Francesca Reicherter

Description:

Do you have a loved one who struggles with their mental health? Or are you looking to develop a deeper relationship with someone in your life that allows for honesty and vulnerability in your feelings and experiences? This workshop offers the attendees the tools they need to better understand and facilitate supportive and validating dialogue to promote authentic mental health conversations and support someone in their life who needs it. In this workshop, attendees will learn Francesca’s five-step guide to fostering communication that opens the door to honesty, vulnerability, and support:

1. Check in with yourself.

2. Ask non-judgmental open-ended questions.

3. Actively listen.

4. Validate

5. Follow Up

By the end of this workshop, attendees will have the tools they need to support a loved one who is disclosing their mental health struggles.

Learning Objectives:

1. Conduct a supportive and validating mental health conversation with your loved one(s).

2. Employ nonjudgmental open-ended questions to open a mental health conversation/check-in with your loved one(s).

3. Produce supportive and validating responses to offer compassion to an individual struggling with their mental health.