Resiliency
A Day in the Life of Mental Health
Recovery
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Key Concepts:
 Self-Efficacy
 Resiliency
The Tools:
 Communication
 Spirituality
 Behavior Change
 Grief and Loss
Self-Efficacy
 Perceived self-efficacy entails “judgments of
how well one can execute courses of action
required to deal with prospective situations”.
 Resilience centers on “people’s sense of
personal efficacy to produce and to regulate
events in their lives”.
Self-Efficacy cont,
 Judgments of self-efficacy determine effort
people will expend and how long they will
persist in the face of obstacles or aversive
experiences.
 People with a strong sense of efficacy focus
their attention on handling the task.
 People who doubt their efficacy tend to be
consumed by their inadequacies and have
little energy to deal with the task at hand.
Resiliency
 A person’s resiliency is based on their
capacity and skill to overcome stressors.
Factors that promote resiliency:
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a sense of autonomy or self-reliance;
a sense of basic self-worth;
good physical health; and
good physical appearance.
Resilience cont,
 roles and relationships can range from close
and intimate relationships to those with the
broader societal system.
 problem solving ability, the ability to evaluate
situations and responses, and the capacity to
take action in response to a situation.
Resilience cont,
 Belief that positive meaning can be found in
all experiences.
 The belief that self-development is important.
 The belief that life is purposeful.
Conceptualization
Self-Efficacy
&
Resiliency
Behavior Change
Communication
ABC’s/
3 Emotional Killers
Grief & Loss
Spirituality
Communication
 Goals of Communication:
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What is communication?
Exchange of information
Expression of thoughts and feelings
Spirituality
 What’s the difference between spirituality and
religion?
 Religion: How we worship or acknowledge our Higher
Power; structured; doctrine
 Spirituality: an inner path enabling a person to
discover the essence of his or her being;
or the deepest values and meanings by which people
live…meditation, prayer, contemplation.
Behavior Change
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Behavior is learned in relationships
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Intimate relationships
Family relationships
Workplace relationships
How to act in certain company
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Behavior makes sense at the time we do it
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Behavior is subject to criticism
ABC/3 Emotional Killers
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A=AFFECT
Emotions
Feelings
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B=Behavior
Action
What you do
C=Cognitive
Thoughts
Belief system
3 Emotional Killers
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Anger : frustration, resentment, guilt, hostility,
defiance
Anxiety: fear, nervous, anxious, uncertain; not
knowing the turnout
Depression: helpless, feeling useless, hopeless
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Grief and Loss
 Why are people not prepared to deal with
grief and loss?
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They have been taught to acquire things not
lose them
They have been taught that acquiring things
will help them feel complete or whole
They have been taught that replacing loss
will make it easier
Motivation
 Sometimes advocates may tend to judge a
person to be motivated based on a number
of behaviors, such as the following:
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Agreeing with the advocate
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Expressing a desire or need for help
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Appearing to be distressed about his/her
condition
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Following the advocates advice
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Motivation
 Conversely, advocates may also tend to
judge a person to be unmotivated based on
behaviors such as the following:
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Disagreeing with the advocate
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Refusing to accept the advocates
recommendations
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Expressing no desire or need for help
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Not appearing to be distressed about his/her
condition
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Communication Skills
AWESOME
PRACTICAL
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AWESOME
Agree to disagree
PRACTICAL
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AWESOME
Practically Awesome (listened to everything)
PRACTICAL
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Resources:
 NAMI - (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
http://www.nami.org/
 211 - A program of the Texas Health and
Human Services Commission
https://www.211texas.org/
Evidence Based Treatments for
PTSD & Resiliency
Jo Clancy, LCSW
Houston V.A. Medical Center
Trauma Recovery Program (MHCL-116A)
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77030
713-791-1414 ext. 6636
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Contact Information:
Rhonda Douglas
Certified Peer Specialist
Mental Health Advocate
(512) 743-0603
Larry Alexander Jr., LCDC
Training Specialist
(512) 850-1694
lalexanderjr@gmail.com