What Can Our Interactive Offering Do For You?

At The Space Between Us, we believe relationships are as essential as oxygen for all of us and a healthy mental lifestyle requires strong relationships and being part of a community. All of our interactive offerings therefore combine teaching by an expert psychologist with engagement, sharing of insights and ongoing support between participants

Workshops

Young Professional Programme (YPP): Racial Identity Development: Managing Diversity and Inclusion

The Young Professional Programme (YPP) was created by African psychologists to empower young professionals with the mental health skills needed to thrive in their lives and careers.The YPP consists of the following five modules: Building Self-Esteem Beyond Performance and Dispelling the “Imposter Voice”Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness SkillsRacial Identity Development: Managing Diversity and InclusionDeveloping Resilience as a Core Muscle to SucceedDeveloping Integration Skills to Avoid Burnout The Racial Identity Development module of the YPP establishes an awareness of the dynamics and scope of diversity in and outside of the workplace; to highlight the internal and external factors that limit an appreciation of diversity and to provide the skills that facilitate inclusivity and that will leverage differences. After completing the workshop participants will:Have greater self-insight and awareness of own biases regarding race, gender, disability, culture, age, value systems and socio-economic statuses.Understand how identity develops in both marginalised and valued groups (mainstream or majority) in society.Understand their own identity development and how this enables or limits inclusivity.Have a greater awareness of how diversity manifests in the workplace and elsewhere.Be able to adapt to and accommodate profiles that differ from their own where race, gender, culture, age, value systems, socio-economic statuses etc. are concerned.Have an awareness of and be able to demonstrate attitudes and behaviours that convey an appreciation for diversity.

Young Professional Programme (YPP): Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills

Signing up for the Young Professional Programme (YPP) will give young professionals insight into themselves and hand them the keys to take ownership of and manage their mental wellbeing, which - ultimately - will enable them to become more effective employees. The YPP consists of the following five modules: Building Self-Esteem Beyond Performance and Dispelling the “Imposter Voice”Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness SkillsRacial Identity Development: Managing Diversity and InclusionDeveloping Resilience as a Core Muscle to SucceedDeveloping Integration Skills to Avoid Burnout The Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills module of the YPP builds insights, skills and appropriate empathy to enable participants to build, maintain and enhance interpersonal effectiveness and influence constructive change in others. After completing the workshop participants will:Have a better understanding of and be able to demonstrate the attitudes and behaviours which enable interpersonal effectiveness.Develop better interpersonal rapport.Understand and be able to manage differences in significant others.Understand and demonstrate relevant empathy.Show suitable assertiveness in relationships.Learn how to respond appropriately and with intention to undermining and limiting perceptions.Learn how to navigate having difficult conversations and giving feedback effectively.Be able to come up with constructive, conflict-handling solutions.

Young Professional Programme (YPP): Building Self esteem Beyond Performance and Dispelling the Imposter Voice

Building Self-esteem Beyond Performance and Dispelling the “Imposter Voice”The Young Professional Programme (YPP) assists participants to understand and develop a sense of self, self-esteem and boundaries as key psychological tools to build healthy relationships with themselves and others. The YPP consists of the following five modules: Building Self-Esteem Beyond Performance and Dispelling the “Imposter Voice”Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness SkillsRacial Identity Development: Managing Diversity and InclusionDeveloping Resilience as a Core Muscle to SucceedDeveloping Integration Skills to Avoid Burnout The Building Self-Esteem module of the YPP helps participants build their genuine, authentic self and avoid common maladaptive traits of being perfectionists, over-achievers, obsessive doers, overly nice people, non-conformists, rebels or know-it-all’s and rather to substitute these with traits that help them form a good relationship with themselves and others. After completing the workshop participants will:Fully understand the development of their authentic selves.Possess the techniques to understand their legitimate personal core needs.Develop their own psychological boundary system to enable healthy relationships.Understand and own the impacts of these core concepts and how they impact relationships.Possess the tools to build a sense of self-worth that encourages healthy relationships and success at work.

Cultivating Self Care

This workshop helps assess how well one is practicing self-care and to assist attendees to develop a personal self-care plan.We often face difficult situations in the different roles that we fill, where we need to present the best part of ourselves, whether it be in our families, at work, or in our social networks. To present our best, it is necessary that we are intentional about how we look after ourselves, as it is often said that “you cannot give out of an empty cup”. The Cultivating Self Care workshop is designed to help participants understand the various aspects of caring for the self, i.e. filling your own cup; to assess oneself with regards to how well one is practicing self-care and finally to assist attendees to develop a personal self-care plan. It is participatory, and everyone will share their own stories and experiences of what they are facing as challenges and what they are doing to achieve success in areas where they may be doing well. We cover topics, including the importance of self-care as well as:Physical: Physical, diet, rest, medical general hygieneMental: Cognitive, emotional and behaviouralRelational self-careSpiritualFinancialProfessional The workshop raises an awareness of self-care aspects and helps participants to develop an attitude of accountability for one’s wellness. Some of the take-aways are understanding emotional intelligence; drawing boundaries; the practice of mindfulness and a personal self-care plan. For more information on this and other workshops, contact The Space Between Us.

Building Healthy Relationships to Thrive

This workshop assists individuals gain insight into their relational styles, their response styles, and how to build and maintain different kinds of relationships. This workshop looks at shifting the paradigm from ‘can’t control’ to ‘can control’ and providing the tools and skills to support this process. Everyone has relationships - whether at home with family, romantic, friendships, or at work - but not all of them are healthy. Some relationships are self-serving, others are conflictual, others can be toxic and not helpful at all. At times, relationships can be demanding and strenuous. The Building Healthy Relationships to Thrive workshop assists individuals gain insight into their relational styles, their response styles, and how to build and maintain different kinds of relationships. This workshop will also assist with understanding and investigate the underlying reasons for how you relate to others. What motivates you in relationships, and most importantly, how self-aware are you? It explores the questions around:What happens to you when you go through distress and how does this affect your relationships?How do you build a relationship with yourself – mainly looking at self-awareness, self-compassion, how to pay attention to your feelings, and why you are so critical on yourself and how you can avoid that?How to relate with others - romantic, friendships, colleagues, parental?How to relate with your kids of different ages?Now that you have identified where you are at and what affects your relationships, how can you reset and build healthy relationships?For more information on this and other workshops, contact The Space Between Us.

Integrating Home, Work, and Play Series

This workshop addresses the challenges parents are experiencing right now, providing tips on how to parent young children and teens. Parents have come face-to-face with the need to acknowledge their own fears around the changing skills needed to parent during difficult times.  They may have little or no time to support children with schoolwork while working full-time within a remote workplace, not know how to keep younger children busy and teenagers motivated. Single parents may also worry about finances and whether their child will cope when with Covid-19 protocols. Additional pressures including bullying, in group out group playground dynamics and others could lead to the parent’s self-esteem being challenged. They may even find that they are not able to manage their emotions given all these conflicting thoughts and worries. The Integrating Home, Work, and Play Series addresses the challenges parents are experiencing in a Covid-19 world, including ambiguous loss which is the pervasive sense of loss tied to changes in daily life. It also provides tips on how to parent young children and teens. Finally, the workshop details the resources available to participants.It explores some of the real challenges of parenting during tough times, how to find support in the right places and which resources to avoid. It also develops skills to deepen connection and quality time with children and how to build a support network of like-minded parents.For more information on this and other workshops, contact The Space Between Us.