'HEAD TO RECOVERY' - Mental Resilience Workshop

Get Mentally Fit, proudly supported by City of Gold Coast, are offering a series of mental resilience workshops to support the recovery of Gold Coast residents heavily impacted by the recent severe weather events. These workshops are funded by a City of Gold Coast community grant.

This workshop will take place on Wednesday May 15, 4pm - 5:30pm, at the Upper Coomera Centre (Hall 2).

Get Mentally Fit is delivering in-person workshops at 5 community centres (listed below).

• Upper Coomera Centre - Weds May 15 - 4pm - 5.30pm
• Pimpama Community Centre - Weds May 22 - 4pm - 5.30pm (also live streamed)
• Pacific Pines Community Centre - Weds May 29 - 9.30am - 11am
• Mudgeeraba Community Centre - Weds June 05 - 12pm - 1.30pm
• Nerang Bicentennial Community Centre - Weds June 19 - 5.30pm - 7pm

All sessions will be facilitated by Emily Johnson (Principal Psychologist and Co-founder at Get Mentally Fit). She is an experienced trainer and expert in psychosocial hazard prevention and safety, and mental wellbeing risk intervention and recovery.

These workshops offer an opportunity to gain practical strategies, to better safeguard your ongoing emotional wellbeing - post disaster events.

As a participant, you will receive evidence-informed content and resources, in line with City of Gold Coast recovery strategy, that acutely respond to your immediate and ongoing mental wellbeing support needs.

Content of the workshop includes:

1. An explanation of why and how severe weather events can impact individual and community psychosocial health and overall wellbeing.
2. A collective discussion of lived experiences of the event, offering an opportunity to educate the community about the psychological effects of such events, and normalise the range of emotions individuals may have experienced/be experiencing.
3. A proven wellbeing framework to support individual and collective mental wellbeing during and beyond the recovery process.
4. Evidence-based strategies and resources, and support options, to assist participants to navigate the transition back to recovery and a healthy mind.

The aim of the workshop is to enable participants, their families, and the wider Gold Coast community, to gain a healthier perspective of their personal situation, and future proof them to more positively navigate life moving forward.

Meet who facilitates the Workshop

Emily Johnson (Principal psychologist and Co-founder Get Mentally Fit)

You're in expert hands

Having worked as a psychologist in community and workplace wellbeing, rehabilitation, return to work, and the EAP space for the past15+ years, Emily is recognised at the forefront of delivering a diverse range of psychosocial focused projects, nationally.

What you can expect

Emily sees herself as a realist, or ‘common sense psychologist’, who is most passionate about teaching people the practical ‘HOW’ to developing a healthy mindset for life. This means you can easily apply the practical skills she teaches to better self-manage your mental wellbeing.

Exclusive access to Emily's expertise and peer insights

Throughout this live workshop, you will not only have direct access to Emily's knowledge and experience, but also the collective similar-lived experience of the workshop participants.

Get Mentally Fit is a local organisational psychology company, based on the Gold Coast, with a mission of improving the psychological well-being of individuals and whole communities. Our expert team of coaching psychologists and educators provide a wide range of mental wellbeing programs.

Our continual success and growth is a result of our track record for delivering expertly customised services, that readily address unique challenges within the community.

Essentially, we are experts in the science and application of community mental health. Our team apply their deep understanding of human behaviour and wellbeing models to improve individual, and whole community mental wellbeing.