Workable ranges
A map and method for better balance and wellbeing
Thursday 25 April 2024
12.30 – 1.30 pm
This workshop from IP Inclusive and Jonathan’s Voice showed you how to understand and regulate your nervous system and to manage your mind and body for being well, working well and not burning out.
Sally and Nicola are workplace counsellors and experts in workplace mental health. They introduced the workable ranges visual model for mapping healthy balance and two different types of stress reactions (drawing on the psychophysiology of our nervous systems and the impact on how we feel and we function). The model was researched by Sally and was developed by them both with higher education staff and corporate teams to support and improve wellbeing, daily functioning and sustainable work performance.
As well as enabling you to recognise your own signs of balance and imbalance or stress, they demonstrated how the model can help us to self-regulate and harness our variations in energy and capacity.
Meet the Speakers
Dr Sally Rose is a psychotherapist who specialises in applying attachment and trauma-informed theory and mindfulness-based self-awareness practice to working adults. She is particularly interested how the regulation of the nervous system which is important for both mental and physical wellbeing is also crucial to managing ourselves and optimising sustainable work performance.
Nicola Neath is BACP Integrative Psychotherapist and trainer, and workplace counselling specialist working in HE and in private practice. She is co-chair for the Council for Work and Health Mental Health Group. She has published on Relational Ethics; offers advice on national initiatives; written several articles for BACP journals and is regularly invited to speak about Workplace Counselling. Following the pioneering and successful organisational application of the McCluskey Model at the University of Leeds, she and Una McCluskey published an account of the application and the model in the book titled ‘To be Met as a Person at Work’. She has a small private practice, which is mainly for supervision and collaborative training. She is passionate about bringing different Psychological perspectives into the workplace.
Who was it for?
This event was for all UK-based IP professionals who are interested in mental wellbeing. We don’t mind where you work, what role you play there or what career level you’re at. This is an important topic, which touches many and matters to all of us.
Cost
This event was free. So are all our resources. The Jonathan’s Voice events and resources are also free at the point of delivery. That said, both organisations do need money to keep the show on the road, so if you enjoyed the event please consider contributing. For more information, visit the IP Inclusive fundraising page or the Jonathan’s Voice donations page.
Resources
There is a recording of the webinar above and you can find the slides used here. You may also be interested in this summary of the highlights. Penelope Aspinall from Jonathan’s Voice has also written a blog post on the topic.
You may also be interested in our Mental Health playlist on YouTube, which features recordings of many of our webinars focusing on all aspects of mental well being.