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Resilience

Resilience. Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp, PhD Associate Professor, Drake University Counseling Program. Hawaiian Story of bowl of lights. What makes people…. To find inner strength? Find courage? To bounce back?. So….Resilience is…. adjust successfully in spite of difficult life conditions

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Resilience

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  1. Resilience Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp, PhD Associate Professor, Drake University Counseling Program

  2. Hawaiian Story of bowl of lights

  3. What makes people…. • To find inner strength? • Find courage? • To bounce back?

  4. So….Resilience is…. • adjust successfully in spite of difficult life conditions • response to stress and adversity, with hope and optimism • power of recovery and the ability to return • personality characteristic that moderates the negative effects of stress and promotes adaptation • “In the context of exposure to significant adversity, resilience is both the capacity of individuals to navigate their way to the psychological, social, cultural, and physical resources that sustain their well-being, and their capacity individually and collectively to negotiate for these resources to be provided in culturally meaningful way Dr. Michael Unger • Resilience is related to the capacity to activate the prefrontal cortex and calm the amygdala(Hey,Sigmund)

  5. Resilience • dynamic processthat involves • successful coping • positive adaptation

  6. Resilience Thriving Trauma Adversity Resilience Life as normal

  7. Resilience is Balance https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/resilience/

  8. The Stories • The stories we tell about ourselves • The stories that are told about us "Everyone has a right to have a present and future that are not completely dominated and dictated by the past" - Karen Saakvitne • Self construction theory

  9. Life Style Convictions I am……. People are…… Life is….. Therefore…..

  10. Strength - Focused • Seeing students "at promise" rather than "at risk" • "A non-pathological approach makes problems solvable." We should identify the problem in order to solve it, however quite often we get stuck in the problem and do not see the strengths. • Think about a student: What do you see as the problem, When/ where does it frequently occur, How is it a problem, Exceptions to the problem, Trade the problem with the strength of the student

  11. Strengths • What is wrong with you? What are you good at? How are you good? What is right with you? • From deficit based assessment to asset based assessment • Feels natural (invisible) • Not static/Growth oriented • Combination of strengths • Psychology of possession vs. psychology of use (underusing---- overusing)

  12. Resilience is Relational • Takes only one adult who believes in the child

  13. Resilience is a dynamic interaction

  14. Traits • insight, independence, relationships, initiative, creativity, humor, morality • unambivalentcommitment to life, self-confidence, adaptability, resourcefulness, willingness to risk, acceptance of personal responsibility, perspective, openness to new ideas, willingness to be proactive, attentiveness • Warschaw, T. A., & Barlow, D. (1995). Resiliency: How to bounce back faster, stronger smarter New York: Master Media Ltd.  • Wolin, S.J., & Wolin, S. (1993). The resilient self: How survivors of troubled families overcome adversity. New York: Vikkard Books. 

  15. Environment • Coping skills • Warm, accepting relationships • Encouraging= Growth mindset • Belief in child, hope, optimism • Safe • Sociocultural climate • Community resilience

  16. Strengths • The individual has the resources • Knows best for themselves • Use of strengths (one area will translate to others) • VIA Strengths (https://www.viacharacter.org)

  17. How of resilience • Relationships: Resilience takes one adult who believes in the child…a consistent, supportive relationship • Attuned communication. "When we attune with others we allow our own internal state to shift, to come to resonate with the inner world of another. This resonance is at the heart of the important sense of “feeling felt” that emerges in close relationships. Children need attunement to feel secure and to develop well, and throughout our lives we need attunement to feel close and connected.” (Siegel, wholebrain child, mindsight, yes brain) • Social support • Courage/ ask for help

  18. How of resilience • Build executive functioning, integration (routines, play, independence etc.) • Mindfulness • Exercise, play, joy, humor • Competence and mastery • Optimism/Having a positive outlook • Model/ mentor • Courage • Growth mindset- time • Coping and problem solving • Check your attitude

  19. Hope and Optimism • Optimism: expectation of good/ positive outcomes • How people habitually explain the causes of events that happen to them • Attribution theory: Explanation on why – bad- things happen to them • Personal (internal vs. external) • Permanent (stable vs. unstable) • Pervasive (global vs. specific) • Hope: perception that one’s goals can be achieved. • Belief that one can find pathways to desired goals and the belief that one can muster the motivation to use those pathways

  20. How of Resilience • Social skills- self advocacy • Self determined goals: a vision and mission in life • Accepting responsibility/ taking risks= courage to be imperfect • Emotion Regulation/ emotional intelligence

  21. Sources of Resilience I CAN I HAVE I AM Grotberg, E.H. (1995) A Guide to Promoting Resilience in Children: Strengthening the Human Spirit. The Hague: Bernard van Leer Foundation.

  22. I HAVE People around me I trust and who love me, no matter whatPeople who set limits for me so I know when to stop before there is danger or trouble People who show me how to do things right by the way they do thingsPeople who want me to learn to do things on my ownPeople who help me when I am sick, in danger or need to learn I AM A person people can like and loveGlad to do nice things for others and show my concern Respectful of myself and othersWilling to be responsible for what I doSure things will be all right I CAN Talk to others about things that frighten me or bother me Find ways to solve problems that I face Control myself when I feel like doing something not right or dangerous Figure out when it is a good time to talk to someone or to take action Find someone to help me when I need it

  23. Crucial Cs" (Bettner & Lew, 1990) • Basic needs: • to belong, to feel secure or feel CONNECTED; • to feel competent and to take responsibility or to feel CAPABLE; • to feel significant and that we make a difference or to feel we COUNT; • and • to feel able to handle difficult situations and overcome fear or to have COURAGE.

  24. School Counselor=Resilience Builder

  25. Other Resources • https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resilience-game/ • http://www.resiliency.com/free-articles-resources/the-resiliency-quiz/ • https://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/NJDCF2015/docs/5d-Resilience-Factors.pdf • https://www.heysigmund.com • https://www.newharbinger.com/thriving-adolescent • http://www.louisehayes.com.au/free-resources-for-professionals/ • http://www.boingboing.org.uk/resilience/resilient-therapy-resilience-framework/ • http://www.boingboing.org.uk/resilience/schools-resources/

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