RTL Self-Care and Mental Health
September- October 2022
Foundation
The RTL Self Care & Mental Health is a online learning in action workshop that fosters resilience and wellbeing using the Conscious Full-Spectrum Response (CFSR) model. Alongside therapeutic interventions, self-care is a continuous process of empowerment and healing.
The foundational premise of this work is that all people are capable of anchoring themselves in their innate universal values of fairness, dignity and compassion; and they have the capacity to be in action, whether the person is ill or well, or is in the process of recovery.
This workshop is based on cutting edge neuroscience, psychology and uses the Radical Transformational Leadership tools and templates, including the CFSR Model to create game changing responses and realise the full potential of the participants of the program.
CONTEXT AND PURPOSE
Our lives are affected by emergencies and it is imperative to have more support and action. Such situations (for example, the COVID pandemic, droughts, floods, etc.) demand that we not only respond to the crisis, but also foster resilience and wellbeing using the Conscious Full-Spectrum Response (CFSR) model. Alongside therapeutic interventions, self-care is a continuous process of empowerment and healing. The foundational premise of this work is that all people are capable of anchoring themselves in their innate universal values of fairness, dignity and compassion; and they have the capacity to be in action, whether the person is ill or well, or is in the process of recovery. Everyone is a ‘leader’ – a person who takes action at home, at work and in society to create new futures. Thus, we can foster responsibility, safety, humanity and wellbeing for all.
This workshop is based on cutting edge neuroscience, psychology and uses the Radical Transformational Leadership tools and templates, including the CFSR Model to create game changing responses and realise the full potential of the participants of the program.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the RTL self-care workshop are to
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learn, deepen and co-create responsive engagement with citizens and people who serve, by sourcing their own and others universal values
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Along with therapeutic interventions wherever required learning to empower oneself and heal
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recognise and shift diminishing cultural norms into life enhancing practices
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design structures for care and inclusion that promote well–being now, and beyond the pandemic.
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anchor themselves in their universal values and befriend stress to build resilience.
Through this workshop, the participants will recognise and understand their experiences of stress, know how the brain works; befriend and deal with everyday stress; learn how to recognise life diminishing social and cultural norms, identify triggers that are nested in disempowering cultural norms and explore ways of dealing with them. When an individual is able to recognise triggers from life diminishing practices at home/family, workplace and society and source their universal values, the person is able to shift unworkable cultural norms and systems to function effectively in their everyday life. In this process, the participants are better able to unfold self for responsive action to deal with situations that lead to stress and care for themselves. While caring for self, we undertake actions that create practices and opportunities to care for others and the planet. The CFSR model fosters the alignment between what I care about in this world/the purpose of my existence, ways to shift what is not working in my family, workplace and community and take responsible actions that are sustainable and equitable.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
The learning in action program is designed to enhance self-care for all citizens and practitioners in any sector, namely development, education, health and corporate. Teachers and students of schools and higher education institutions, volunteers, employers and workplace managers, disaster frontline workers, counsellors and related professionals, families and caregivers, community leaders, volunteers and members and stakeholders such as police, judiciary, government and policy makers will benefit from this program. They will be able to identify their experiences related to stressful situations and develop a relationship with stress that transcends distress and fosters resilience.
FORMAT OF THE WORKSHOP
The workshop is offered over 23 sessions, beginning 2nd September 2022 to 22nd October 2022, thrice a week on Tuesday or Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Each session will last for 2.30 hours from 7.00 - 9.30 am IST. Participation in all sessions is mandatory.
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WORKSHOP FEE
The total fee for the workshop is Rs. 14750 (inclusive of GST) for the 50-hour workshop.
TO APPLY
Fill in the form here
While registering for the workshop, all participants are requested to sign the letter of integrity.
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This is not a sponsored program, we have not procured grants for the workshop, and we are exploring for scholarships.
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You may sponsor candidates or contribute to scholarships.
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The facilitators are working pro bono. Workshop fees will be used for community activities and learning.
Please feel free to contact us for any assistance at
Glasika Verma: + 91 6260337629
Team RTL on Signal/WhatsApp: +91 9869219901
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
● 19th August 2022: Last day to register
● 25th August 2022: Last date for payment for workshop fee
HOST: Sudarshan Rodriguez, CEO RTL-Works
Assistant Coordinator: Glasika Verma
WORKSHOP FACILITATORS
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GLOBAL RTL MENTAL HEALTH GROUP
The Self-care and Mental Health Course is an activity of the Global RTL Mental Health group. The members are:
Srilatha Juvva (Coordinator) is social work educator and RTL Practitioner Coach
Bridget Horkan Co-founder and manager of Thamarai Educational Projects, Auroville and RTL Practitioner Coach
Chitra Lakshman is the Honorary Director, Vidya Vardhini Foundation Trust, Mumbai and RTL Practitioner Coach
Gayathri KR is a child and adolescent mental health social worker and RTL Practitioner Coach.
Glasika Verma is a social work counsellor, Assistant coordinator of RTLWorks and RTL Practitioner Coach
Monica Sharma is an international expert and practitioner of leadership for equitable change and author of “Radical Transformational Leadership: Strategic Action for Change Agents”
Olfat Allam is an international psychology consultant and gender; leadership development expert and RTL Practitioner Coach
Satjyot Gill is a psychologist working in the field of mental health and wellbeing, animal rights activist and RTL Practitioner Coach
Therese Adams is the Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) affiliate in Santa Cruz, California, RTL practitioner coach and Global Coordinator –RTL-Arts
Srilatha Juvva is a social work educator and Professor with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. She is a practitioner coach, trained in Dr. Monica Sharma’s Radical Transformational Leadership and applies this to transform higher education and service delivery in the sectors of mental health and disability. She uses these tools and templates also to transform disempowering narratives of mental health and disability through fostering dignity, full potential and ethical leadership in people
Gayathri KR is a child & adolescent mental health and social work professional, with over 14 years work experience. She has been trained & involved in offering trauma informed therapeutic interventions with children in schools, family court, clinics and communities. Currently she is pursuing her doctoral degree in Social Work. As RTL practitioner coach, she applies RTL tools & templates to her work in child & adolescent mental health interventions. She is committed to co-creating nurturing & resilient communities.
