'Positive Academy' Training Academy for Mental Health Professionals based on Positive Psychology Methodologies

The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège (CHUL) is a public and pluralistic University Hospital. As a university hospital, the CHUL has different missions including 'educational missions' fo...

The project aim was to equip MHPs with innovative educational tools to enhance their resilience, wellbeing, the level of knowledge, skills, and resources from the scope of Positive Psychology, the science of happiness, and its applications in Adult and VET Education through Positive Counselling. More specifically, the target groups of this project were (1) Mental healthcare professionals (Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Counsellors, Mental Health Nurses, Occupational and Speech Therapists), who are at high risk of burnout due to increased work-related stressors because of the pandemic and the type of their profession, (2) VET Providers (adult trainers, social workers, educators, psychologists, counselors, coaches), who work with mental health professionals and (3) Indirect target group are the end-users (people who receive mental healthcare services).