Understanding People, Mental Health & Trauma

About The Course

This 5-part course series is designed to help participants begin to develop a self-directed framework to better understand others and themselves in ways that facilitate healthy change in relationships, communities, and organizations. In doing so, this course is meant to create a safe place for conversations and peer support around mental health, trauma and addressing stigma.

Courses:

Part 2
Understanding Stress

Please note these resources are only available for those who have registered for the course.

  • To better understand stress, its causes, and consequences.
  • To better understand wounds of the soul—Crisis, Grief, and/or Trauma.
  • To better understand potentially destructive responses to Stress.

Part 1
Understanding People

Please note these resources are only available for those who have registered for the course.

  • To better understand self and others using a series of models.
  • Use these models to develop a framework to understand people holistically: including their needs, awareness levels, thoughts, actions, behaviors and motivations.
  • To better understand oneself in ways that help facilitate healthy change in relationships, communities or organizations.

CONTACT US

For more information about Mercy Ships, the Mercy Ships Capacity Building Program and training opportunities please visit us at mercyships.africa or contact us by email at MCB@mercyships.org

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