PSY 2020 - Professional Resiliency and Well-Being in Behavioral Health

3 Credit(s) | $12 Fee

This course focuses on health, wellness, personal growth, and bringing these elements together for a successful experience as a member of the workforce in the helping professions. This course will orient students to the purpose and structure of organizations and agency culture and climate as it relates to the emerging professional worker. Students will also be guided in identifying ways to maximize personal health and understand ways that stress hampers productivity, attitude, and motivation that often leads to burnout. By developing a growth mindset and understanding its importance, individuals can identify healthy coping mechanisms that decrease everyday stress. Stress is a powerful factor that leads to decreased health, motivation, and work satisfaction that hamper those in the workforce. Possessing psychological tools to combat stress is key to being able to adapt and cope as a skilled helper in the field of Behavioral Health. (Fall) [Graded (Standard Letter)]