Mental Wellness – Alethea Services

Emotions and feelings almost always play a key role in why people suffer psychologically and also why people feel content and have a sense of meaning in their lives. This module introduces information and strategies on ways in which emotions and feelings can become sources of anguish as well as how we can transform our relationship to emotions and feelings to being sources of meaning and information about ourselves and others.

This module includes information on:

Fundamental functions of emotions and feelings
Understanding the differences between emotions and feelings
State-of-the art research findings about how to better cope with challenging emotions
Strategies to better cope with emotions

Typically, we think that feeling better psychologically means that we have to get rid of mental discomfort like difficult feelings and thoughts. But the reality of course is that mental life is always a mix of pleasure and pain.

This online course introduces information and strategies based on innovative research that shows that mental wellness can be significantly improved not by fighting or struggling against discomfort, but learning to create a meaningful life even in the face of such discomfort. The course is based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

The course includes information on how to:

Overcome low motivation, procrastination, and bad habits
Decrease stress and distress
Manage difficult feelings and thoughts
And increase self-esteem and self-confidence