22 Aug Newsletter #6 - A New Foundation Course in the Making: “Dare We Say What We Think and Talk About Our Mistakes? Dare We Not?”
In September 2020, the ”Introductory Course in Stress Psychology” was launched – now, just under two years later, crisis psychologist Rikke Høgsted is developing the ‘Introductory Course in Psychological Well-being’, which is due to be published this autumn.
Professionals in high-risk mental health roles need a high level of psychological safety. This is essential if they are to support one another effectively, thereby preventing their work from having a negative impact on their mental wellbeing, health and physical well-being.
That is why the Textbook and the Introductory Course in Stress Psychology already exude a sense of psychological safety. But this aspect is now further supplemented and reinforced by a new digital introductory course, which places a particularly strong emphasis on psychological safety, and what individuals, work teams, managers and organisations can do to create and maintain a culture in which all employees feel psychologically safe. This enables everyone to contribute their knowledge, thoughts, observations and ideas – even when those thoughts or ideas may take a different direction or challenge the culture’s ’the way we usually do things’.
Our starting point at the Department of Stress Psychology is that, as a professional – and indeed as a human being – one naturally always wants to say and do the right thing. Everyone wants to remain true to their professional knowledge, experience and, not least, their values.
Nevertheless, we may all find ourselves in a situation where we don’t quite manage to say what we actually mean or think. And when that happens, the workplace may lose out on important knowledge. Often, our silence stems from a fear of how others might react.
At other times, you remain silent simply because you have no idea how to share your thoughts or point out a mistake. Silent groups may well possess both important knowledge and sound values, but perhaps simply lack ideas on how to discuss it all together in a constructive way.
”Basic Course in Psychological Security”” contains a range of tools in the form of background knowledge, concepts and metaphors, as well as practical exercises and mini-workshops where participants can practise, in groups, how to increase psychological safety. The basic course consists of an introductory module and 10 video modules. If you’d like to find out more about the course when it’s released, please write to us at: info@belastningspsykologi.dk
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