss the seven different pillars that strong and sustainable relationships are built upon.

Life is a network of relationships. The quality of our life is determined by our relationships, but we determine the quality of our relationships with our communications. This teaching explores the eight stages of connection in mature relationships and emphasizes the importance of working hard if you want healthy, wholesome relationships in your life

Although stress is usually seen as a negative and unhealthy concept, it (believe it or not) can also play a helpful, not a harmful, role in our daily lives. In this lesson, we explore the impact that personal improvement and growth can have on our daily relationships. People who are growing can grow with us, but the same cannot be said for those who aren't.

The video provides questions that you can use to reflect on the central ideas and teachings you've found throughout this section (and the rest of the course, so far) and explore how they connect to your own life.

Some people don't know the difference between framing a goal in terms of a positive outcome or a negative outcome. Motivation is the key to achieving goals. Set goals that relate to the high priorities in your life. In this video, we discuss some examples of how people can easily reframe goals from the ‘negative’ into the ‘positive’.

Whenever you find yourself in a challenging or uncomfortable situation, you can decide to accept responsibility for the course of events or you can renounce that responsibility. Accountability is divided into eight levels according to The Ladder of Accountability. During this lesson, we examine how personal responsibility generates all empowerment.

It is not necessarily true that a person cannot do something just because he or she doesn't know how to. A person's 'ability' is as flexible as their ability to learn and execute new strategies throughout their lifetimes. In this teaching, we introduce a strategy for everything!

Whenever people have problems, most of us jump in with "good advice", or ask questions in order to get at the "facts" or provide reassurance to make them feel better. Though we may have good intentions, sometimes our response is actually a roadblock that makes matters worse. In this lesson, we discuss common barriers to healthy communication.

Immediacy means feeding back to another person how you are encountering them at the moment. Immediacy is an advanced communication skill that gives people an insight into their physiological or emotional responses related to a topic. In this video, we will discuss three different categories of listening: centred, intensive and attentive.

When we intentionally listen to people, we can find a wealth of information. In your marriage, do you need to improve your listening skills? What about your role as a leader? In this tutorial, Karen and Kain discuss a personal growth opportunity she currently has, demonstrating immediacy (as a communication skill) in the process.

How much unnecessary noise do you have in your life? Here, we will hope to illustrate the importance of integrating more silence into our everyday lives .... without saying a word.

Listening is one of the most important aspects of communication. Active listening is critical to communication. Listening actively involves hearing and understanding what another person says. We must prioritize understanding others in our communications with others if we want to build trust. During this teaching, we discuss four forms of communication.

Life balance is often influenced by the strategies we use to manage our lives. In this video, we introduce a useful tool that you can use (or share with others) that can serve as a basis for establishing life balance, by breaking your life down into seven areas for goal setting.

In this teaching, we discuss the various types of goals we can invest in pursuing in life: life vision, long-term goals, medium-term goals, and short-term goals. A person without a vision for life can go round in circles forever. If a vision doesn't inspire us, we won't take action to make it happen. In the absence of our own plan, we may end up executing someone else's!

To be motivated to achieve your goals, you need to ensure that they are important to you and that there is value in achieving them. Many people don't know the difference between framing a goal as a positive or negative outcome. Goal-setting requires motivation. In this video, we discuss how to reframe goals from the negative into the positive.

We have no control over what happens to us, but we can control how we respond to things. In this teaching, we discuss what it means to prioritise freedom in our lives. We offer a range of self-reflection questions to help you consider some positively framed goals that might give you a few thoughts for what you want to start working towards.

Everyone has problems in life. For the most part, we can quickly solve them without much trouble. There is a big contrast between problems that can be solved (via a system or process) and tensions (which are relational) that can only be managed. In this video, we discuss a number of strategies we can take towards handling life's problems.

We cannot solve problems by focusing on what we don't want in life. When we focus on well-formed outcomes our minds become naturally more solution-focused and creative. In this teaching, we discuss ten solution-focused questions; questions that we can consider when faced with a problem or tension in our lives.

Some people ask for help but aren't yet ready to change. It can be frustrating to give time to people, only to realize they aren't yet ready to grow, mature, and take ownership of their issues. In this video, we discuss an uncomplicated process that you can take people through to assess whether it's going to be worthwhile investing your time into them or not.

When we can redirect our focus away from what we don't want, and towards what we do want instead, the mind has a natural tendency of becoming naturally solution-focused. In this video, Kain guides Karen through the conversational process of moving away from what she views as a problem, and towards becoming more solution focussed and decisive.

In this video, we outline a series of self-reflection questions that you can ask yourself to consider the main ideas and lessons you've learned throughout this section (and the rest of the course until now).

There are many definitions of 'helping and supporting people' that fall into the categories of guiding, coaching, teaching, mentoring and counselling. In this teaching, we discuss each of these kinds of help in more detail and help you to consider several opportunities that you might want to consider on completion of this training course.

Gerard Egan's skilled helper is a problem management approach to helping people, which provides you with a structured and solution focused foundation. In this teaching, we discuss Gerard Egan's Skilled Helper Model: a three-stage model that we can use to help a person work through a problem, crisis or tension in their life.

In this video, prepare to sit back, observe and take relevant notes as Kain demonstrates how to carry out Gerard Egan's skilled helper model with Karen - get ready to practice what you observe with other people right away!

We impact to the degree we have been impacted. In this teaching, Kain discusses the seven practical steps he took on his journey of personal change, sharing how his experience of life changed as he shifted his perspective away from himself and onto giving back to society.

Sound mental health is distinguished by a person's capacity to learn. In this video, Kain evaluates the crucial traits for continuous mental health: maturity, decisiveness, consistency and self-control. He presents one final self-reflection exercise for you to contemplate the ways in which you've developed throughout this training course.

In this video, Kain presents a number of recommended reads (that aren’t mandatory) that you might want to invest in to further your studies on completion of this training course.

Congratulations on reaching the end of your course! To celebrate your achievement, you can access your well-earned certificate of completion. Simply visit the additional resources tab in your course portal to download your certificate and share it with pride. This certificate not only marks the culmination of this course but also highlights your determination to grow and succeed.

It's always exciting to complete a course and take the first steps towards mastering new skills. However, learning is an ongoing process, and there is always more knowledge to gain and ways to apply it. Here are some possible next steps you can take after completing this course: