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About the Presenter
Robert Brooks, Ph.D., is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and has served as Director of Psychology at McLean Hospital. Dr. Brooks' work in the areas of hope, motivation, self-discipline, and resilience is represented in numerous articles and book chapters he has written, in a videotape and educational guide he prepared for PBS, in his book, The Self-Esteem Teacher, and in the books he co-authored, including Raising Resilient Children; Raising a Self-Disciplined Child; and The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life.
The interventions developed by Dr. Brooks for both children and adults are guided by a framework that emphasizes hope, personal control, motivation, self-discipline, stress hardiness, and resilience, and can be applied to a variety of settings including outpatient therapy, schools, homes, inpatient and residential programs, and the workplace. For his exceptional teaching skills, Dr. Brooks was awarded the prestigious NEEI Mental Health Educator of the Year award in 2002.
Symposium Description
As professionals, we must manage our own feelings of stress and burnout as we attempt to bring meaning to our lives and the lives of others. In this symposium, Dr. Brooks will describe interventions rooted in a strength-based framework for nurturing a “resilient mindset”, including the attributes of self-dignity, responsibility, compassion, and hope for both patients and professionals.
Symposium participants will learn: techniques for enhancing empathy and our own “stress hardiness”; the components of motivation, emotional intelligence, and a “resilient mindset”; the importance of identifying and reinforcing “islands of competence”; how to change “negative scripts” and “negative mindsets” and how to promote change in oneself and others. Dr. Brooks will elaborate on many strategies with case examples for enhancing hope, motivation, self-discipline, and resilience.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Monday
The power of mindsets
The mindset of effective professionals
The belief that people can change
Tuesday
Exercises to promote empathy
Empathy and effective communication
The stories and metaphors of at-risk children and adults
The relevance of using our own childhood experiences to guide what we do today
Wednesday
Frameworks for creating “motivating environments”
Identifying and reinforcing “islands of competence”
Developing “stress hardiness” and minimizing burnout
Assuming personal control and changing negative scripts
Thursday
The components of emotional intelligence
Actions contributing to contentment and happiness
Friday
Strategies to nurture this mindset in ourselves and others |
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