Training Academy for Mental Health Professionals based on Positive Psychology Methodologies

Project number 2021-1-BE01-KA220-VET-000028004

The aim of the project is to equip mental healthcare professionals, innovative educational tools aimed to enhance their resilience the level of knowledge, skills and resources from the scope of Positive Psychology, the science of happiness, and its applications in Adult Education through Positive Coaching.

Our direct target group is:

• Mental healthcare professionals, who easily get burned-out (Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Health professionals that work in the Intensive Care Unit or the Emergencies, Nurses, etc.)
• Adult Educators and Trainers

Project consortium:

• CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE LIEGE – Belgium (Coordonatorul Proiectului)
• IASIS – Grecia
• ELLINIKI ETAIREIA THETIKIS PSICHOLOGIAS – Grecia
• CENTRUL PENTRU PROMOVAREA INVATARII PERMANENTE – Romania
• SMARTED SRL – Italy
• FUNDACION INTRAS – Spain
• NEOPHYTOS CH CHARALAMBOUS (INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT LTD) – Cyprus
• SCUOLA CENTRALE FORMAZIONE ASSOCIAZIONE SCF – Italy

Intellectual Outputs of the project:

• IO1: Baseline Report and Digital Storytelling Clips

-The main aim of the Intellectual Output 1 is the identification of the specific resilience skills, resources, and competences that should be enhanced from the point of mental health professionals. The ultimate goal is to create a Network of Mental Health Professionals all around Europe that could determine their needs and requirements.

• IO2: The Mental-Health Care Methodological framework

-IO2 aims to design the training contents for the development of the resilience skills for mental healthcare providers. Particularly, the contents produced will be uploaded on the Digital Learning Environment that will be produced during Intellectual Output 3.

• IO3: E-Positive Academy for Mental Health Professionals

-This intellectual output digital platform aims to enhance the health professionals’ resilience by linking experiential learning scenarios and adult education methodologies with resilience building resources. This output will touch on the working conditions of mental health professionals, as well as, the topics of trauma, burn-out, and compassion fatigue that are common among mental health professionals.

Project website https://positiveacademy.eu/